Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Standing Committee on Social Development concluded its review of Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Children’s Law Act, on October 25, 2016, with a public hearing held here in the Legislative Assembly building. Throughout the review of this bill, committee members were particularly interested in the future delivery of the in-house recalculation services by the Department of Justice.

These long-awaited amendments will bring positive, meaningful change to the lives of many of our constituents and their families and to Northerners at large, and the committee is...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Department of Municipal and Community Affairs recently commissioned in the Sutcliffe Report to review MACA's mandate and goals in support of recreation and physical activities, and to make recommendations about how to manage lottery funds and operations in support of our revised mandate goals. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister please provide some information about who the Sutcliffe Group consulted in the development of their report and recommendations? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank my colleagues out there. Mr. Speaker, it's been a little frustrating to say the least, according to some of the organizations that were involved in the process. It wasn't entirely clear to them what the rationale was for the structure change for removing Sport North as a funding agent for the membership. Mr. Speaker, by removing Sport North as a funding agent to its membership it seems the department limits the ability of the federation to help improve the health of the communities.

Mr. Speaker, I could spend hours, maybe months, maybe years on this topic...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Minister for that answer. I'm very happy to hear that the department is willing to work with the territorial organizations so that they're successful in applying for the funding. So can the Minister please provide us an update of what the department is doing for the next six months or year in regards to this program, or maybe in the next little while? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I thank the Minister for her answer. It is my understanding that the territorial sport organizations passed a similar motion not in the springtime, in the fall time, that Sport North would still remain their funding agent; that the funding would go through them. Can the Minister please advise if she's received this motion and the status of it?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for her answer. The Sutcliffe Report had 18 recommendations and one of the recommendations was about the funding relationship. When will the department begin implementing recommendations as listed in the Sutcliffe Report? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I thank the Minister for her answer. Mr. Speaker, one of the recommendations of the report was to establish an NWT sport recreation and physical activity/physical literacy policy. Has the department developed this policy? If so, what is it meant to do?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank Mr. Sebert for that part.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to speak about some big changes that are happening to the sport and recreation system for the way funding is handled in the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, according to the CBC news, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) will be taking over funding of all sport organizations in the territory beginning April 1st that used to be done by the Sport North Federation. Mr. Speaker, according to the news, this means that Sport North will receive a million dollars less in administration and program funding next fiscal year. This...

I thank the Minister for her answer. So, Mr. Speaker, can the Minister please provide us with what the department is doing with the other TSOs that are not utilizing this Sport North Federation to prepare for the short-term and long-term plans as we move forward? December, I believe that's the deadline. So I thank the Minister for that knowledge.