Kate Reid

I don't know how to respond to toot your horn.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for that clarification. That jives a little bit better in my mind so that is good to hear.

I am curious, following up on the questions from my colleague from Frame Lake around the economic vision and sort of visionary pieces. Could additional information be provided on the pan-territorial resources investment marketing initiative and how that relates to the economic vision that work is being done? Thank you, Mr. Chair

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I was just refreshing my memory through the business plan and this, I think, specifically speaks to policy work in corporate management so I hope it's appropriate for me to ask here.

I was, you know, grateful to be able to attend the NWT Association of Communities AGM last weekend, and there was a lot of conversation in the bear pit around emergency management and I was looking at ITI's items under -- or sorry, emergency management and business continuity. And it says here that you are developing guidelines in partnership with the chambers of commerce, another important...

I have been thinking about Avery Burke for two months. I have been thinking about my nieces and nephews when they were five or six years old, how fun and silly kids are at that age, how desperately heartbreaking it is to lose someone so young.

I have been thinking about this motion for weeks. The more I have heard from colleagues about the lack of basic health services in small communities, the more certain I am that this motion is the right thing to do.

In talking to my colleagues, I am so deeply saddened to hear of the challenges that the communities of the Nahendeh face, and since Avery...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And just generally speaking, in the Yellowknife area there are lots of folks throughout all of the Yellowknife ridings who use Fred Henne, use parks along the Ingraham Trail. Is there a notable increase of incidents outside of evacuation? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, I would also like to rise and recognize that this upcoming Saturday, March 8th, is International Women's Day. It is an honour to be the Commonwealth woman parliamentarian for the Northwest Territories, and I'm pleased to note the importance of this day in the legislature.

There's no right way to be a woman. I mark this day by reaffirming my commitment to fight for the safety and equity of all women, girls, and gender-diverse folks. I mark this day by saying that we, and every single Canadian, has so much farther to go in responding to the Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm so sorry, and I thought I was from Frame Lake for a second.

Anyway, I know at some point in the business plan -- I am sorry, I do not have the page in front of me -- that under the tourism and parks activity, we speak about public safety and the fact that there are a high number of incidents here -- thank you to myself for finding it -- 131 incidents have been reported in parks in the NWT since April 2024. So I'd say probably about an eight-month period before these business plans updates were printed. That is an increase of 76 incidents from 2023. Can the Minister...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, appreciate that. Looking very much forward to the vision coming out this fall, hopefully even perhaps earlier if the department is super keen and wants to get it out the door.

Further to that, and the sky being the limit, I would like to echo some of the comments that my colleague from Frame Lake has said since beginning his tenure here in this House that, you know, economic diversification used to include contributions for planning, research, and public engagement on advancing the knowledge economy. So I don't want to walk backwards into question period and the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in this activity, ITI is budgeting a $2.2 million reduction for economic diversification, which is a little concerning considering where we're at in the geopolitical world that has been thrust upon us. So can the department please provide more clarity on this reduction. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I don't. I'm really tired today, Mr. Chair. But, you know, I appreciate that. Maybe a more detailed breakdown of what actions are completed and what are -- were still outstanding would be great to share with Members. Thanks, Mr. Chair.