MLAs passed a motion calling on cabinet to reconsider rejecting a report's recommendation that an NWT-wide emergency management agency be created.
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"Why is the GNWT rejecting any part of this?" In the legislature, MLAs questioned ministers over their response to a key review of 2023's fires and evacuations.
"We need a huge shift." Two regular MLAs questioned the GNWT's response to a review of 2023's fires and evacuations, while ministers defended their approach.
The GNWT rejected a major recommendation from a review of how it handled 2023's fires and evacuations, saying no to forming a new emergency management agency.
Thirty-five recommendations, 35 responses. Get a quick guide to what the 2023 fire and evacuation review told the GNWT to do – and how it replied.
