Total grants and contributions, $6.369 million.
Debates of March 1st, 2005
This is page numbers 1631 - 1674 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 3rd 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 communities.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Page 4-25, School of Community Government, operations expenditure summary, $1.9 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Page 4-31, activity summary, lands administration, operations expenditure summary. Mr. Braden.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under this area we're in lands administration here and the activity description provided in the budget document gives a snapshot of the jurisdiction that the department has here. One of the significant pieces of legislation that it operates under is the Planning Act I think comes into play in this particular area. It has been a frequently raised topic with Members of the city council at least here in Yellowknife that the Planning Act is a pretty critical piece of their planning and legislative framework and that it really needs to be updated. There has been a request in front of the department for some time, I think a few years now to proceed with a rewrite of this act. Can the Minister advise are we about to engage in this, I understand, normal review and revision of the Planning Act? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Yes, Mr. Chairman, we are planning to move forward with discussions on the Planning Act. We will have a discussion paper by March for review.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So a discussion paper. Where, in terms of timelines, does that put us in terms of planning our legislative calendar and when could we potentially see a finished act? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Mr. Chairman, at this point, it's difficult to give an accurate set date that we would expect this to be a completed document. We're early into the discussions. We plan to have a discussion paper by probably the end of March or maybe in early April. We are talking with the city. The city is working with us on this through the NWT Association of Communities. So there is still a lot of work to be done and there's still a lot of consultation. It's quite possible that we might have it for the latter part of this year, but I can't say with any certainty on that.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Within the normal kind of cycle here, I've come to expect that sometimes even modest pieces of work can take between a year and two years. Are we realistically looking at, potentially, about a two-year phase to bring a new bill in? Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Mr. Chairman, I would hope that would be the longest it would be, but I would hazard a guess that we will probably be looking at some time next year, about this time, to really move on it.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a further follow-up. Is the intent of the Minister that we are going to proceed with a few short-term fixes, or is it the intent of the Minister to proceed with a full review of this act? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Mr. Chairman, we are right now working on the discussion paper and that is going to outline the scope of what it includes. This discussion paper hasn't been finalized yet, but we'll have something by the end of March, as I indicated earlier.
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