Debates of February 9, 2024 (day 5)

February
9
2024
Session
20th Assembly, 1st Session
Day
5
Speaker
Shane Thompson
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Members Present
Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Edjericon, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Jay MacDonald, Hon. Vince McKay, Mr. McNeely, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Mr. Nerysoo, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Hon. Lesa Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Mrs. Yakelaya
Assembly Members
Topics
Member’s Statement 54-20(1): Supreme Court of Canada Ruling regarding the Indigenous Child Welfare Act
Member’s Statement 55-20(1): Meeting Housing Needs
Member’s Statement 56-20(1): Child and Youth Counsellor Initiative
Member’s Statement 57-20(1): Need for a Seniors’ Secretariat
Member’s Statement 58-20(1): Expansion of Snare Hydro System to Whatı
Member’s Statement 59-20(1): Lutselk’e Winter Road Access
Member’s Statement 60-20(1): Housing in Indigenous Communities
Member’s Statement 61-20(1): 2023 Wildfire Season
Member’s Statement 62-20(1): Chief John Baptiste Cazon Building
Member’s Statement 63-20(1): Housing Crisis
Minister’s Statement 8-20(1): 2023-2024 Winter Road Construction Challenges
Motion 15-20(1): Extended Adjournment of the House to February 20, 2024
Motion 9-20(1): Establishing a Public Inquiry into the 2023 Wildfires, Deferred
Motion to Postpone Consideration of Motion 9-20(1): Establishing a Public Inquiry into the 2023 Wildfires, to February 22, 2024, Carried
Question 38-20(1): Housing Needs in Mackenzie Delta Communities
Question 39-20(1): Meeting Housing Needs
Question 40-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Carbon Taxation
Question 41-20(1): Lutselk’e Road Access
Question 42-20(1): Supreme Court of Canada Ruling regarding the Indigenous Child Welfare Act
Question 43-20(1): Northwest Territories Nominee Program
Question 44-20(1): Child and Youth Counsellor Initiative
Question 45-20(1): Expansion of Snare Hydro System to Whati
Question 46-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Carbon Taxation
Question 47-20(1): Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre
Question 49-20(1): Yellowknife Aspen Apartments
Question 50-20(1): Expansion of Snare Hydro System to Tlicho Communities
Question 51-20(1): Invitation to Visit Sahtu Communities regarding Land Tenure
Recorded Vote
Tabled Document 24-20(1): Territorial Police Service Agreement - RCMP Annual Report (2022-2023)
Tabled Document 26-20(1): Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission Annual Report 2022 - Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Written Question 1-20(1): Carbon Tax Revenues and Rebates
Statements

Member’s Statement 55-20(1): Meeting Housing Needs

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, housing is a huge concern in all NWT communities. Stable and secure homes is the staple of healthy families.

Mr. Speaker, we have recognized a national housing crisis, this followed by a national housing strategy, and most importantly, federal resources made available directly to Indigenous governments to address this crisis. Mr. Speaker, this collaboration is genuine and truly a model to jointly address the core need for homes on the ground, a first and foremost totally true objective.

Mr. Speaker, in our efforts in providing NWT home security brings a variety of essential planning. Some communities have a oneseasonal window approach, which adds to more emphasis on planning. Mr. Speaker, when I reflect in previous Assembly housing assessments and now homes on the ground, addressing the NWT crisis is a both government to government collaboration; one, truly a motivation for this government to move forward. Mr. Speaker, at a later date, I will have questions for the Housing NWT minister. Mahsi.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from the Sahtu. Members' statements. Member from Yellowknife North.