Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That concludes the presentation of our report. Therefore, I move, seconded by the honorable Member for Frame Lake, that Committee Report 11-17-(5), Report on the Review of Bill 12: Northern Employees Benefits Services Pension Plan Act, be received by the Assembly and moved into Committee of the Whole for further consideration.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its Report on the Review of Bill 12: Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan Act, and commends it to the House.

The Standing Committee on Government Operations – “the Standing Committee” – is pleased to report on its review of Bill 12, Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan Act.

Bill 12, sponsored by the Department of Finance, sets out the legislative framework for the continuation of the Northern Employee Benefits Services, NEBS, Pension Plan as a multi-employer, multi...

I have heard the Department of Justice on the south side of the lake has had good results out of Hay River, South Slave and the Deh Cho regions by using a team-based approach to community reintegration.

Will the government be expanding this type of program across the territory so that all offenders have an appropriate degree of support when they return to their communities?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Often our people, for some reason, go astray and it takes great effort to bring people back on the trail. My question is for the Premier.

The Auditor General has indicated that correctional facilities don’t seem to have enough program dollars specifically allocated for rehabilitation of inmates. That sounds like a failure on the government’s part to live up to its statutory obligations.

Will this government be providing additional funding to ensure that inmates receive programming aimed at rehabilitation and reintegration?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I too wanted to speak in support of Bill 46. I wanted to say something briefly in my language, and more than likely a lot of the elders could understand me.

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I would like to thank you for your vision and your leadership and your commitment to your people. I will also acknowledge, of course, both governments, the federal and the GNWT officials that were parties to this agreement. It’s been 19 years in the making, but we all know, as First Nations people, the struggle that we began when Europeans arrived on the North American continent...

Can the Minister confirm whether the cost of the building exceeded the $11 million target? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. The new Fort Providence Health Centre has been under construction for some time.

Can the Minister confirm the dates of the opening of the Fort Providence Health Centre?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister update this House in terms of the discussions with the local community as to the fate of the old health centre? Mahsi.

Can the Minister give the reason in terms of the delay and the nature of the deficiencies? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. According to News/North, the Fort Providence Health Centre is on the verge of opening its doors. The keys to the new Fort Providence Health Centre were expected to be handed over to the Dehcho Health and Social Services Authority by January 30th.

Donna Allen, chief executive officer of the health authority, said work on the building started in 2013 and was expected to be completed by then. At the quarterly public administrative meeting on January 7th, Ms. Allen said they were also expecting equipment and supplies to be moved in by January 30th. She said a grand opening...