This is page numbers 4889 - 4926 of the Hansard for the 16th 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 million.

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Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery (Reversion)
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery (Reversion)

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. I would like to welcome everyone in the gallery today. Item 8, written questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

How many people are currently registered with the NWT Health Care Plan, and how many of those people temporarily reside outside of the Northwest Territories?

Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

Can the Minister provide information as to how the NWT is represented when funding is being discussed with Health Canada?

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 9, returns to written questions. Item 10, replies to opening address. Item 11, petitions. Item 12, reports of standing and special committees. Item 13, reports of committees on the review of bills. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.

Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

May 16th, 2010

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

BILL 5:

APPRENTICESHIP, TRADE AND

OCCUPATION CERTIFICATION ACT

Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

Glen Abernethy

Glen Abernethy Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Social Programs has reviewed Bill 5, Apprenticeship, Trade and Occupation Certification Act. The committee wishes to report that Bill 5 is now ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Item 14, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.

Bob Bromley

Bob Bromley Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table two documents today. First of all, a copy of the advertisement of the Mackenzie Gas Project “A Secure Energy Source,” placed by the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment in the May 2010 issue of Up Here Business magazine.

The second is the transcript of the presentation of the Government of the Northwest Territories to the National Energy Board hearings in Inuvik, April 20th and 21st, 2010, transcript paragraphs 18110 to 18636, presentation by GNWT counsel C.W. Sanderson.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for the Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that this Assembly directs the Minister of Transportation to seek federal funding via the P3 Canada Fund for this important piece of infrastructure in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Bob McLeod.

Bill 9: An Act To Amend The Tourism Act
Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

Bob McLeod

Bob McLeod Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, I will move that Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Tourism Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 9: An Act To Amend The Tourism Act
Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Item 17, motions. Item 18, first reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.

Bill 8: Social Work Profession Act
First Reading of Bills

Range Lake

Sandy Lee

Sandy Lee Minister of Health and Social Services

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 8, Social Work Profession Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Motion is on the floor. Motion is in order.

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Question is being called.

---Carried

Item 19, second reading of bills. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Second Reading of Bills
Second Reading of Bills

David Ramsay

David Ramsay Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, that Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, No. 3, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Elections and Plebiscites Act to implement recommendations of the Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures following up on its review of the report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the administration of the 2007 General Election. Thank you.

Second Reading of Bills
Second Reading of Bills

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. I’ll have to declare that motion out of order. The seconder of the motion is not in the House.

---Ruled out of order

The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

David Ramsay

David Ramsay Kam Lake

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya, that Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, No. 3, be read for the second time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Elections and Plebiscite Act to implement recommendations of the Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures following up on its review of the report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the administration of the 2007 General Election.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Motion is on the floor. Motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Question is being called.

---Carried

The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

David Ramsay

David Ramsay Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and have Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscite Act, moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration. Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The Member is seeking unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and have Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscite Act, moved into Committee of the Whole. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Bill 7 will be moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration.

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Executive Summary of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project; Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits; Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits – What We Heard; Tabled Document 42-16(5), Supplementary Estimates No. 1, 2010-2011 (Operations Expenditures); Tabled Document 43-16(5), Supplementary Estimates No. 3, 2010-2011 (Infrastructure Expenditures); and Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, No. 3, with Mr. Abernethy in the Chair.