Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it for questions for me, and I'll just kind of reiterate that I'd like to see, you know, the department of MACA working to -- and Cabinet certainly working to stabilize this fund over time so that we're not stuck coming for supplementary estimates. And I think, you know, we need to figure out how to fund sport to ensure that, yeah, activity is going on in communities. I think a lot of the community programming is really important, and I just want to emphasize that. So I'll leave my comments at that for now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a constituent reached out to me recently to share their concern and disappointment at the lack of midwifery services in Yellowknife. She found out she was pregnant at the end of January and contacted me to share her experience so far. What should be an exciting time for her has been overshadowed by concern and anxiety given the state of health care in the capital. She's been on the waiting list for a family doctor for over four years now and does not currently have one or assignment to an integrated care team. The standard for prenatal care is to have your...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it for me.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first question is the funding to transitional housing and shelter services in Yellowknife, does this represent a one-time grant to organizations to continue these services, or -- yeah, that's my first question. And if the Minister could outline what exactly is being supported.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was just wondering the section 11, cost-shared funding, can you give us a better explanation of that. It's not self-explanatory. Not you yourself but the Minister, sorry. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize a couple constituents, registered nurses who have been reaching out to me, and I certainly appreciate them doing so, Mr. Speaker. Kristen Norwick and Jennifer Pitt are in the gallery today, so welcome to them. And if there's any other Frame Lakers I’ve missed, I do apologize. Couldn't see you there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The next question is just the capacity building in NGOs. I know this is something the Premier has spoken about previously, and this is work that was planned. So for that reason, the fact that it was planned, I'm just curious why this came in as a supp; it wasn't simply budgeted for.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it for me for.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, similarly to the previous speaker, I am in favour of the principle of the bill today.

Mr. Speaker, my primary reason for that today is that I think that we are having a very important conversation, and I would like to see that conversation move forward into committee where we can have a fulsome discussion about this issue, about the various issues around why this bill has come forward, and hear from all parties on it in a public manner through a fulsome committee process. And I think that that is really important. Similar to other speakers, I don't know what...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, Bill 18: An Act to Amend the Partnership and Business Names Act, received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 2025, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations for review. On April 22nd, 2025, a very busy day for committee, the standing committee held a public hearing with the Minister of Justice and completed its clause-by-clause review of the bill.

I thank the committee for their efforts in reviewing this legislation and, of course, individual Members may have additional comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.