R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand from the news that President Trump has put a pause on majority of tariffs that he was imposing on Canada, a pause on all the tariffs on the goods that are -- that fall under the Canada, US, and Mexico Agreement. I understand also from the news that the Prime Minister has said that the retaliatory tariffs will remain despite that pause because the goal is to end all tariffs and the threats of tariffs. And so I know I don't want to be bouncing back and forth, giving different direction to departments, depending on what the President says on a given day, and...

Thank you, Madam Chair. So that's also part of the work that's been happening. We, of course, have the healthcare sustainability unit, the Department of Health and Social Services, and the NT Health Authority which is right now being run by the public administrator. And so the work has been to ensure that we all know what each other is doing, and we're all working together towards common goals.

So there's a couple different areas we're looking -- or a few different areas. So there's a governance and policy considerations. There is financial sustainability, and there's operational efficiencies...

Thank you. So the department is looking into what other jurisdictions actually do and how we can adopt or adapt any of those models or what lessons we can learn. And so that is all part of it. And I'll say that this is sort of a -- you know, we're talking at a territorial-wide level here. Within communities as well, RCMP detachments have their own prolific offender databases and that they work locally as well. So on many -- on multiple levels, this work is happening. Thank you.

Thank you. And I believe this would fall under the governance and service integration section, but I'm happy to speak to it here. We are presenting to standing committee on this in the coming weeks, I believe -- yes, next week. And so we should have some more information for committee there, but perhaps I can hand it to the deputy minister to expand on this. Thank you.

Thank you. If the Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations would bring that forward, that would be something that would be considered. As it is, this is very much arm's length and, you know, as Minister, I don't interfere in their operations. But that said, we're always happy to have the conversations if they're raised. Thank you.

Thank you. To my left is John MacDonald, deputy minister of EIA and secretary to Cabinet. And to my right is Terence Courtoreille, associate deputy minister of the health care system sustainability unit within the department of EIA. Thank you.

Yes, thank you. We're all about doing things differently and thinking out of the box, just like every other Assembly. But, you know, I don't know if I have much more to add than what I've stated before. That's one of the issues I see with government departments, and generally when you say this department does this and this department does this, there's going to be an area where we have -- don't have overlap because of, you know, the realities of mandates and, you know, funding and things like that but where there clearly could be things on either side of that border, it could be with health...

I take the Member's comment. Thank you.

So I'll just say that the court appoints legal counsel in two types of cases. The first is that involve a child protection matter initiated by child and family services, and the second is an access or parenting time dispute between parents. And in both of those instances, there's no obligation on a young child to, you know, try and navigate the justice system on their own. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, I will present Bill 22, Legislation Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.