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Supplementary To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Minister responsible for the Power Corporation, Madam Premier.

Further Return To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Madam Speaker, it is not unusual to have a water surcharge levied. As a matter of fact, Madam Speaker, this is not the first time. When the federal government, or Crown, had the corporation, they, themselves, also levied a water surcharge. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Further Return To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ballantyne.

Supplementary To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, my information is that $7 million was what the system generated over the last two years, since the territorial government has run the Power Corporation. To do something like this, which is quite extraordinary, the Power Corporation must have come forward with some very strong rationale to break with all precedent, to ignore the reality that this particular area has put $7 million into the system, and to decide at this time that this particular area would pay the total cost for the low water. I will ask again, what was the rationale given to the Minister by the Power Corporation to make this extraordinary decision?

Supplementary To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Minister responsible for the Power Corporation, Madam Premier.

Further Return To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Madam Speaker, when the Power Corporation came forward to build a multi-million dollar line from Snare to Yellowknife, that application had to go through the Public Utilities Board. When we had to install the large, extraordinary funding for Yellowknife customers for diesel generation, that had to go through the Public Utilities Board. When the Power Corporation looked at the cost of losing water, that also is before the Public Utilities Board and their rationale is also before the Public Utilities Board. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Further Return To Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Question 245-12(6): Locations Of Rate Increases In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Item 7, written questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife North, Mr. Ballantyne.

Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you. These are two questions, Madam Speaker, for the Minister responsible for the Power Corporation. Would the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation please advise this House of the following:

1. What would be the impact on power rates throughout the Northwest Territories if the proposed 22 per cent low water surcharge on the Snare system is approved by the Public Utilities Board?

2. What would be the impact on the power subsidy paid by the NWT if the proposed 22 per cent low water surcharge is approved by the Public Utilities Board?

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 8, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Kakfwi.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document, Tabled Document 40-12(6), Zero Tolerance for Violence: A Status Report, the Department of Justice, October, 1994.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Nerysoo.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to table the following document, Tabled Document 41-12(6), People, Our Focus for the Future: Education, Culture and Employment, A Strategy to 2010, in English and Inuktitut.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motions for first reading of bills. The honourable Member for Hay River.

Item 15: Notices Of Motions
Item 15: Notices Of Motions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

FOR FIRST READING OF BILLS

John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, October 27, 1994, I shall move that Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1993-94, be read for the first time. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Item 15, notices of motions for first reading of bills. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta.

Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, October 27, 1994, I shall move that Bill 20, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 15, notices of motions for first reading of bills. Item 16, motions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Motion To Move Tabled Document 36-12(6) To Committee Of The Whole, Carried

Charles Dent

Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kitikmeot, that Tabled Document 36-12(6), Action Plan - Consolidation - Health and Social Services, be moved into committee of the whole for consideration.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

An Hon. Member

Question.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Tabled Document 36-12(6) is moved into committee of the whole for today.

Item 17, first reading of bills. Item 18, second reading of bills. Item 19, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 14-12(6), "Open for Business" - Privatizing the Northwest Territories Power Corporation; Tabled Document 23-12(6), Report of the 1993-94 Electoral District Boundaries Commission Northwest Territories; Minister's Statement 11-12(6), Return to Session; Committee Report 10-12(6), Report on the Review of the 1995-96 Capital Estimates; Committee Report 11-12(6), Report on the First Annual Report (1992-93) of the Languages Commissioner of the NWT; Bill 1, Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96; Bill 2, Aboriginal Custom Adoption Recognition Act; Bill 3, Guardianship and Trusteeship Act; Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Arctic College Act; Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Public Utilities Act; and, Tabled Document 36-12(6), "Action Plan - Consolidation - Health and Social Services," with Mr. Lewis in the chair.

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

October 24th, 1994

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The Chair Brian Lewis

I would like to call the committee of the whole to order. Good afternoon, colleagues. What would you like to do? Mr. Dent.

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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Charles Dent

Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to recommend that we continue on with Bill 1, considering the Department of Health and Social Services and Committee Report 10-12(6), then perhaps if we finish the Department of Health and Social Services, we can resume debate on Bill 7.

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair Brian Lewis

Do Members agree that that's the order of business?