This is page numbers 1 - 18 of the Hansard for the 13th Assembly, 8th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was gas.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to proceed with the first reading of Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Member for Thebacha is seeking unanimous consent to deal with Bill 5. Do we have any nays? There are no nays. Mr. Miltenberger, you have unanimous consent.

Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Workers' Compensation Act
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, be read for the first time.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 5 has had first reading. First reading of bills. Item 15, second reading of bills. Mr. Miltenberger.

Item 15: Second Reading Of Bills
Item 15: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Public Colleges Act.

Item 15: Second Reading Of Bills
Item 15: Second Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Member for Thebacha is seeking consent to deal with Bill 1. Do we have any nays? There are no nays. Mr. Miltenberger, you have consent.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik that Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Public Colleges Act. be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Public Colleges Act, to clarify the authority of a public college to offer university level programs and to grant prescribed university degrees. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 1 has had second reading and according to the bill, stands referred to a committee. Second reading of bills. Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 4, Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Statutes Amendment Act.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Member for the Sahtu is seeking unanimous consent to deal with Bill 4. Do we have any nays? There are no nays. Mr. Kakfwi, you have unanimous consent.

Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 4, Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Statutes Amendment Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends ten statutes to address the paramountcy of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, over other statutes that contain provisions that are inconsistent, or in conflict with it, as of December 31, 1999. The bill also amends the Archives Act and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act is amended to clarify that permitted public access to records in a registry includes access to original records.

The Archives Act is amended to

- provide a new definition of government body consistent with the definition of public body in the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act;

- clarify that a notice of the destruction of public records may be general in nature;

- increase the amount of the penalty for an offence under the act; and

- provide the Commissioner with the regulation-making authority to designate certain bodies as government bodies.

The Consumer Protection Act is amended to ensure that the provisions that limit access and provide for the security of information collected during investigations under the act continue to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Disease Registries Act is amended to ensure that the provisions for access to, accountability for, and control of records contained in the reportable disease registry continue to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Education Act, is amended to ensure that the following prevail despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act;

- provisions dealing with conditions of access to and the process for the release of information from a student record;

- specific and detailed provisions for the correction of student records;

- provisions dealing with the requirement that disclosures by a student to a school counselor be kept strictly confidential from the student's parents, teachers and others, as well as from the student himself or herself where necessary; provisions setting out the circumstances when a school counselor's notes or information contained in the notes may be disclosed and requiring that written notice of any disclosure be given to the student where reasonably possible.

The Environmental Rights Act is amended to repeal the access to information provisions contained in section 3.

The Insurance Act is amended to ensure that the provisions dealing with access to information about an insured or about a party to an application under the act continues to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Labour Standards Act is amended to ensure that the provision dealing with the disclosure of personal information continues to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Motor Vehicles Act is amended to ensure that the specific access to information and protection of privacy provisions contained in the act continue to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and to

- allow additional officials or organizations to access limited information from records contained in the motor vehicle registry, either with or without a fee;

- allow public or private agencies to access information from records contained in the motor vehicle registry, except personal information, for research purposes for a fee; and

- clarify that the Young Offenders Act, and the Young Offenders Act (Canada), govern the control and release of reports of convictions in respect of young persons.

The Payroll Tax Act, 1993 is amended to ensure that the conditions of disclosure of information collected pursuant to the Act continue to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Securities Act is amended to ensure that the specific circumstances of an investigation conducted under the act and the protection of the information collected as a result continue to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Tobacco Tax Act is amended to ensure that the conditions of disclosure of information collected pursuant to the act continue to apply despite the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 4 has had second reading and accordingly, the bill stands referred to the committee. Second reading of bills. Mr. Miltenberger.

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Member for Thebacha is seeking consent to deal with Bill 5. Do we have any nays? There are no nays. Mr. Miltenberger, you have consent.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Sahtu that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Workers' Compensation Act, to protect the co-workers of a worker and the employer of a worker from lawsuits in respect of transportation accidents arising out of and during the course of the worker's employment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 5 has had second reading and accordingly, the bill stands referred to the committee. Second reading of bills. Item 16, orders of the day. Mr. Clerk.

Item 16: Orders Of The Day
Item 16: Orders Of The Day

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Clerk Of The House Mr. David Hamilton

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker there is a meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations immediately after adjournment today. Also, again of the same committee again at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning and of the Special Committee on Western Identity at 11:00 a.m.

Orders of the day for Wednesday, September 8, 1999

1. Prayer

2. Ministers' Statements

3. Members' Statements

4. Returns to Oral Questions

5. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

6. Oral Questions

7. Written Questions

8. Returns to Written Questions

9. Replies to Opening Address

10. Petitions

11. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

12. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

13. Tabling of Documents

14. Notices of Motion

15. Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

16. Motions

17. First Reading of Bills

18. Second Reading of Bills

19. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

20. Report of Committee of the Whole

21. Third Reading of Bills

22. Orders of the Day

Item 16: Orders Of The Day
Item 16: Orders Of The Day

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. This House stands adjourned to 1:30 p.m., September 8, 1999.

--ADJOURNMENT