Robert Hawkins

I'll gladly accept that update. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'm wondering if the Minister can elaborate it says, for example, $308,000. Can she elaborate to what specifically that is. I mean, I can read it says NWT film and media sector, but is it to is it treated as a grant? Is it treated as to backfill something? Is it a position? Is it that type of so we'll start with that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question will be directed to the Premier of the Assembly.

Last week the Members passed a motion with respect to the wildfire inquiry question and, of course, you know, we don't have to go through that debate in my preamble, Mr. Speaker, but the ask was would the Premier be willing to table the draft inquiry establishment order on the first day of session and hence, that's the question, would the Premier commit publicly to being able to clearly do that as requested by the Members of this House? Thank you.

Is there any reason why the Minister of Justice couldn't answer that today considering he's literally a very good folded paper plane throws' away? I mean, I could, you know I mean, he's right in front of me. Is there any reason he couldn't answer that question?

Well, it's my understanding that some of these reconciliations and costs, in other words knowing exactly what it costs and then submission of the final portion of our application to get some money back from Canada, there will be an assessment and accounting of those costs. So is the Minister saying that it's fully been costed out or costed, paid for, and reconciled and submitted for the transparency of our public accounts, or is it still being worked on? I'm asking when can that when would that be available? Thank you.

Okay. So these are permanent moving forward positions, and the Minister said she'd get back to us with respect to if they're currently staffed or not staffed in that sense.

The other aspect of questioning here is if we're staffing nine new positions, that's great. That said, how many have been requested? And I assume these are the nine that are proved moving forward. So how many in total have been requested? And obviously the difference is the number that are unfunded or not being funded. Thank you.

Thank you. So just to be clear, whether just for me or potentially others, this $24 million is anticipated or sorry, is going to be used for the cost to fire fighting the fire, but the money received to date isn't applied directly to that overall cost?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the question. I believe if I have it correctly, the change is to bring consistency over a fiveyear period that reflect the consumer price index. If it went year by year, it would be influenced by major spikes, be it up and down, therefore this brought longerterm consistency. I look to the I look to the clerk for maybe some further explanation beyond that.

I'm that excited, Mr. Speaker. I'm that excited. Mr. Speaker, the Minister is well within her purview, her authority, to say yes to this young person to reinstate this grant bursary which was offered to her earlier this fall that is. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please, would she do that?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to speak to Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, in my capacity as a Member of the Board of Management.

In the previous Assembly, changes were made to the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act to adjust pay by the average percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index for Canada in a period of five years. This bill aligns the maximum amounts allowed annually for Members' expenses to the same consumer price index to make sure the act is uniformly using the same measurements. That...