Rylund Johnson

Yellowknife North

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Madam Chair. Looking at this, our short-term borrowing limit is $525 million. Our long-term debt appears to be $419. We've now surpasses short-term over long-term. I really get a sense that this is a bit of a shell game in that we're moving money around, and I don't think that this is correctly characterized as short-term debt. Much of this, I am quite confident, is in fact long-term debt. Perhaps the Minister of Finance can tell me, I recognize this is getting largely into the budget, but what the expectation is for converting this short-term debt to long-term debt. Thank you...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister of Finance tell us what the interest we will pay on this $135-million supplemental is?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Madam Chair. One final question: is this the largest asset presently owned by the GNWT?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Madam Chair. With the hospital being valued at $300 million and MACA requiring an extra $4.5 million here to make up property tax assessments, can the Minister of Finance provide me: what percentage of total property tax assessments under the grant-in-lieu program does the hospital make up to the City of Yellowknife? I hope that question was clear. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Yes, I am well aware of the difficulties, as is the Minister of Justice, having worked a number of years, including together, in the criminal justice sphere.

My question to the Minister is: is similar programming directed at men who use violence available in communities other than Yellowknife?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

As we go into mandate creation, I will be advocating for a number of restorative justice programs to be included. However, this ultimately comes down to cost. Can the Minister provide the current costs in running a program, the A New Day program?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, December 12, 2019, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Ms. Lesa Semmler, be appointed as Deputy Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time, I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure that I got a reply there on whether the internal audits would be shared with Committee. My question to the Minister is: can you provide a timeline on when those internal audits will be done, and what is the process in responding to our own internal audits that is planned?