Jane Weyallon Armstrong

No, well I said SWAT team because it was retraumatizing for them in describing their experience with residential school and all that, and it was it was not a pleasant thing to see. So that's why I referred to them as a SWAT team. So that's just more of a comment. Thank you.

I want to ask the Minister how much did it cost to send in those helicopters to Lutselk'e and a SWAT team? Thank you.

Thank you. Can the Minister provide information on how many electric vehicles are on the road in NWT; how many people in Behchoko drive electric vehicles; how many people drive electric vehicle on Highway No. 3? Thank you.

Madam Speaker, does the Government of the Northwest Territories have a plan to implement cell towers between Yellowknife and Behchoko and when will it be implemented?

Madam Speaker, it has been said in this House many times, and I stand up again, to stress that cell service is greatly needed on Highway No. 3 between Boundary Creek and Behchoko.

Madam Speaker, on Highway No. 3 there is very little shoulder on the side of the road to pull over if you need. This has been the cause of many fatal accidents. There is no room on the road to stop safely, and you are at major risk of being hit by oncoming traffic if you have to get out of your vehicle. Just this past weekend on Saturday, October 29th, we witnessed another accident a small car collided with a truck...

Yes, thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes, I will support this motion as well. Coming from small communities, and especially with flyin communities, there's not much happening in those small communities but I know that many of those communities, especially in the small communities, they are doing their best. People are doing their best, trying to meet the needs of the young people or to work with the young people. But we lack a lot of programs and services. We lack a lot of resources in small communities that will help and work with the young people. Because even in my region, we have issues. You...

Yes, I want to know the cost of sending, you know, helicopters. And okay, well SWAT team, ENR, they're like a SWAT team because, you know, they went in there. You watch it on the social media, you know, like harassing the elders and the young people in that a woman and child. So they are for me, I view them as a SWAT team. So thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is a question to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

Madam Speaker, caribou is important to all the Indigenous people, you know, and it because it sustains us, and it for Tlicho people, it sustained us for thousands of years. And my people used to go out to the barren land for fall hunt. But since 2009, that has stopped, since that caribou restriction came into effect. My people, especially my elders, it is sad because many of my elders since 2009 have passed on, and many have never went back to barren land to go hunting since 2009 because of the...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Government of the Northwest Territories can install electric charging station by 2024. Can the Minister commit to providing cell service between Yellowknife and Behchoko by 2024? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, before I proceed I want to make some clarifications, a correction to one of the sentence that I made earlier when I said we witnessed another accident, and I would like to correct that. We came upon another accident. So that's for clarification. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, an expression of interest was issued by Finance in 2021 to address the lack of cell service on Highway No. 3. Can the Minister provide an update on what has been accomplished since this time, what is the status of work to improve cell service on Highway No. 3? Thank you.