Katrina Nokleby

All right. Could the Minister speak to what are those nongovernment organizations that do are affected by the stabilization fund and why they did they need to see more funding during COVID and not get it? Thank you.

So can the Minister or the deputy minister explain how that would differ then from the work that Justice is doing with the RCMP, including the work of the coroner? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to recognize the outstanding work of the Canadian Red Cross during these challenging and unpredictable times, in the Northwest Territories, across Canada, and around the world.

The Canadian Red Cross is part of the largest disaster relief and humanitarian organization in the world. Together with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent, and 192 national societies, the Red Cross movement works to help people and communities in times of need and support them in strengthening their...

Yeah no, and I appreciate that. And I don't think that this would be one of those ones that I would even say it needs to be done before the next session or anything. So maybe something more just on the radar, or even perhaps information provided to those if they're not already aware, to those groups that of the feedback loop to the standing committee so that they are maybe more aware that they have a role or an avenue in which they can approach us to provide information. And I think sometimes, I just say that in general, we a lot of people don't know that they could reach out to a committee...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just also want to reiterate some of the concerns I hear around the Office of the Fire Marshal and its inability to keep up with its workload.

I guess I don't want to reiterate everything my colleague from Yellowknife North said, but I do want to see a commitment there for a real indepth look at what's happening there and how it is impacting us. As our supply chains and timeframes get a lot tighter for projects in the North, it's going to become more critical that the Office of the Fire Marshal moves plans through faster or does their inspections faster. So if I could...

Thank you. I appreciate that. I guess in my former life, I had a lot more experience dealing with the NWTAC versus LGANT so I'm more familiar with what they do. And I know that the NWTAC has provided technical advice in some ways to the department, specifically around infrastructure, aging infrastructure, permafrost melt, etcetera. I can't think of an area where we would need actually to be increasing those resources. And I'm wondering, you know, what the department is doing to support the NWTAC in building out those types of resources. And succession planning. I can think of some key people...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just curious in looking at the 911 program, I notice that there is an increase here this year by about $500,000. It's my understanding that in the coming years we will no longer be able or the levy cap will be finished. Is the department's intention to raise the levy for 911 users? I guess in in other words, pass that cost along to the people of the territory? Thank you.

Thank you for that. I'm glad to hear that. It seems and I'm going to actually dive further into this action plan later so I can get more details on it. But it seems like a good thing.

We've heard the department mention LGANT a couple times now, which is the Local Government Administrators of the NWT. And I know it's part of a national body. Can the Minister of the department speak to, like, how many people are in LGANT here in the North, like how does that work? It's, like, a third third party NGOtype scenario? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am looking at the line item for the Office of the Children's Lawyer, I note that it is more than the 20212022 Actuals, which is great. I can't say enough for the good work that this area is doing and have had friends who have utilized the services of the children's lawyer for the benefit of their children.

I think this is an area where we would want to see more money being put into, and perhaps a lot of people don't even realize, or I'm not sure how it's communicated to them, that there is this option for them. And given perhaps what I said earlier about the stresses...

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I should probably know this but if we don't have some of that work that the department has been doing around the victim services and the action plans coming out of that, I would really like to see that information. I'm a big firm believer in collecting of statistics. So again, I just want to really stress that I think your partners there at the YWCA and victim services could be, you know, obviously providing a lot of feedback to the department.

I guess my next question or my next category I just wanted to talk about was the guns and gangs strategy. I'm really happy...