Kevin O'Reilly

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thanks the Minister again for that. It's really helpful to get this information out there because clearly there's different views out there or whatever. So professional teachers, though, on the frontline are telling me that they're not ready for this rollout and they're not prepared.

So how is the Minister going to act now to address these concerns and determine whether an implementation delay on the new BC curriculum is needed? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. So what is the current practice if an Indigenous government covers someone's health care one of their member's health care costs in some way with regard to an opioid issue or, say, travel for treatment or whatever, does GNWT make reimbursement to the Indigenous government upon request; is that the practice right now? And are those costs tracked? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. Committee wishes to consider Bill 72 and Tabled Document 94019(2) and Tabled Document 94119(2). Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. When I raised the Fiscal Responsibility Policy in the last sitting, the Minister revealed that there had been a, quote, "checkin" with at least two of the credit rating agencies. I'm not sure what that means. Were they given a draft, an opportunity to comment or what? So can the Minister tell us what this checkin was all about and what happened? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Merci, Madame la Presidente. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 94119(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 20232024, be now concluded, and that Tabled Document 94119(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in a formal session through I don't have a paper copy. Sorry, Madam Chair. Now I do. Thanks.

Madam Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 94119(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 20232024, be now concluded, and that Tabled Document 94119(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. And I think we have a difference of opinion on how much was accepted. But the real way to look at that would be to actually get it released. So it sounds like the Minister's game for that.

So one of the provisions of the revised Fiscal Responsibility Policy is on affordable debt and states, "to ensure that the extent of its debt and borrowing including debt associated with P3 project is within its means to repay and that debt servicing payments do not adversely impact programs and services."

So can the Minister tell us what...

Merci, Madame la Presidente. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 94019(2), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 20232024, be now concluded, and that Tabled Document 94019(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration.

Merci, Monsieur le President. In the last sitting, I raised a number of concerns with the review of the Fiscal Responsibility Policy. Apparently, that policy has now been revised effective April 1 although a thorough search of GNWT websites could not locate the revised version until yesterday.

The finance minister said in March that there was "fairly detailed" engagement with standing committee. I stated that the work we did as Regular MLAs on what was given to us is some of the finest feedback in my more than seven years as an MLA. Unfortunately, the public will probably never get to see that...

Yeah, okay. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this in my one minute that's left now. And I haven't got an answer about what the current practice is, or the practice will be moving forward. And is any of this going to be communicated in any way to the Indigenous governments that their costs related to opioid damages, if they seek and maybe even get reimbursement from GNWT, they would be included in the claim and that there might even be the potential, at some point, for sharing some of the claim money. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Okay, then what's the purpose of, you know, (c) here which does cover through one or more agents or in other intermediate bodies. Does that potentially include Indigenous governments and why wouldn't we roll those costs into this if there's a way to do that? So, yeah, thanks, Madam Chair.