Le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (GTNO) a publié un plan de travail renouvelé concernant le développement des aires protégées et de conservation aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO).

Le GTNO a mis à jour le plan Territoire en santé, population en santé afin d’établir les priorités et les mesures nécessaires pour orienter son approche collaborative visant à identifier et à mettre en place les aires protégées et de conservation qui constituent le réseau de conservation des TNO.

Le plan de travail prévoit des mesures dans le cadre de cinq priorités :

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Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories recently completed a comprehensive strategic framework aimed at addressing the concerning rates of family violence in the Northwest Territories.

The framework is called Reclaiming the Capable Person: We Are All Capable Persons When We Have Community. In it, Elders from communities across the territory provide their definitions of a capable person based on traditional knowledge passed down from generations.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share the progress we have made in strengthening our mental health support services. Our focus is  on the pressing issue of suicide prevention, as well as our ongoing efforts to enhance the Mental Wellness and Addictions Recovery system.

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Mr. Speaker, this Legislative Assembly has made it a priority to advance universal child care for residents of the Northwest Territories. In December 2021, we signed the Canada-NWT Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, and since then we have worked closely with licensed early learning and child care programs and early childhood educators to advance this mandate.

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Aujourd’hui, le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord‑Ouest (GTNO) a publié un rapport final décrivant les principales réalisations de son Plan d’action sur l’incapacité 2018-2022. 

La ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Julie Green, a annoncé aujourd’hui la publication de l’orientation stratégique et du plan d’action 2023-2028 des services aux enfants, aux adolescents et aux familles. L’orientation stratégique et le plan d’action joueront un rôle important en guidant les efforts des représentants du ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux visant à garder les familles unies et à apporter un soutien aux enfants et aux adolescents.

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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today and announce the appointment of Mr. Rick Hunt as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission, effective yesterday October 2, 2023. This morning I met with Mr. Hunt and officially welcomed him to the position. 

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Mr. Speaker, the regulations for the Northwest Territories Mineral Resources Act define the first made-in-the-NWT approach to governing mineral development. That is not the only thing that makes them historic, they are the first legal instrument to be developed in their entirety, under the Legislative Development Protocol set out by the Northwest Territories Intergovernmental Agreement on Lands and Resources Management. Last Friday, I tabled a report highlighting the status and success of the Intergovernmental Council’s collaborative process.