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Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act

Government Bill

12th Assembly, 3rd Session

Introduced on Nov. 19, 1992

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Events

Timeline of key legislative events

  • First Reading
    Completed Nov. 19, 1992 (Debate | Vote)
  • Second Reading
    Completed Nov. 20, 1992 (Debate | Vote)
  • Third Reading
    Completed April 1, 1993 (Debate | Vote)
  • Commissioner's Assent
    Completed April 2, 1993 (Debate)

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    April 1, 1993 Passed Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member from Hay River, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act, be read for the third time.
    Nov. 20, 1992 Passed Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 5, an Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill would amend the Social Assistance Act to provide for panels of appeal committees and the appeal board to hear appeals to protect the confidentiality of information received by an employee or member of an appeal committee or the appeal board, to change the regulation-making power respecting forms to be used under the act, to allow regulations to be made respecting allowances paid under the act, and permit such regulations to come into force before they are registered. Thank you.
    Nov. 19, 1992 Passed Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Aivilik, that Bill 5, an Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

    Discussion & Mentions

    Assent To Bills
    Assent To Bills

    April 2nd, 1993

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    Commissioner Norris

    Please be seated, you have had a long day. I understand that this is a record sitting for one day, so, I was very careful to say sit down quickly.

    ---Laughter

    Mr. Speaker, Madam Premier, Members of the Legislative Assembly, as we close the third session of the 12th Assembly we are witness to a historic passage. This is the last time a Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories is scheduled to hold a formal session in this facility.

    When we gather to open the fourth session of the 12th Assembly on November 17, we will be celebrating the official opening of our new and permanent Legislative Assembly building.

    ---Applause

    We should not view this as the end of an era and the beginning of the countdown to yet another. In truth, this is the continuation of a long, rich and colourful history.

    ---Applause

    The Territorial Council, later to be renamed the Legislative Assembly, has conducted its business in communities large and small. They met in Ottawa, Yellowknife, Inuvik, Iqaluit, Fort Smith, Rankin Inlet, Hay River, Chesterfield Inlet, Resolute Bay, Fort Simpson, Cape Dorset, Baker Lake, Aklavik and Norman Wells. To have met in so many communities is a magnificent feat in such a vast land.

    ---Applause

    Members of this Legislative Assembly have worked out of community halls, school gymnasiums and hotel banquet rooms. We have packed, unpacked, moved furniture, files and staff for more than four decades since the first Territorial Council met in 1951.

    The first Territorial Council consisted of appointed Members and the north's first elected representatives: Merv Hardie, James Brodie and Frank Carmichael. They conducted their meetings out of the Elks hall.

    In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Legislative Assembly held its sessions in the Explorer Hotel. Our daily sittings were held in the Katimavik rooms, while all rooms on the second floor were commandeered for offices.

    In November of 1984, the 10th Legislative Assembly held its third session -- the first to be held in this chamber. The facility was officially opened on February 6, 1985.

    I too would like to extend our thanks to Jack Walker and the staff of the Yellowknife Inn for nearly a decade of outstanding service to the Legislative Assembly.

    ---Applause I would also like to thank all Members of the Legislative Assembly, past and present, who have served their constituents and served them well from this building. I look forward to seeing everyone at the official opening of the new Assembly building on Wednesday, November 17, 1993.

    Mr. Speaker, Madam Premier and Members of the Legislative Assembly, as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I hereby assent to: Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act; Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Public Printing Act; Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act; Bill 21, an Act to Amend the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act; Bill 22, An Act to Amend the Mining Safety Act; Bill 25, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1993-94; Bill 26, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2; and Bill 27, Payroll Tax Act, 1993.

    As Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I prorogue this third session of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Qujannamiik, merci, mahsi cho, thank you.

    ---Applause

    ---PROROGATION

    Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Social Assistance Act
    Item 20: Third Reading Of Bills

    April 1st, 1993

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    Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

    Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member from Hay River, that Bill

    5, An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act, be read for the third time.

    Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Social Assistance Act
    Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

    November 19th, 1992

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    Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

    Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife

    South, that Bill 5, an Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act be read for the second time.

    Mr. Speaker, this bill would amend the Social Assistance Act to provide for panels of appeal committees and the appeal board to hear appeals to protect the confidentiality of information received by an employee or member of an appeal committee or the appeal board, to change the regulation-making power respecting forms to be used under the act, to allow regulations to be made respecting allowances paid under the act, and permit such regulations to come into force before they are registered. Thank you.

    Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Social Assistance Act
    Item 18: First Reading Of Bills

    November 18th, 1992

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    John Pollard Hay River

    Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Aivilik, that Bill 5, an Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.