Frieda Martselos

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell us if the Department of Education has ever received any concerns about  from people about the fact that JBT Tyrrell is a former residential school and is still being actively used as a school today? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I said earlier I acquired a document entitled NWT Schools Capital Needs Assessment Summary dated April 2003. It states that by 2018, JBT shall be reviewed to determine if further renovations are worthwhile or if a replacement building is necessary. Can the Minister tell us if a technical evaluation was done to JBT Tyrrell in 2018 or any time since, or if one is being planned any time soon? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its report on the review of the 2020 report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education and commends it to the House.

The Standing Committee on Government Operations report on the Review of the Auditor General's 2020 audit of early childhood to Grade 12 education in the Northwest Territories.

The Auditor General of Canada is also the auditor for the Government of the Northwest Territories as set out in the federal Northwest Territories...

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that Clause 15(1) be amended to read: 15(1) The Mandate of the Ombud is to investigate any decision, recommendation made, or any act done or omitted by an authority, by any officer, employee, or a member of authority in the exercise of any power or duty conferred on that person or body by an enactment that, A, relates to a matter or administration or the implementation of policy, and, A, aggrieves or may aggrieve any person or body of persons in the persons or its personal capacity. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mr. Speaker, your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its report on the review of the 20192020 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and recommends to the House.

The Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 20192020 Annual Report of the Information Privacy Commissioner.

The Standing Committee on Government Operations has reviewed the 20192020 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. The committee normally reviews the Commissioner's report and then makes recommendations to the Legislative Assembly...

Madam Chair, I move that this Committee recommends that Section 25 be amended to specifically impose an obligation on anyone receiving confidential information from the Office of the Ombud to maintain the privacy of that information notwithstanding any other legislation. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that Section 23 be amended to remove reference to the Director of Human Rights, and, further, that the reference to the conflict of interest commissioner be amended to integrity commissioner. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that Section 17(3) be amended to April 1st, 1999, and, further, that in use of clause being included that notwithstanding the temporal restriction if a complaint has records prior to this date, the Ombud has the discretion to investigate the new complaint in full. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Our report is read into the records. So I do not have any substantive comments to add. But I would like to thank the committee for their work on this report, and individual Members may have comments on the record and its recommendations. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mr. Speaker, PWK and JBT Tyrrell are the oldest schools in the Northwest Territories. Their increasing age, along with the historical baggage they carry as former residential schools, is becoming more challenging for Fort Smith as time goes on. For these reasons, Fort Smith is in need of a brand new school for both elementary and high school students. Does the Minister agree with these reasons that Fort Smith needs new schools? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.