Julie Green

Yellowknife Centre

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question for the Minister about maintenance enforcement. Can the Minister give us an idea of how effective maintenance enforcement is in transferring money collected to the people who are applying for it? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Madam Speaker, this is an area of historic conflict. I hope that with 1,000 Indigenous children in care in the NWT, Indigenous government organizations will lead the way in self-government in child and family services. I will have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Mahsi.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister tell us about some of the community partners and what assistance, exactly, they are going to provide? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Nothing further. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Yes, thank you. Does the Minister have any insight into why there has been a drop-off in both registrations and completions year over year? I realize it's a very small sample, but are there any thoughts to why the program has less uptake than it used to, even a year ago? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the Minister for providing that information and for committing to giving us detail on timing. My second question has to do with the A New Day program. Can the Minister give us an idea of current uptake in that program? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister just refresh our memory about the program detail, protection against family violence? What does that fund pay for? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Yes, thanks, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the Minister for that. I have a number of constituents who are looking forward to using this service, so my last question in this area is whether there will be some kind of awareness raising that this service is available, whenever it does become available, so that people can then begin to use it? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 12)

Thank you to the Minister for that answer. What are GNWT's expectations with respect to accessing funding associated with the new federal law?