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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

I have a written question to the Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation. Would the Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation provide the following information:

1) What has been the total increase in the operating requirements for the NWT Power Corporation since the transfer to the Government of the NWT? 2) What has been the total number of layoffs or reduction in person years in the NWT Power Corporation since the Government of the NWT took over this responsibility? Would the Minister break this down into community or regional reductions? 3) Would the Minister provide this House with the total amount of financial and human resources that were initially transferred to the NWT? 4) What was the initial breakdown for contract services to the NWT Power Corporation? 5) What is the current dollar amount of financial resources being used for contract services? 6) Would the Minister indicate the businesses involved in these contracts, locations of head offices and northern offices for these contractors? 7) Would the Minister provide a calculation of the total amount of dollars remaining in the northern economy through contract services? 8) Would the Minister provide a breakdown of all of these contracts into regions and communities?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Koe.

Fred Koe Inuvik

This is a written question to the Minister of Education. I have been receiving complaints about students who have been refused financial assistance to continue postsecondary education. Would the Minister please provide the following information:

1) What programs are available to students to continue postsecondary education in the 1992-93 school year? 2) What students have been approved for financial assistance programs for the 1992-93 school year? 3) What students have been refused assistance? 4) For the students who are receiving assistance, what programs are they taking, and at what educational institution? 5) Also, what levels of assistance are they receiving and under what programs/policies were they approved?

Fred Koe Inuvik

Mr. Speaker, I have another written question to the Minister of Education. Would the Minister of Education please provide the following information:

1) What Government of the NWT employees have applied for educational leave in the 1992-93 school year?

2) Which of these employees have been approved?

3) What courses are they attending, to which educational institution are they going, and for how long?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Lewis.

Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

Mr. Speaker, it is a question to Mr. Kakfwi, Minister of Personnel. Would the Minister indicate how many summer students were employed by the government this summer and how this compares with previous years?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Written questions. Mr. Nerysoo.

Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a written question to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. Would the Minister indicate who or what company received the contract for operating the information centre in Dawson City, Yukon?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Written questions. Item 7, returns to written questions. Item 8, replies to Opening Address. Item 9, petitions. Item 10, reports of standing and special committees. Item 11, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 12, tabling of documents. Mr. Arvaluk.

Item 12: Tabling Of Documents
Item 12: Tabling Of Documents

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James Arvaluk Aivilik

Mr. Speaker, I would like to table Tabled Document 53-12(2), Our Link to the Past, The Passing of Tradition from One Generation to Another.

Item 12: Tabling Of Documents
Item 12: Tabling Of Documents

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Thank you, Mr. Arvaluk. Tabling of documents.

Item 13, notices of motions. Item 14, notices of motions for first reading of bills. Mr. Patterson.

Notice Of Motion For First Reading Of Bill 30: Workers' Compensation Act
Item 14: Notices Of Motions For First Reading Of Bills

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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, June 22, 1992, 1 shall move that Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act be read for the first time. Thank you.

Notice Of Motion For First Reading Of Bill 30: Workers' Compensation Act
Item 14: Notices Of Motions For First Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Notices of motions for first reading of bills.

Item 15, motions. Item 16, first reading of bills. Mr. Pollard.

First Reading Of Bill 28: Interim Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1992-93
Item 16: First Reading Of Bills

June 18th, 1992

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John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 28, An Act Respecting Interim Appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1993, No. 2, be read for the first time.

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The motion is in order, Mr. Pollard. All those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Pollard.

John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 29, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1992-93, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The motion is in order, Mr. Pollard. All those in favour'? Opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

First reading of bills.

Item 17, second reading of bills. Item 18, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other - Mr. Pollard.

John Pollard Hay River

Mr. Speaker, I would request unanimous consent to return to second reading of bills, Thank you.

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Proceed, Mr. Pollard.

John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 28, An Act Respecting Interim Appropriations for the Government of the NWT for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1993, No. 2, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill would make interim appropriations for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1993.

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The motion is in order, Mr. Pollard. To the principle of the bill. The question is being called. All those in favour? Opposed, if any? The motion is carried.

--- Carried

Bill 28 has had second reading. Mr. Pollard.

John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 29, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1992-93, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill would make supplementary appropriations for capital expenditures by the Government of the Northwest Territories for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1993. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The motion is in order, Mr. Pollard. To the principle of the bill. The question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 29 has had second reading. Bills 28 and 29 have had second reading, and accordingly the bills stand referred to committee of the whole.

Second reading of bills. Item 18, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 9-12(2), Strength at Two Levels; Tabled Document 10-12(2), Reshaping Northern Government; Motion 6-12(2), Discussion on Sobriety Clause in Contribution Agreements; Committee Report 10-12(2), Special Committee on Constitutional Reform Report on the Multilateral Conferences on the Constitution; Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act; Bill 3, An Act to Amend the Medical Care Act; Bill 6, Purchasing Management Association Act; Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Young Offenders Act; Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Real Estate Agents' Licensing Act; Bill 20, An Act to Amend the Nursing Profession Act; Bill 28, An Act Respecting Interim Appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1993, No. 2; Bill 29, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1992-93, with Mr. Nerysoo in the chair.

Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair Richard Nerysoo

The committee will come to order. Mr. Pollard.

Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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John Pollard Hay River

I would suggest Bills 2, 6, 18, 19 and 20, Mr. Chairman.