Debates of Feb. 19th, 2008

This is page numbers 399 to 426 of the Hansard for the 16th Assembly, 2nd 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 housing.

Topics

Oral Questions
Prayer
Point of Order
Minister’s Statement 19-16(2) G.N.W.T. Commitment To Long-Term Energy Solutions
Minister’s Statement 20-16(2) Arctic Winter Games Clinic
East Arm National Park
Arctic Winter Games Fundraising Efforts
Support For Teachers And Educational Programming
Mackenzie Delta Arctic Winter Games Youth Participant
Public Service Training Program
Concerns Regarding The Department Of Human Resources
N.W.T. Participation At The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games
Apology To Victims Of Residential School Experience
Federal Support For N.W.T. Courthouse
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
Question 108-16(2) Concerns Regarding The Department Of Human Resources
Question 109-16(2) Supports For Teachers And Educational Programming
Question 110-16(2) Public Service Training Program
Question 111-16(2) Teacher Housing In Non-Market Communities
Question 112-16(2) Consultant Contracts Awarded To Southern Residents
Question 113-16(2) N.W.T. Participation At The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games
Question 114-16(2) Auditor General’s Report On The N.W.T. Housing Corporation
Question 115-16(2) Policy Regarding Violence Against Teachers In Schools
Question 9-16(2) Yellowknife Schools Enrolments
Question 10-16(2) G.N.W.T. Arctic Winter Games Expenditures
Tabling of Documents
Notices of Motion
Motion 3-16(2) Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing Motion Carried
Motion 4-16(2) United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples Motion As Amended Carried Unanimously
Motion 7-16(2) Extended Adjournment Of The House To May 22, 2008
Bill 4 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
Bill 5 An Act To Amend The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act
Bill 6 An Act To Amend The Residential Tenancy Act
Bill 7 Securities Act
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bill 3 An Act To Amend The Employment Standards Act
Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act, 2008-2009
Committee Motion 6-16(2) To Delete $85,000 From The Lightning Location System — Enr Committee Motion Not Carried
Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Report of Committee of the Whole

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that the Schedule to Bill 1 be amended to:

1) decrease by $115,000 the interim appropriation

amount set out in Part 2, item 15, Public Works and Services, by striking out $6,534,000 and substituting $6,419,000;

2) decrease by $540,000 the interim appropriation

amount set out in Part 2, item 17, Justice, by striking out $1,610,000 and substituting $1,070,000;

3) decrease by $80,000 the interim appropriation

amount set out in Part 2, item 18, Education, Culture and Employment, by striking out $21,626,000 and substituting $21,546,000;

4) decrease by $735,000 the amount set out in

Part 2 as the Total Interim Appropriation for Capital Investment Expenditures by striking out $110,291,000 and substituting $109,556,000; and

5) decrease by $735,000 the amount set out at

the end of the Schedule as the Total Interim Appropriation by striking out $491,566,000 and substituting $490,831,000.

That’s my motion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Motion is being

circulated. Motion is in order.

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to describe for Members what is being proposed here in this motion to delete: Public Works and Services is records storage; Justice is the perimeter fencing at North Slave Correctional Facility; the $80,000 in Education is for the renovations to the Lahm Ridge Tower. Those are the three items this motion proposes to delete from the interim capital appropriations.

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Question has been called.

Committee motion to amend the Schedule in

Bill 1 carried.

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

To the Schedule as amended.

Schedule as amended approved.

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Can we turn back to page 1 in regard to Bill 1, Interim Appropriation Act, 2008-2009? We’ll bypass the preamble and go to clause-by-clause.

Clauses 1 and 2 approved.

Committee Motion 7-16(2) To Amend The Schedule To Bill 1: Delete From The Interim Capital Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Clause 3, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Mr. Chairman, I move that sub-clause 3(2) of Bill 1 be amended by striking out $491,566,000 and substituting $490,831,000.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called.

Motion to amend sub-clause 3(2) of Bill 1

carried.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Clause 3 as amended.

Clause 3 as amended approved.

Clauses 4 to 7 inclusive approved.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

We’ll go back to the preamble on page 1. To the preamble.

Preamble approved.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

To the bill as a whole, as amended.

Bill 1 as a whole as amended approved.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Does the committee

agree that Bill 1 as amended is ready for third reading?

Bill 1 as amended approved for third reading.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Thank you, witnesses. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Committee Motion 8-16(2) To Amend Sub-Clause 3(2) Of Bill 1 Interim Appropriation Act Committee Motion Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Mr. Chairman, I would like to move that we report progress.

Committee motion carried.

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

The House resumed.

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Can I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please.

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

The Chair

The Chair David Krutko

Mr. Speaker, the

committee has been considering Bill 3, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, and Bill 1, Interim Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, and would like to report progress, with two motions being adopted. Bill 3 is ready for third reading, and Bill 1 is ready for third reading as amended.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the

Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. A motion is on the floor. Do we have a seconder for the

motion? The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.

Motion carried.

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Item 22, third reading of bills. Item 23, Orders of the Day, Mr. Clerk.

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

Tim Mercer Clerk Of The House

Mr. Speaker, there will be a meeting of the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure at the rise of the House today.

Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 1:30 p.m.

1) Prayer

2) Ministers’

Statements

3) Members’

Statements

4) Returns to Oral Questions

5) Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

6) Acknowledgements

7) Oral

Questions

8) Written

Questions

9) Returns to Written Questions

10) Replies to Opening Address

11) Petitions

12) Reports of Standing and Special Committees

13) Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

14) Tabling of Documents

15) Notices of Motion

16) Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

17) Motions

Motion 5-16(2): Reconsideration of Power Rate Structure (Krutko)

18) First Reading of Bills

19) Second Reading of Bills

20) Consideration in Committee of the Whole of

Bills and Other Matters

MS 1-16(2): Sessional Statement

MS 9-16(2): Public Housing Rental Subsidy Survey Results and Plans for the Future

21) Report of Committee of the Whole

22) Third Reading of Bills

Bill 1: Interim Appropriation Act, 2008-2009

Bill

3: An Act to Amend the Employment

Standards Act

23) Orders of the Day

Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Accordingly, this House stands adjourned until Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 1:30 p.m.

The House adjourned at 5:01 p.m.