Debates of March 1st, 2017

This is page numbers 2075 - 2114 of the Hansard for the 18th 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 work.

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Members Present

Prayer

Yellowknife Airport Evolution

Progress Statement - Education and Training

Canada's Outstanding Principals: Education, Culture and Employment Milestone Statement

Commitment to Action on Climate Change

Protection of the Bathurst Caribou Herd

Dead North Film Festival

Proposed Carbon Pricing Charette

Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation Systems in the Sahtu

Northern Carbon Pricing Regime

Deh Cho Boreal Caribou Study

Member's Statement on Inuvialuit Water Board

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Inuvialuit Water Board

Inclusive Schooling Funding

Northern Carbon Pricing Regime

Proposed Carbon Pricing Charette

Industrial Activity Green House Gas Emissions

Protection of the Bathurst Caribou Herd

Notification of Northern Carbon Pricing

Proposed Carbon Pricing Charette

Tabled Document 307-18(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 4-18(2): Report on the Review of the 2014-15 Public Accounts Tabled Document 308-18(2): Follow-Up Letter for Oral Question 505-18(2): PeopleSoft Public Service Human Resource Reports Tabled Document 309-18(2): Follow-Up Letter for Oral Question 606-18(2): Status of Transboundary Water Management Agreements

Tabled Document 310-18(2): We Can Do Better: Housing in Inuit Nunagut Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, Senate of Canada, March 2017

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deferral of Corporate Management Activity

Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deferral of Environment Activity

Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deferral of Water Resources Activity

Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deferral of Further Consideration of the Estimates for Environment and Natural Resources

Report Of Committee Of The Whole

Orders Of The Day

Committee Motion 71-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deferral of Environment Activity, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Dr. Kelly. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you. Could that be made available to committee? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Minister.

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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we will provide that information to committee and I will also encourage committee that there is the Mackenzie data stream site that is up and running now where a lot of samples are taken and posted on the site and we just did the launch in Fort Smith, I believe a little while ago, and then we did another launch in Ottawa, so there is a lot of useful information that is on that site. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I had the same type of questions for Talston River. So in the Talston River, I think Talston River just runs within the NWT from maybe -- I'm not 100 per cent sure, but I'm pretty sure all of the spots I know of the Talston River are all within the NWT. Is there that type of information? Even though this doesn't run from another jurisdiction, that type of information on the Talston River, say, going from Rocher River all the way back up to, say, Deskataway and Nonacho. I wonder if that is something that, if the same type of work goes on in the Talston, and if that information is available. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Dr. Kelly.

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Dr. Kelly

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is water quantity information available for the Talston River and intermittent water quality data, so those pieces of information could be made available as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Dr. Kelly. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, what is intermittent water quality information? I know what the words mean, but what does that actually mean? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Dr. Kelly.

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Dr. Kelly

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When there was funding available to do work and there was water quality samples that were taken, so there are chunks in the record where there isn't water quality data, and then there are times when there is, so we can provide the information that we do have, but it's not a consistent record for the entire time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Dr. Kelly. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, is intermittent water quality information on the Talston River sufficient for the department to do any mitigation, if necessary? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Dr. Kelly.

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Dr. Kelly

Could I have the question repeated, please? I didn't hear it.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question was: Is the intermittent water quality information sufficient to determine whether or not there needs to be any mitigations, and I am talking about mitigations as any development that is on the Talston River, mainly the dam in the spillway, so that's what I'm referring to. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Dr. Kelly.

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Dr. Kelly

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The data on the Talston and on the Tazin River is being analyzed in light of the transboundary water management agreement negotiations with Saskatchewan, so I'd be better prepared to answer that question when I've had the opportunity to review that data in more detail. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is that data available to the department? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Dr. Kelly.

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Dr. Kelly

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are analyzing the data that is available and we can make that data available once we have a report from it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Dr. Kelly. Seeing nothing further -- Mr. O'Reilly.

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