Debates of Oct. 29th, 2002

This is page numbers 1231 - 1274 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 5th 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 chairman.

Topics

Members Present
Item 1: Prayer
Youth Corps Program
Launch Of The United Way Foundation
Capital Infrastructure Concerns In Mackenzie Delta
Beaufort-delta Leaders' Meeting
Support And Caring For Seniors
Senior Citizens Home Repair Program
Addictions Treatment In The Nwt
Vital Statistics Format Change For Marriage Certificates
Expressing The Will Of The Silent Majority
National Skills Canada Competition
Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
Vital Statistics' Provision Of Marriage Certificates
Update On Mackenzie Delta Capital Projects
Senior Citizens Home Repair Program
Addictions Treatment Facilities In The Nwt
Public Housing Rent Scale
Public Housing Rent Assessment
Liquor Licensing For Sunday Openings
Proposal For College Residence In Inuvik
Paramount Resources Payment Of Sub-contractors
Bridge Safety Improvements In Rae-edzo
Affirmative Action Policy Concerns
Coroner's Inquest Recommendations
Capital Funding For Highway No. 8
Committee Report 12-14(5): Special Committee On The Implementation Of Self-government And The Sunset Clause Progress Report
Tabled Document 68-14(5): Workers' Compensation Board 2001 Annual Report
Tabled Document 69-14(5): Towards Excellence A Report On Education In The Northwest Territories, September 2002
Tabled Document 70-14(5): Overview Of Canada's Draft Climate Change Plan
Tabled Document 71-14(5): Economic Development Planning Workshop And Action Plan, Fort Mcpherson, Nt
Tabled Document 72-14(5): Highway Investment Strategy Expenditure Plan, 2001/02-2004/05
Request For Special Audit By The Auditor General Of Canada On The North Slave Correctional Centre (carried)
Bill 29: An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly And Executive Council Act, No. 2
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
To Amend Clause 5 Of Bill 1 To Add "gender Identity" (carried)
To Amend Clause 5 Of Bill 1 To Add "family Affiliation, Political Belief, Political Association" (carried)
To Amend Clause 7 Of Bill 1 To Delete Sub-clause (2) (carried)
To Amend Clause 7 Of Bill 1 By Adding Sub-clause (6) (carried)
To Amend Clause 11 Of Bill 1 To Add Sub-clause (3) (carried)
To Amend Clause 12 Of Bill 1 To Add Sub-clause (3) (carried)
To Amend Clause 13 Of Bill 1 To Add Sub-clause (2) (carried)
To Amend Clause 16 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 17 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 22 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 51 Of Bill 1 (defeated)
To Amend Clause 51 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 62 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 63 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 74 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
Recommendation For An Open And Transparent Human Rights Commission Selection Process (carried)
Recommendation To Amend The Legal Services Act (carried)
Recommendation To Study The Implications Of Expanding Current Protections With Respect To Criminal Convictions In The Human Rights Act (carried)
To Amend Clause 3 Of Bill 22 (carried)
To Defer Clause 7 Of Bill 22 (carried)
Item 20: Report Of The Committee Of The Whole
Item 22: Orders Of The Day

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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Roger Allen

Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes

I MOVE that sub-clause 75(3) of the French version of Bill 1 be amended by striking out "loi anterieure" and by substituting "loir precedente."

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those against? Clause 75, as amended.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Clause 76.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Clause 77.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Clause 78.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Clause 79.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Back to the preamble. Mr. Bell.

Committee Motion 53-14(5): To Amend Clause 75 Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Brendan Bell

Brendan Bell Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Given that we have agreed we would expand the list of prohibitive grounds to include gender identity, the committee thinks that it makes sense to also include that in the preamble. Therefore,

Committee Motion 54-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Brendan Bell

Brendan Bell Yellowknife South

I MOVE that the preamble of Bill 1 be amended by adding "gender identity" after "sexual orientation."

Committee Motion 54-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those against? The motion is carried. The preamble, as amended. Mr. Dent.

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Charles Dent

Charles Dent Frame Lake

Mr. Chairman, as a further consequence of amendments that we have inserted tonight, the committee was also of the feeling that there should be a further amendment to the preamble to Bill 1. Therefore,

Committee Motion 55-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Charles Dent

Charles Dent Frame Lake

I MOVE that the preamble of Bill 1 be amended by striking out "or social condition" and by substituting "family affiliation, political belief, political association, or social condition." Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Committee Motion 55-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those against? The motion is carried. To the preamble, as amended.

Committee Motion 55-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Bill as a whole, as amended?

Committee Motion 55-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Does the committee agree that Bill 1 is ready for third reading?

Committee Motion 55-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Bill 1 is now ready for third reading, as amended. Mr. Braden.

Committee Motion 55-14(5): To Amend The Preamble Of Bill 1 (carried)
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Bill Braden

Bill Braden Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To conclude the committee's work on this, Mr. Chairman, and to really fully address some issues and concerns that were brought forward in our public hearings, the committee will be making a couple of motions. These motions did not technically fit into the body or the preamble of the bill itself, Mr. Chairman, but we felt still deserved, still were worthy of consideration by committee of the whole.

The motion that I am going to move addresses an area that we heard from a number of presenters on in our hearings, Mr. Chairman. It concerned the manner in which the commission, the Human Rights Commission members, are selected. We essentially heard, Mr. Chairman, that the public of the Northwest Territories wants to have access to this process. While we do not go on to prescribe what the exact mechanisms should be for selecting commission members, we are going to, through this motion, Mr. Chairman, hopefully create a situation and an approach whereby the manner in which commission members is indeed open, accessible and transparent, so Mr. Chairman,