Rocky Simpson

Hay River South

Statements in Debates

Oral Question 775-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 81)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister confirm how many GNWT employees are currently vaccinated? Better yet, can she provide those numbers by department and how many may require accommodation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member's Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 81)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the residents of the NWT have stepped up when it comes to protecting each other from the serious and deadly effects of the COVID19 virus. Our vaccination rate, as it stands now, is about 80 percent for those over the age of 12 years.

Mr. Speaker, I have been healthy all my life. I have resisted taking medication. I only just received my second ever flu shot along with my during the 19th Moderna vaccine booster. I did this for the protection of my family, my friends, and those who I come in contact with. In making my decision to be vaccinated, I had to rely...

Oral Question 782-19(2): Northwest Territories Power Corporation COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 81)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Minister for that answer. But it still -- I guess I still have a hard time wrapping my head around when she says that, you know, we send employees in there, and I know we're concerned about the small communities, or any community and about all people, but if we send in unvaccinated people, we're sending in vaccinated people as well who can still pass on the virus. So -- and I know in some of the GNWT policies is that if you're going to go in, you've got to be tested. So I would expect that vaccinated people would be tested as well.

But any ways, the...

Committee Motion 139-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2):  Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Government Respo
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Thank you, committee. Do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Committee Report 1519(2)?

Committee Report 151-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2):  Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One:  Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Home Insurance Benefit Allowance, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Question's been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.

Carried

Member for Kam Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Thank you. Does committee agree?

Committee Motion 144-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Preventative Maintenance Program for Homeowners, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Question's been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.

Carried

Member for Kam Lake.

Committee Motion 139-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2):  Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Government Respo
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Thank you, Member. The motion is in order. To the motion?

Committee Report 150-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2):  Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One:  Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Access to Homeowners Insurance, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Question's been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.

Carried

Member for Kam Lake.

Oral Question 774-19(2): Hay River Homeless Shelter
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 80)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd ask the Minister, you know, to be proactive in this, and maybe her department is, and, you know, have somebody from, you know, her district office reach out to the Department of Health, people there, like, the Hay River health centre, and some of the other groups and the mayor, I guess, and, you know, it has to be a meeting that has to take place to talk about this issue, and, you know, and to come to some resolve here before winter. So, you know, everybody talks about it but nobody makes the first move, and, you know, I've been trying to put the bug in...