Rylund Johnson

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 7219(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 20212022 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee would like to report consideration of Bill 83, Liquor Act.

Bill 83 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on March 20th, 2023, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations for review. Committee held a public hearing with the Minister of Finance on May 29th, 2023. Committee held three public meetings in Inuvik, Norman Wells, and Yellowknife. Committee also received one written submission. On July 28th, 2023, the committee held a clausebyclause review at which time the two departmentdriven motions were moved and approved....

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 7119(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations report on the review of the 20212022 Annual Report of the Ombud, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, this Cabinet repeatedly, in every single capital budget, including those asking for money for Taltson expansion. We spent tens of millions of dollars already, and we will continue to spend it, and yet they refuse to share the business case with us. Additionally, the Minister refuses to tell us how much the project actually is going to cost. The last cost estimate we have is from 2014. It included a transmission line to the diamond mines. I understand we are no longer doing that.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister give us an estimate of how much the Taltson...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 7019(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 20212022 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our mandate commits that we will develop the business case for the Taltson hydro expansion for spring 2020, Mr. Speaker. And what's notable about that is that we tabled the mandate in February 2020, and it seems to me the only reason you would essentially not give yourself any timeline to develop something is that it was already done. Yet here we are, Mr. Speaker, in fall 2023, and we have not seen the Taltson business case.

So my question for the Minister of Infrastructure, has the Taltson business case been developed? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 6919(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education, No. 2, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 6819(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2022 Audit of Addictions Prevention and Recovery Services, No. 2, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 6719(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2021/2022 Public Accounts, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 6619(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 92: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, No. 3, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.