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Bill 18: Forgiveness Of Debts Act, 2002-2003
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 18, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2002-2003, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill authorizes the forgiveness of debts in accordance with section 25 of the Financial Administration Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 18: Forgiveness Of Debts Act, 2002-2003
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour, please signify. All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 18 has had second reading and accordingly, the bill stands referred to committee of the whole.

Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Bill 19: Write-off Of Debts Act, 2002-2003
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 19, Write-off of Debts Act, 2002-2003, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill authorizes the write-off of debts in accordance with section 24 of the Financial Administration Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 19: Write-off Of Debts Act, 2002-2003
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour, please signify. All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 19 has had second reading and accordingly, the bill stands referred to a committee.

Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Bill 21: Health Statutes Amendment Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 21, Health Statutes Amendment Act, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Certified Nursing Assistants Act, the Dental Auxiliaries Act, the Dental Mechanics Act, the Dental Profession Act, the Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act, the Medical Care Act, the Medical Profession Act, the Optometry Act, the Pharmacy Act, the Public Health Act, the Veterinary Profession Act and the Vital Statistics Act.

The bill also includes consequential amendments to the Evidence Act and the Marriage Act.

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Certified Nursing Assistants Act is amended to:• retitle the act as the Licensed Practical Nurses Act;• substitute the title "licensed practical nurse" for "certified nursing assistant";• replace the requirement for a certificate with a requirement for a licence;• substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities for licensing and discipline;• provide for a licensed practical nurse register; and• provide a regulation-making power in respect of fees.

In addition, the Evidence Act is consequentially amended to replace a reference to the Certified Nursing Assistants Act with a reference to the Licensed Practical Nurses Act.

Schedule B -- Amendments To The Dental Auxiliaries Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Dental Auxiliaries Act is amended to substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities for registration and discipline. References to a "province or the Yukon Territory" are replaced with references to a "province or territory".

Schedule C -- Amendments To Dental Mechanics Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Dental Mechanics Act is amended to substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities for registration and discipline. References to a "province or the Yukon Territory" are replaced with a reference to a "province or territory".

Schedule D -- Amendments To Dental Profession Act
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Dental Profession Act is amended to replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory".

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Guardianship and Trusteeship Act is amended to provide some discretion in the form that may be used when making an application for temporary guardianship, to clarify that an alternate trustee has the duties of a trustee, and to clarify the wording of a provision.

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act is amended to:• relieve an injured person who sues for damages of the requirement to include a claim on behalf of the Minister if the Minister waives that requirement;• update a reference to the Minister of Health Canada;• replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• clarify the wording of various provisions.

Schedule G -- Amendments To Medical Care Act
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Medical Care Act is amended to:• relieve an injured person who sues for damages of the requirement to include a claim on behalf of the Minister if the Minister waives that requirement;• replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• clarify the wording of various provisions.

Schedule H -- Amendments To Medical Health Profession Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Medical Health Profession Act is amended to allow the appointment of alternate members to the Medical Registration Committee.

Schedule I -- Amendments To Optometry Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Optometry Act is amended to:• substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities for licensing and discipline;• replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• clarify the wording of various provisions.

Schedule J -- Amendments To Pharmacy Act
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Pharmacy Act is amended to:• substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities for licensing and discipline;• delete a provision grandfathering the registration of persons who were entitled to practice pharmaceutical chemistry on December 12, 1953; • replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• clarify the wording of various provisions.

Schedule K -- Amendments To Public Health Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Public Health Act is amended to substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities under the act. A reference to a "province or the Yukon Territory" is replaced with a reference to a "province or territory".

Schedule L -- Amendments To Veterinary Profession Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Veterinary Profession Act is amended to:• substitute the Minister for the Commissioner in respect of certain authorities for licensing and discipline;• replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• clarify the wording of various provisions.

Schedule M -- Amendments To Vital Statistics Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

The Vital Statistics Act is amended to:• remove an outdated reference to "lawful wedlock";• allow a nurse in charge of a health centre to complete a medical certificate if a death is not a reportable death under the Coroners Act and if a medical practitioner is not available;• remove the requirement that the Registrar General retain church records; • remove the requirement that the Registrar General forward notifications of change of name made in the Northwest Territories to other jurisdictions if the person whose name was changed was married outside the Territories;• remove the requirement that the Registrar General issue a certificate or annulment of marriage;• replace references to a "province or the Yukon Territory" with references to a "province or territory"; and• remove redundant regulation-making powers dealing with registration in respect of Indians.

In addition, the Marriage Act is consequentially amended to remove a reference to a certificate of the dissolution or annulment of a marriage under the Vital Statistics Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Schedule M -- Amendments To Vital Statistics Act
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour, please signify. All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 21 has had second reading. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to a committee.

Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 22, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Child and Family Services Act to:• provide that voluntary support services agreements may be entered into with persons who are 16 to18 years of age and who reside with their parents;• provide that a court order may be made with respect to a person who is apprehended and who attains the age of 16 years before the protection concerns that led to the apprehension have been dealt with;• clarify and expand the grounds on which a child may be considered to be in need of protection;• clarify the duty to report that a child may be in need of protection and to require that all reports respecting a child who may be in need of protection are investigated;• extend the time limits for establishing a plan of care committee, entering into a plan of care agreement and making an application to a court respecting a child who is in need of protection;• provide that a person who is under investigation for or has been charged with or convicted of an offence with respect to a child who is the subject of a plan of care committee or a person who is a member of a plan of care committee or who is restrained from having contact with such a person, is ineligible to sit on the committee;• provide that the applicable aboriginal organization receives a copy of an originating notice of an application for a declaration that an aboriginal child is in need of protection, but not the affidavit in support of the application, and receives a copy of an order placing an aboriginal child in the permanent custody of the director ;• provide that the applicable aboriginal organization may make representations respecting a plan of care for the child;• enable a child protection worker and a person who has been granted access under the terms of a court order to apply to the court for a variation of the provisions of the order that relate to access;• clarify the provisions respecting the confidentiality of and disclosure of information under the act, and in particular to clarify that the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act does not apply to the disclosure of information received, obtained or retained by persons under the act;• provide that the provisions of the act with respect to the confidentiality of and disclosure of information apply to information obtained under the Child Welfare Act;• provide for the appointment of deputy directors; and • make other minor amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour, please signify. All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 22 has had second reading. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to a committee.

Item 18, second reading of bills. Before we proceed to the next item, I would just like to draw your attention to the presence in the Speaker's gallery of Mr. Monte Hummel of the World Wildlife Fund.

-- Applause

Item 19, consideration of committee of the whole of bills and other matters. Ministers' Statements 46-14(5), 47-14(5), Tabled Document 35-14(5), Committee Report 6-14(5) and Bills 8, 13 and 17. Prior to going into committee of the whole, by the authority given the Speaker by Motion 2-14(5), the House is resolved into committee of the whole to sit beyond the time of adjournment until the committee is prepared to report. Mr. Krutko will be 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

June 18th, 2002

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The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

I will call the committee to order. We have several items to deal with: Ministers' Statements 46-14(5), 47-14(5), Tabled Document 35-14(5), Committee Report 6-14(5) and Bills 8, 13 and 17. What is the wish of the committee? 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 Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to recommend that the committee consider Bill 8, followed by Bill 13, and then Bill 17, and then move on to Committee Report 6-14(5). Thank you.

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

The Chair David Krutko

Does the committee agree?

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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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.