Shane Thompson

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, we have completed the survey with the herds there. We are we've tabulated a report. We are now just working with our Indigenous governments and leaderships, including the Wek'weezhii Renewable Resource Board. We are in the process of setting up the opportunity to meet with them to share the report. We also will be sending it to committee. As well once that is done, we will get it out into the public and sharing that. But, yeah, it's been done, and we've been able to get the surveys done this year even despite of COVID. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On Tuesday, September 16th, Tommy passed away in his home. Tommy was known by many others during his life. In the residential school in Aklavik, many of his friends called him Tommy Tucker. At Read Island, he earned the name Aqpaaq, for running messages camptocamp.

In Aklavik, he was told to help a single Gwich'in woman whom he didn't know. He would chop wood, haul ice, and trap for her. Before leaving Aklavik he finally learned that she was his aunt Caroline Moses.

He returned from school to Prince Albert Sound, where his uncle lived, to learn the life of a trapper...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes, I'll make that commitment. We've already been sharing this information with Tlicho leadership, with the Wek'weezhii Renewable Resource Board. So we're very much about sharing the information and making sure we respect the agreement with the Tlicho government. So I again thank the Member for that. And, again, we will share that information on a regular basis. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Again, I'd like to thank the Member for the question. I know it's very important to her. We've had numerous conversations in the hallways, on the phone, and I thank her for that. This is an opportunity.

First and foremost, again, I need to reiterate the Bathurst herd is, you know, very small right now. We've seen I think, 98 percent decline in the population of the herd. However, the Beverly herd is all right. It's still being able to hunt there. But the most important aspect of it is with this mobile zone and non-hunting and in this mobile zone is been through our...

Sorry, Mr. Speaker. I was daydreaming. Yeah, I'm being superduper; I've got stuff I want to talk about here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document, Northwest Territories Surface Rights Board 20202021 Annual Report and the Audited Financial Statements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to provide an update on the status of the flood recovery work being undertaken by the Government of the Northwest Territories. As soon as the floodwater retreated last spring, community government leadership, residents, and our government got together to work, helping communities recover from the worst flood many of us have seen in our lifetime.

There are many people involved in this effort. I want to recognize the tireless efforts of the community government leadership in the immediately flood aftermath and over the past several months. Some of the leadership has...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on September 30, 2021, Gunnar Paulson passed away at the age of 64. Gunnar is survived by his brother Chris and his three daughters: Josanne Kenny, Kristen Tanche, Hannah Paulson, and his two grandchildren William and Amaria Tanche.

Gunnar grew up in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and always planned on travelling when he got older. When the travel bug hit him, he was off. He spent time all over the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Iceland, and many other places. In the 80's, he settled in the Northwest Territories, mostly in the Deh Cho and Tlicho regions but...

Just so everybody here realizes it in the House and out there, my understanding of the fire office of the Office of the Fire Marshall has not had any delays or backup backlog in projects under review. However, giving him the fourth 'yes' today, I'm getting I can't believe this is four yeses I think Christmas is done for the Yellowknife North Member. Contracting services, when warranted, is an option for Municipal and Community Affairs to prioritize priorities and workload. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. I know he probably read in the paper at some point in time I was the Minister of but I'm not the Minister responsible for Housing. That's Minister Chinna.

What I know right now, the Fort Good Hope Housing 9plex is not opened right now. We did open it during the COVID Secretariat. We had 24hour supervision, temporary occupation lined up through the again, with the COVID breakout, to assist the community and isolate the people there.

As for a date, I think the Member will should ask the Minister of Housing for that question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. So basically we do a 25year average fires and compare cost. Basically our budget was $22.5 million. That's where we figured we'd be. Unfortunately, we saw additional fire in BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, which had an impact on our helicopters which means so now other costs were driven up. So we did budget for it, but we don't budget for national or other provincial ones, and sometimes that has an impact on what we do moving forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.