Katrina Nokleby

Thank you, Madam Chair. So it's come to my attention I'm going to be very specific here on an issue that, you know, this at times that people are paying their boiler fee, their registration fee, and yet they're not really getting inspected and then, you know, for the first time they've been inspected in a few years but, really, there's no there's not really any need for that. And given that the sense that they already have to have their servicing done every year, it does really come across to my constituents as a cash grab almost, especially the years where they don't show up to even look...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Is that position here under, say, design and technical services; does it work with the groups, or is that position located with this group? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'd like to congratulate the Minister and her department on reopening up the driver's vehicle centres for walkins. Ya, thank you. When I saw that, I was quite happy as last year I realized I had an expired driver's license for two days that I didn't realize because I couldn't walk in on the Friday. So can or the Saturday or the Sunday. Probably not the Monday either. I think I had to come back on Tuesday at that point.

So, can the Minister speak just a little bit around compliance and licensing. I do understand that we have moved towards a more secure...

Thank you, I'd appreciate that. Can the Minister or the department speak to whether or not there are any health and safety or project manager positions within this department or this area of the budget? Thank you.

I think we could all safely assume there's going to be a deficit for this revolving fund next year so I'll so then my and I don't want to go down too far down the accounting rabbit hole, but why then do we not sort of try to anticipate what this number would be and include it in the forecasting? Why is it only added in retroactively, if I've got it right. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And, yeah, I've definitely had the opportunity to work with several of the technical people in the department, and I do agree. I just know that yeah, as stated it is competitive and one where we wear a lot of liability. I think it's an area where you can't just sort of say it's the general issue with, you know, recruitment because you can't just put warm bodies into these positions. So it is something that I think the department really needs to start getting a grasp on. And given also too that I'm not sure where we're at from the recruitment or sort of the graduation...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, can the Minister or department please tell us why Marine Transportation Services has disappeared here from this part of the budget? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I support this motion and I want to thank, first of all, my colleagues for doing all this work on this. I am not on this committee and it has been a struggle to keep up with everything that's been going on. So what I like about this or what I think is really important about this one is that I don't think that the people of our territory or the residents of our territory, private business, should be paying for the failure of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation to maintain its grid properly. It was really shocking to me when I came into Cabinet...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think I'm good. I'll let the Minister off the hook for the rest of the minute and a half. Thanks.

Thank you, I stand corrected. But then I still don't see that that's probably making its way into places to like Tulita or Fort Liard or places as that. So I will get myself more informed on where the money is being spent. But, again, I still stand behind that it is a program that is accessed by people that have disposal income to upgrade their homes and not by people that probably desperately need their homes upgraded and need the rebate on their energy.

My last or sort of my next area of question is around the electrical vehicle charging stations, and sorry if somebody already asked this...