Rylund Johnson

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween, including all the children going out trick or treating tonight, and ask everyone stay safe. And Madam Speaker, you know, no one's going to poison your Canadian or put any razor blades in it that's all nonsense but you know what people should watch out for? That's cars, Madam Speaker, because today is the most deadly day for pedestrians and children are three times more likely to get hit by a car today than any other day. So I just remind all drivers to slow down the roads are slippery, watch out for children, do...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wasn't aware 29 would be in here. This is the clause that is now changing all Members to be before they can sit in this House instead of swearing allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors must now swear allegiance to His Majesty Charles III, King of Canada, his heirs and successors.

As I've stated before, I think this is an outdated oath and if people want to serve their government without swearing oath to the heirs and successors of our King, they should be able to do so. I will not be in support of this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm supportive of this legislation except for perhaps one section, which I'll comment to when we get there. But I wanted to talk about what I'm happy with the changes made to the Integrity Commissioner, and I just want to kind of summarize them for the public's notice.

So we used to have a process where when a complaint was referred to the Integrity Commissioner, and there's been a few this Assembly, he was forced to either, you know, find that there was grounds and order a public hearing, which we had and which cost us a few hundred thousand dollars and was very lengthy...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. You know, I made a promise to keep asking about this for the life of my four years, and I'm hopeful one day that someone in the future Assembly takes it up and continues to ask too. But my question for the Minister of Infrastructure is there any hope of the hours of the DMV being altered so they, you know, are possibly open at any time outside of the government's normal 9 to 5 business hours? Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. You know, I recognize that but what we've done is actually we've specified a list, and on it are a number of companies that don't exist anymore. A number of numbered companies, I have no idea what those numbered corporations are. It's really I get there's a way to define the policy and whether or not Walmart falls in it is up to, you know, probably the way we write the policy and the business incentive review committee. I don't understand why we are keeping this schedule of a list of companies, many of which are outdated and many of which have no absolutely are...

Yeah, thank you, Madam Speaker. I just would have wanted if the proposal to change Great Slave Lake goes through, I think it would be only appropriate that we then change the regions. It would be a little embarrassing I think for the GNWT to just be holding on to that. But I've often heard that, you know, the North Slave Region, which to me operates much more like a capitol region, doesn't really give the outlying communities the attention it deserves. Certainly when you look at the staffing contingent, that is clear that it's very much centralized in Yellowknife. I've often heard it repeated...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My questions are for the Premier. I guess simply I'm wondering if there are any plans or intention to change the name of the administrative regions North or South Slave. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment informed this House last session that work to change the name of Great Slave Lake was well underway as well as I'm expecting that same Minister to hopefully table some changes to the Official Languages Act which will stop using the term "North and South Slavey", but I do think probably the easiest change we could make to stop using what history have gone over, and many agree is a colonial name, would be to change the name of the North and South Slave region. This actually could be done overnight; it does not require...

Madam Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 20202021 Public Accounts be received by the Assembly and moved into Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its report on the review of the 20202021 Public Accounts, and commends it to the House.

On December 8, 2021, the Minister of Finance tabled the 202021 Public Accounts. The public accounts are the financial statements that show the financial results of the Government of the Northwest Territories for a given year.

Each year, the Standing Committee on Government Operations reviews the public accounts. These reviews assess the credibility of the government’s financial position and provide accountability...