Debates of June 6, 2024 (day 22)

Committee Motion 15-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Leadership, Carried

Topics

Committee Motion 16-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Cultural Safety Programming or Training, Carried

Committee Motion 17-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Training Specific to Missing Persons Act, Carried

Committee Motion 18-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Annual Reporting of Statistical Information, Carried

Committee Motion 19-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Titling Bills, Carried

Committee Motion 20-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Sixties Scoop, Carried

Committee Motion 21-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Records Retention and Destruction, Carried

Committee Motion 22-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Persons Not Wanting to be Located, Carried

Committee Motion 23-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) – Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act – Government Response, Carried

Committee Motion 24-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Department – Infrastructure, Carried

Committee Motion 25-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Department – Finance Carried

Committee Motion 26-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Borrowing Plan for the Government Reporting Entity and Established Borrowing Limits for the Government of the Northwest Territories, Carried

Committee Report 3-20(1): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner

Committee Report 4-20(1): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Lanuages Commissioner

Committee Report 5-20(1): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission

Committee Report 6-20(1): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Ombud and Special Report on Recommendations for Amendments to the Ombud Act

Member’s Statement 250-20(1): Blood Cancer Services

Member’s Statement 251-20(1): Congratulations to Graduates

Member’s Statement 252-20(1): Food Mail Program

Member’s Statement 253-20(1): School Attendance

Member’s Statement 254-20(1): Life Promotion and Harm Reduction Youth Conference in Tulita

Member’s Statement 255-20(1): Renewable Diesel

Member’s Statement 256-20(1): Innovation in Housing

Member’s Statement 257-20(1): Happy Birthday to jackson Bowden

Member’s Statement 258-20(1): Retirement of Corinne Sassie

Member’s Statement 259-20(1): Nutrition North Program

Minister’s Statement 46-20(1): 80th Anniversary of D-Day

Minister’s Statement 47-20(1): Strengthening GNWT Supports for NWT Artists

Minister’s Statement 48-20(1): Update on Key Strategic Infrastructure Projects

Motion 31-20(1): Cross-Border Crime Reduction Forum, Carried

Motion 33-20(1): Municipal Funding Gap

Question 251-20(1): Blood Cancer Services

Question 252-20(1): Renewable Diesel

Question 253-20(1): Future of Rockhill Property

Question 254-20(1): High Cost of Food in Northwest Territories

Question 255-20(1): Youth Support Funding Sources

Question 256-20(1): Nutrition North Program

Question 257-20(1): Attendance Rates in Small Communities

Question 258-20(1): Basic Income

Question 259-20(1): Fee Holiday for Dwellings in Communities

Recorded Vote

Tabled Document 112-20(1): Follow-Up Letter for Oral Question 163-20(1): Supports Available for Residents of Enterprise

Statements

Question 256-20(1): Nutrition North Program

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The GNWT mandate in the 19th Assembly identified that recommendations would be provided to the Government of Canada to make improvements on the Nutrition North program. Can the Minister commit to providing this House the recommendations that were provided to the Government of Canada for Nutrition North program? Mahsi. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Dehcho. Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll see what I can dig up from the last Assembly and provide it to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, and I look forward to that. Is the Minister aware of any further changes or improvements to the Nutrition North program to include other communities in the NWT? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the Nutrition North is, of course, a federal program and they are currently undergoing an internal review, and so I am not aware of any changes that they may be making as a result of that review, but I look forward to the results. Thank you.

Thank you. And the Nutrition North program also provides grants for harvester support and community food programs. But none of my communities are eligible for these programs. Has the GNWT advocated the Government of Canada to increase the eligibility of NWT communities for these grant programs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will have to get back to the Member on if there's been any official level discussions on this. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Final supplementary. Member from the Dehcho.

Thank you. Can the Minister, Premier, describe how the GNWT's working with Indigenous leaders in my riding to address food security? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.