Debates of June 5, 2024 (day 21)

June
5
2024
Session
20th Assembly, 1st Session
Day
21
Speaker
Shane Thompson
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Members Present
Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Edjericon, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Vince McKay, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Mr. Nerysoo, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Hon. Lesa Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Yakeleya
Assembly Members
Topics
Acknowledgement 2-20(1): Morgan Stabel, National Youth Bowling Champion
Acknowledgement 3-20(1): Retirement of Jeff Seabrook
Committee Motion 11-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Early Learning – Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
Committee Motion 12-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Education – Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
Committee Motion 13-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Labour Development and Standards – Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
Committee Motion 14-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Department – Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
Member’s Statement 236-20(1): Support for Arts
Member’s Statement 237-20(1): Crime Reduction in the Northwest Territories
Member’s Statement 238-20(1): Availability and Maintenance of Public Housing
Member’s Statement 239-20(1): Addressing Public Housing Waitlists
Member’s Statement 240-20(1): Public Housing Crisis for Indigenous People
Member’s Statement 241-20(1): Delivering on Housing Needs
Member’s Statement 242-20(1): Housing as a Human Right
Member’s Statement 243-20(1): Forgiveness of Housing Debt for Elders and Seniors
Member’s Statement 244-20(1): Management of Government of the Northwest Territories Lands to Address Housing Needs
Member’s Statement 245-20(1): Aurora College Transformation
Member’s Statement 246-20(1): Hay River Track and Field
Member’s Statement 247-20(1): Inuvialuit Day
Member’s Statement 248-20(1): Inuvialuit Day
Member’s Statement 249-20(1): Celebration of Life of Pat Rowe
Minister’s Statement 44-20(1): Regional Solid Waste Site Improvements
Minister’s Statement 45-20(1): 40th Anniversary of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement – Inuvialuit Day
Motion 28-20(1): Consideration for Elders and Seniors in Debt Elimination, Carried
Motion 29-20(1): Municipal Block Land Transfer, Carried
Motion 30-20(1): Maintaining Northwest Territories’ Housing Stock, Carried
Motion 32-20(1): Increasing RCMP Response in Hay River
Mr. Edjericon’s Reply
Mr. Morse’s Reply
Mr. Nerysoo’s Reply
Ms. Morgan’s Reply
Question 238-20(1): Crime Reduction
Question 239-20(1): Aurora College Transformation
Question 240-20(1): Addressing Public Housing Waitlists
Question 241-20(1): Addressing Homelessness
Question 242-20(1): Housing Northwest Territories Funding
Question 243-20(1): Forgiveness of Housing Debt for Elders and Seniors
Question 244-20(1): Transitional Housing Pilot Project
Question 245-20(1): Housing as a Human Right
Question 247-20(1): Aurora College Transformation
Question 248-20(1): Support for Arts Project
Question 249-20(1): Clients’ Medical Records Required for Medical Travel
Question 250-20(1): RCMP Use of Body Cameras
Recorded Vote
Tabled Document 111-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025
Written Question 7-20(1): Housing Debt Among Elders and Seniors
Statements

Acknowledgement 3-20(1): Retirement of Jeff Seabrook

I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to acknowledge the incredible career of Range Lake's Jeff Seabrook who is set to retire after nearly three decades of inspiring and guiding northern students through his tireless service with Yellowknife Education District 1. Currently serving as principal of Ecole William McDonald Middle School, Jeff is known for his passionate support for French language education and has developed many outdoor student programs such as winter camps and canoe trips. In 2019, he was named as one of the country's best educators when he won that year's Learning Partnership Canada's Outstanding Principal Award. I know I speak for this entire Assembly when I congratulate him on his achievements, and we wish him all the best as he concludes that final stretch of his career and heads into retirement. Thank you, Jeff, for all your hard work preparing generation after generation for their lives ahead. You deserve all the best. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Acknowledgements.

Colleagues, recognizing the time, we will have a brief recess. A brief break.

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