Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Madam Chair. And not knowing enough about the system and how it works and whether statistics are tracked or not, I'm happy to get whatever the Minister can provide and then we'll go from there. Thanks.

Thanks, Madam Chair. No, I appreciate the Minister's commitment to make that information public, and I'm one of the Members that actually pushed for a rationalization of resources here because there's just very little, if any, interest whatsoever in oil and gas resources in the Northwest Territories. So why continue to spend money on managing them when there's no activity taking place. So I understand and pushed for that work to be done.

So when the money is cut, where does it go? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yeah, okay, thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks to the Minister for that. So can the Minister just not having been a postsecondary education or a student for many years, what is the process of somebody who needs or wants to get an exception or extra consideration? Do they write to their, you know, their SFA officer and get some sort of waiver, or how does that process actually work? And, yeah, thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So there's a $700,000 decrease in the budget here for OROGO and two staff are being cut I guess, if I look at page 294. Can I get an explanation as to what's happened here? Thank you.

Thanks, Madam Chair. And thanks to the Minister for that. As I understand it, students have sort of a period of time in which they are eligible once they start a program. Is the Minister willing to look at providing some flexibility in terms of eligibility for students if they lost a year or two during COVID? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So what are we doing to try to increase access to justice through legal aid services? What changes, if any, are being made in terms of this budget? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 56119(2): Main Estimates 20222023, with Education, Culture and Employment and Justice. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I'm just quickly trying to troll through my own emails to see if I got a heads up about this. But if the Minister or the staff want to send that again, I'd be happy to put it on my own Facebook page and YK Facebook page and so on, and I'm sure others would be as well. So it would be great to get those in place and operating. I don't think I have any other questions about this section, Madam Chair. Thank you.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. I'm happy to work with her to put some pressure on the feds.

So a significant portion of the carbon tax paid by large emitters goes to fund installation of greenhouse gas reduction infrastructure but switching to biofuels doesn't really require any infrastructure. And it's not clear what whether the retained carbon tax money set aside for GHG reductions can be used to purchase biofuels.

Can the Minister confirm whether any of the GNWTretained carbon taxes and/or the large emitter trust funds can be used to purchase biofuels...

Thanks, Madam Chair. I'm not going to hold my breath forever but, yeah, I look forward to some results. Thank you. And that's all I've got, Madam Chair.