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Bill 31, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2025-2026.

Government Bill

20th Assembly, 1st Session

Introduced on May 29, 2025

Events

Timeline of key legislative events

  • First Reading
    Completed May 29, 2025 (Debate | Vote)
  • Second Reading
    Completed May 29, 2025 (Debate | Vote)
  • Third Reading
    Completed May 29, 2025 (Debate | Vote)
  • Commissioner's Assent
    Completed May 29, 2025 (Debate)
  • Status

    Bill Text



    Related Votes

    May 29, 2025 Passed Third Reading of Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    May 29, 2025 Passed Second Reading of Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    May 29, 2025 Passed First Reading of Bill 31: Bill 31, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026. Deemed Read

    Discussion & Mentions

    Recorded Vote
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    All those abstaining, please stand.

    All those in favour, 13. Opposed, 3. Abstentions, zero. The motion is carried. Bill 31 has had its third reading. Thank you.

    ---Carried

    Third reading of bills. Clerk, can you please determine whether the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Gerald Kisoun, is prepared to enter the chambers and assent to the bills.

    ---SHORT RECESS

    Recorded Vote
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

    The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Range Lake.

    Recorded Vote
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Thank you. All those opposed, please stand.

    Recorded Vote
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

    The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Sahtu. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Thebacha.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Question has been called. Member from Yellowknife South has asked for a recorded vote. All those in favour, please stand.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Some Hon. Members

    Question.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. To the principle of the bill.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Richard Edjericon

    Richard Edjericon Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

    Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the bill, at this time, there's no -- there's nothing there for my small communities from the 19th and 20th Assembly. I got a letter that was brought in with all my issues. Two years in this mandate, I don't see anything there. And March of this year, I brought it up. But anyway, Mr. Speaker, at this point in time, I don't support this bill. Thank you.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, you're not talking -- you're not speaking to the bill. We're not talking about past experience. Please speak to the bill, please and thank you. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Richard Edjericon

    Richard Edjericon Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

    Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in the House here today to speak about the bill, and I don't know where to start but the best way for me to talk about this is that I want to say small communities do matter. We got 33 communities in the Northwest Territories, and we all have our own needs and wants and ask, and I got to work with our own Indigenous governments that are bringing their issues to me all the time. And I get calls every day, evenings, weekends, and I continue to advocate for them.

    Mr. Speaker, in the 19th Assembly I came in through a by-election, and at that time I brought my wish list forward to this government. And I was told that the wish list for my Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding was that we're going to try to put your wish list on the train, but the train left two years earlier on a four-year mandate. And it would appear that the -- my wish list for my riding was put on a suitcase and they tried to throw it on a moving train, but it bounced off. And the issue there is that the issues of my riding at that time never was addressed in the 19th Assembly --

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Thank you, Minister. To the principle of the bill. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. To the principle of the bill.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Third Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Caroline Wawzonek

    Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South

    Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput that Bill 31, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Second Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried. The motion is carried. Bill 31 has been read a second time.

    ---Carried

    Second reading of bills. Third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Second Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    Some Hon. Members

    Question.

    Bill 31: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, Carried
    Second Reading Of Bills

    May 29th, 2025


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    The Speaker

    The Speaker Shane Thompson

    Thank you, Minister. To the principle of the bill.