Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provides a response to this report within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its report on the review of the 2016 report of the Auditor General of Canada on Support to Communities for Municipal Services in the Northwest Territories, municipal and community affairs, and commends it to the House.

The Standing Committee on Government Operations (“the Standing Committee”) is pleased to report on its review of the 2016 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Support to Communities for Municipal Services in the Northwest Territories.

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The 2016 Report of...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories ensure that health authorities undertake the steps necessary to establish or adopt standards, policies, and procedures in compliance with Section 8 of the Health Information Act;

And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories keep the committee advised of progress on this work with a view to having the appropriate written procedures in place within six months from the date of this report. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories prepare and table a report on the status of the work it has completed to implement the Health Information Act, including the implementation of a public information campaign and training for health sector employees. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommend that the Government of the Northwest Territories identify all recommendations made by the Information and Privacy Commissioner by this and previous standing committees for improvement to the Access to Information and Protection of Protection of Privacy Act;

And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories identify, in the legislative proposal to amend the act, how these recommendations are being addressed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, the Standing Committee on Government Operations presented its report on the review of the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner's 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports. The report, which includes eight recommendations, was read into the record by the chair of the committee, and a motion was passed that moved the report into Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Chair, the standing committee's recommendations largely centre around two key pieces of legislation and the government's work related to them. They are the Access to...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, committee would like to consider Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018 and Committee Report 8-18(2), Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, in that order. Thank you.

That is a lot clearer, and I appreciate the Minister providing that information. My honourable friend the Member from Yellowknife raised communication issues around public safety concerns related to another department. I am wondering what protocols the department has in place for escapes such as the one that is required by these infrastructure improvements? Is there a protocol in place to let the residents who live next to the facility know as soon as something happens?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in Committee of the Whole, when we were reviewing the Department of Justice's budget, I asked questions about a fence surrounding the North Slave Correctional Centre. At the time, the Minister of Justice, and I will quote from Hansard, said, "It is turning out this is a more complex and expensive matter than we had anticipated." On further questioning, Mr. Martin Goldney, the deputy minister of the Department of Justice, provided a few more details, noting that specialized and specific engineering studies were completed and that they anticipate things...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to publicly state my support for Bill 16: An Act to Amend the Education Act.

First off, as a parent, I feel very privileged that my son is enrolled in a first-class school here in the Northwest Territories where his unique learning needs and education challenges are met by very skilled educators whose standard of teaching and professionalism is second to none in Canada and the world.

That being said, I have asked some tough questions of the department along with my colleagues who are full-time members of the Standing Committee of Social...