Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm hoping this can be a bit of a Q and A because I'm interested to hear from the Minister how we can build better ontheground outreach services that integrate or work with law enforcement and teams of social workers, health support workers, to ensure that we have a better way of addressing social issues that are not necessarily criminal in nature but that often get, you know, punted to the RCMP out of lack of having other places to call. And so my understanding is that the Minister's interested in this idea but I don't see it in the business plan so far. But can the...

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I definitely look forward to continuing these conversations and ensuring that we continue to actually implement the recommendations in the Homelessness Strategy. That's it for now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I just wanted to start in my general comments by pointing out some of the important actions contained in the Homelessness Strategy, which is now going to be led by Executive and Indigenous Affairs. And I know that there's many actions identified in the business plans around coordinating efforts. And certainly it's not all about the money. It's partly about policies and coordination around homelessness. But I just wanted to emphasize here that it's also about the money when it comes to combatting homelessness. So I wanted to go over some of the specific recommendations...

Okay, thank you for that. And is there any money, either as part of that or somewhere else, for action items to be implemented as part of the Homelessness Strategy that have to do with, you know, better supporting shelters, to provide wraparound services? So aside from, you know, staffing positions within the government, are there dollars allocated within that that could be grants or contributions to organizations that are delivering services to that relate to homelessness? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the agenda for this government includes amending the Child and Family Services Act to address the 19th Assembly's Standing Committee on Social Development's recommendations and to align the Act with the federal Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children and youth. So how does the Minister propose to gain specialized advice about the legal rights of children as part of its review of the Child and Family Services Act, or propose changes to related acts, such as the Children's Law Act or the Family Law Act. So how does the Minister propose to gain advice on...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is where in this department's budget might we find money for the implementation of the Homelessness Strategy? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Justice. Can the Minister speak to what value the Office of the Children's Lawyer has added since its establishment in 2011, including the value of the support it has offered to the roster of lawyers who take on cases advocating for children? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so for last year for 20232024, can the Minister clarify whether or not all of the money that was allocated toward grants and contributions was actually allocated to deserving organizations? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I just I have some comments. I have heard from NWTbased businesses who looked at this RFP and strongly doubted that any NWTbased contractors would be able to bid on it given how it's designed. And so I understand that the goal of making websites more accessible is a good goal, but I believe that we could do this differently in a way that makes it more accessible to NWTbased contractors, that it could perhaps be done in stages, or designed differently to allow local businesses to work on especially a contract of this size. We're looking at probably over a million...