Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was President John F. Kennedy that said he wanted to put man on the moon. Mr. Speaker, can the Premier, realizing the time frame, can we put some solid foundations in terms of having the Northwest Territories as truly our own homeland and be a partner in Confederation with Canada?
Debates of Oct. 22nd, 2009
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Question 68-16(4): Constitutional Development Forum And Self-Government Negotiations
Oral Questions
Question 68-16(4): Constitutional Development Forum And Self-Government Negotiations
Oral Questions
Inuvik Boot Lake
Floyd Roland Premier
I believe that with the time we have left as a Legislative Assembly, with the will of Members of this Assembly, with the will of the aboriginal leadership across the Northwest Territories, we can put a solid foundation in place that will help direct how we’re going to work together for the best interests of all the people in the Northwest Territories. That is a possibility, it is out there and it’s something we should be pursuing and going after so that we can help set the foundation for our future generations where we will, indeed, be making the decisions about the North, in the North, by Northerners. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 68-16(4): Constitutional Development Forum And Self-Government Negotiations
Oral Questions
Some Hon. Members
Hear! Hear!
Question 68-16(4): Constitutional Development Forum And Self-Government Negotiations
Oral Questions
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Item 9, written questions. Item 10, returns to written questions. Item 11, replies to opening address. Item 12, petitions. Item 13, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 14, tabling of documents. The
honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.
Tabled Document 13-16(4): List Of Countries That Ban Cell Phones While Driving Tabled Document 14-16(4): Cnn.com Article “new Ntsb Chief Bans Staff’s Cell Phone Use While Driving” Tabled Document 15(4): Cbc.ca Article “walking Tough For Cell Phone Users: Study”
Tabling of Documents
Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have three documents to table today. They’re all on the same subject, which are concerns about bans on cellulars. The first item is a package that says Countries that ban cellular phones while driving. The second item I’m tabling is a news story from CNN. It says New Transportation Safety Board Chief Bans Staff Cell Phone Use While Driving. The third item, Mr. Speaker, is an October 21, 2009, story from CBC: Walking Tough for Cell Phone Users, Study, and it’s a study done by Western Washington University. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Tabled Document 13-16(4): List Of Countries That Ban Cell Phones While Driving Tabled Document 14-16(4): Cnn.com Article “new Ntsb Chief Bans Staff’s Cell Phone Use While Driving” Tabled Document 15(4): Cbc.ca Article “walking Tough For Cell Phone Users: Study”
Tabling of Documents
Tabled Document 16-16(4): Shawn Doherty’s Canol Expedition Photos 2009
Tabling of Documents
Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m tabling a document on the CANOL Expedition photos of 2009.
Tabled Document 17-16(4): Annual Report Of The Equal Pay Commissioner For The Northwest Territories For The Period Of July 1, 2008 To June 30, 2009
Tabling of Documents
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Pursuant to section 40-23(2) of the Public Service Act, I wish to table the Annual Report of the Equal Pay Commissioner for the Northwest Territories for the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Beaulieu.
Motion 3-16(4): Appointment Of Conflict Of Interest Commissioner
Notices of Motion
Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, October 26, 2009, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that pursuant to section 91 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, the Legislative Assembly recommends to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories the appointment of Mr. Gerald Gerrand as Conflict of Interest Commissioner, for a four-year term to be effective December 1, 2009.
Motion 3-16(4): Appointment Of Conflict Of Interest Commissioner
Notices of Motion
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.
Motion 1-16(4): Extended Adjournment Of The House To October 26, 2009, Carried
Motions
Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker
I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on October 22, 2009, it shall be adjourned until Monday, October 26, 2009;
AND FURTHER, that any time prior to October 26, 2009, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as it has been duly adjourned to that time.
Motion 1-16(4): Extended Adjournment Of The House To October 26, 2009, Carried
Motions
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Motion 1-16(4): Extended Adjournment Of The House To October 26, 2009, Carried
Motions
Some Hon. Members
Question.
Motion 1-16(4): Extended Adjournment Of The House To October 26, 2009, Carried
Motions
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Question has been called.
---Carried
The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Beaulieu.
Motion 2-16(4): Standing Committee On Social Programs Review Of The Child And Family Services Act Terms Of Reference, Carried
Motions
October 21st, 2009
Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe
WHEREAS on June 3, 2009, the Legislative Assembly adopted Motion 21-16(3) as amended, directing the Standing Committee on Social Programs to conduct a review of the Child and Family Services Act and its implementation and to present the committee findings to the House at the earliest opportunity;
AND WHEREAS the motion also directed the Standing Committee on Social Programs to prepare additional terms of reference for the review of the act and its implementation and to present the terms of reference to the House at the first opportunity during the October 2009 sitting of the Assembly;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that the terms of reference for the review of the Child and Family Services Act be established as follows:
1. The Standing Committee on Social Programs
shall examine the following:
a. the achievement of the objectives as
stated in the preamble of the act;
b. the
administration
and implementation of
the act, in particular where child protection apprehension is considered;
c. the effectiveness of the provisions in the
act, including the assignment of the scope of independent powers to the child protection workers and the general oversight of the NWT child protection services;
d. the use of alternative dispute resolution
methods such as mediation, conciliation, arbitration and case settlement conferences to avoid child apprehension and adversarial court proceedings wherever possible;
e. the supports required to fully implement
the community child and family services committees as provided for by the act;
f. the community supports available for
families and children to prevent apprehensions;
g. the gaps in care and services for youth
between 16 and 19 years of age; concerns regarding frivolous complaints; and
h. the potential role, responsibilities and
powers of a territorial child advocate.
2. The Standing Committee on Social Programs
shall, during its examination, consider the following:
a. incorporation and respect for aboriginal
values, beliefs and approaches to conflict resolution;
b. real or perceived racial undertones in child
protection investigations and apprehensions;
c.
complexity of family law issues;
d. potential conflicts between federal and
territorial legislation; and
e. discrepancies in the supports and
resources available to the different parties in court proceedings.
3. The Standing Committee on Social Programs
shall have access to such persons, papers and records as necessary for the conduct of this review.
4. The Standing Committee on Social Programs
shall be provided, through appropriations of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, with the necessary administrative and professional support to carry out its terms of reference and assigned responsibilities as they relate to this review.
5. The Standing Committee on Social Programs
may make recommendations for amendments to the act that it considers desirable through a final report.
6. The Standing Committee on Social Programs
shall table a final report on the review no later than October 2010.
Motion 2-16(4): Standing Committee On Social Programs Review Of The Child And Family Services Act Terms Of Reference, Carried
Motions
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Motion 2-16(4): Standing Committee On Social Programs Review Of The Child And Family Services Act Terms Of Reference, Carried
Motions
Some Hon. Members
Question.
Motion 2-16(4): Standing Committee On Social Programs Review Of The Child And Family Services Act Terms Of Reference, Carried
Motions
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Question has been called.
---Carried
Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 1-16(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2010-2011, with Mr. Krutko in the chair.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair David Krutko
I would like to call the Committee of the Whole to order. We have Tabled Document 1-16(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2010-2011. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that we report progress.
---Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole
David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 1-16(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2010-2011; Committee Report 1-16(4), Report on the Review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Annual Reports; Committee Report 2-16(4), Report on the Review of the Auditor General on Contracting for Goods and Services in the Northwest Territories and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Report of Committee of the Whole
Report of Committee of the Whole
The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Do we have a seconder for the motion? The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.
---Carried
Third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, orders of the day.
Orders of the Day
Orders of the Day
Tim Mercer Clerk Of The House
Orders of the day for Monday, October 26th , 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 3-16(4), Appointment of Conflict of Interest Commissioner
18. First Reading of Bills
19. Second Reading of Bills
20. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of
Bills and Other Matters -
Tabled Document 1-16(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2010-2011
21. Report of Committee of the Whole 22. Third Reading of Bills
23. Orders of the Day