Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I appreciate the question from the Member just to further clarify. It does not. This guidance has been -- this guidance is offered and given by the independent review committee and passed on to the Assembly for final direction.
Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act
Government Bill
20th Assembly, 1st SessionIntroduced on Feb. 22, 2024
Bill Sponsor
Status
Law (Assent given) as of Feb. 29, 2024
This bill has received Commissioner's Assent and is now law (but may not be in force yet).
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Related Votes
Feb. 26, 2024 Passed Third Reading of Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, Carried
Feb. 23, 2024 Passed Second Reading of Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, Carried
Feb. 23, 2024 Passed Second Reading of Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, Carried
Feb. 22, 2024 Passed First Reading of Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act
Discussion & Mentions
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Thank you for your question. I'm going to go to the Member of Yellowknife Centre.
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Julian Morse Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I just wanted to follow up on the question asked by my colleague from Nunakput. She asks whether it aligned with the collective agreement of the public service and so I just wanted to get some clarification on that.
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Is there any further comments from Members? I'm going to go to Mr. -- or sorry, hang on. I want to get this right.
Member of Frame Lake.
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Thank you, Mr. Rutland. I'm going to go back to the Member from Nunakput.
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Glen Rutland
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the independent commission makes recommendations to the Legislative Assembly. The recommendation was that Members receive a CPI increase annually. Members in the 19th Legislative Assembly decided to change the legislation such that it would be a five-year average of CPI. At the time, the CPI increase would have likely resulted in about a 7 percent increase. But by doing a five-year average, it brought it down to, I believe, about 3.8. 3.34, sorry.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Member. I believe if I understand it correctly, most of this is set by the independent commission and given the direction to the Assembly on that. If I need a further -- there is maybe one further comment provided by our clerk who can elaborate. Thank you.
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Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
My second question to the Member and the staff is it consistent with like collective agreements and what the CPI increase would be with collective agreements; is there consistency with that?
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Thank you, Mr. Rutland. I'm going to go back to the Member from Nunakput.
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Glen Rutland
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the changes were first made for this current fiscal year to the legislation last year. There's two provisions in the bill that needed to be changed. One related to the indemnity paid to Members and one related to the allowances. The change regarding the allowances was missed last year. So this will -- but what was actually -- the allowances provided to Members was based on the five-year average so this catches that. And then it also sets the MLA pay and indemnities for 2024-2025 beginning April 1st based on the five-year formula.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the question. I believe if I have it correctly, the change is to bring consistency over a five-year period that reflect the consumer price index. If it went year by year, it would be influenced by major spikes, be it up and down, therefore this brought longer-term consistency. I look to the -- I look to the clerk for maybe some further explanation beyond that.