Jay Macdonald

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Certainly, I think the territorial fire centre is a key piece in our ability to respond in a timely manner and an effective manner. It will be a facility that allows for our territorial -- I lost my train of thought there, sorry.

It allows for our territorial leadership, so our territorial duty officer and support staff, to have a facility that has all of the necessary tools to support the regional operations. It allows our team that is looking after equipment, warehousing, resupply, communications, detection, to have a facility that's all in one that allows for the work...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you for the question. I think that some of the challenges, especially in the Northwest Territories and certainly based on location, is having adequate infrastructure based on the resources that are available within that area. So in the Beaufort Delta, for example, the boats that are used to deliver the programming there need to be of a certain size and ability to deliver the programs to ensure that our staff are safe as they're doing that work. And there's not really anything currently on the market that would be able to enhance the goals in the way of not using...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this capital plan was developed prior to the report, the after action review being released, and some of the projects within this plan certainly do address some of the concerns raised through the after action review but they don't necessarily cover all of those. A lot of these projects were supported by an initiative from the federal government on a three-to-one cost sharing basis. And so what ECC did was took their allocation for capital and used that to leverage the federal government dollars to get -- to catch up on some of the backlog capital projects that...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On my right, I have Dr. Erin Kelly, deputy minister. And on my left I have Jessica St. Arnaud, director of finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, so this is part of the territorial detection network. So a number of sites, I believe to date there's been 12. We have 12 detection sites, nine of those would be camera-based. This would be the same type of setup where it would be a remote camera installation that would allow for remote observation of the area. The specific location on the trail, I don't have that information currently at my fingertips. But it is part of a much larger territory-wide project to install these infrastructure detection sites near communities to ensure that we have adequate coverage to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to extend a heartfelt recognition to master warrants officer retired and sergeant-at-arms Floyd Powder for his dedicated service and hard work within this Legislative Assembly. Floyd's deep commitment to honouring our veterans and serving the territory and Canada is reflected in his advocacy for Metis veterans and efforts in identifying grave sites as part of the Indigenous veterans’ initiative, these plus many more activities which Floyd has participated in.

As a valued NWT Metis Nation beneficiary and military veteran, Floyd has represented the NWT...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, part of the -- sorry, it's not necessarily an issue of convenience as much as also an issue of safety. Currently part of the facility has a small engine shop in a building that's essentially an office building. There's also the fact that our staff have been -- the warehouse is located in the basement so there are a lot of challenges with moving equipment and supplies in and out of the basement which creates significant risk to the staff. And the warehouse at King Street is a significantly old warehouse that is very outdated, hasn't been renovated in many...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. I'm certainly always supportive of youth participation in all of government across the whole Northwest Territories, and I would definitely go back and have a discussion with the department to see what opportunities we could look at in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the primary criteria ranking was direct impact was a B, severity impact was an A, urgency was an A, and mitigation was an A. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories is committed to working collaboratively with Indigenous governments and Indigenous organizations on land administration and management, specifically around traditional use cabins on public land. Our ongoing efforts reflect our shared priorities to develop respectful, transparent, and effective land use policies that support traditional land use, harvesting rights, and community wellbeing. To achieve this, the Department of Environment and Climate Change is engaging with Indigenous governments and Indigenous organizations to develop a new...