Debates of March 15th, 2018
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This is from the 18th 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 report.
Topics
- Oral Questions
- Prayer
- Minister's Statement 67-18(3): NWT Manufacturing Strategy – What We Heard
- Minister's Statement 68-18(3): Services For Seniors
- Preservation Of Indigenous Languages
- Nezuh Edeheh Gots'endih Youth Conference: Living Well With Oneself
- Arctic Winter Games
- Concerns Regarding Government Of The Northwest Territories-Sponsored Presenter At Ame Round-Up Conference
- Snowking's Winter Festival 2018 And Long John Jamboree
- Legislative Sitting Wrap-Up
- 2017 Westminster Workshop For Public Accounts And Canadian Council Of Public Accounts Committees Conference
- Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
- Question 268-18(3): Land Tenure Issues
- Question 269-18(3): Government Of The Northwest Territories Sponsored Speaker At 2018 Ame Roundup Conference
- Question 270-18(3): Taxation Of Student Loans And Grants
- Question 271-18(3): Ndigenous Languages
- Question 272-18(3): Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Program For Fuel Tank Replacements
- Question 273-18(3): Travel For Elders With Health Issues During Freeze-Up And Break-Up
- Question 274-18(3): Report Card On The Criminal Justice System
- Question 275-18(3): Location Of New Lands Positions
- Question 276-18(3): Government Response To Pilot Shortage
- Question 277-18(3): Location Of New Lands Positions For 2018-2019
- Question 278-18(3): Changes To The Cities, Towns And Villages Act
- Question 279-18(3): Differences Between Commissioner's Lands And Territorial Lands
- Written Question 9-18(3): Societies Eligibility For The Business Incentive Policy
- Written Question 10-18(3): Seniors Home Heating Fuel Subsidy Program
- Return To Written Question 6-18(3): Land Transfers In The Northwest Territories
- Tabled Document 151-18(3): Inter-Activity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 (April 1to December 31, 2017) Pursuant To Section 74 Of The Financial Administration Act
- Tabled Document 155-18(3): Land Transfers In The Northwest Territories: 2010-2011 To 2016-2017
- Tabled Document 152-18(3): Communities And Diamonds Socio-Economic Agreements Annual Report 2017
- Tabled Document 156-18(3): Follow-Up Letter For Oral Question 133-18(3): Chemotherapy Services At Stanton Hospital
- Tabled Document 157-18(3): 2017 Westminster Workshop For Public Accounts Committees And Commonwealth Association Of Public Accounts Committees Conference
- Motion 15-18(3): Move Committee Report 6-18(3) Into Committee Of The Whole
- Motion 14-18(3): Extended Adjournment Of The House To May 24, 2018
- Motion 15-18(3): Move Committee Report 6-18(3) Into Committee Of The Whole
- Bill 12: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019
- Bill 8: Emergency Management Act
- Bill 12: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019
- Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
- Committee Motion 38-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Implementation Of Recommendations From Auditor General's Report On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories, Carried
- Committee Motion 39-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Provision Of Departmental Audit Response Plans To The Standing Committee On Government Operations, Carried
- Committee Motion 40-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Standing Committee On Government Operations Review Of Draft Departmental Audit Action And Implementation Plans, Carried
- Committee Motion 41-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Acknowledgement And Reference To Auditor General’s Report And Recommendations In Climate Change Strategic Framework, Carried
- Committee Motion 42-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Draft Climate Change Strategic Framework Action Plan, Carried
- Committee Motion 43-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Draft Knowledge Agenda Action Plan, Carried
- Committee Motion 44-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting And Potential Target Adjustments, Carried
- Committee Motion 45-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Ministerial Round Table On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories, Carried
- Committee Motion 46-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Development Of Procedural Authoritative Instruments, Carried
- Committee Motion 47-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Fulfilment Of Wildlife Management Actions Recommended By The Office Of The Auditor General, Carried
- Committee Motion 48-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee On Government Operations Report On The Review Of The 2017 Report Of The Auditor General Of Canada On Climate Change In The Northwest Territories - Comprehensive Response To Report Within 120 Days, Carried
- Report of Committee of the Whole
- Bill 12: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019
- Recorded Vote
- Assent to Bills
- Orders of the Day
Recorded Vote
Third Reading of Bills
March 15th, 2018
Clerk Of The House (Mr. Mercer)
The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Hay River North, the Member for Mackenzie Delta, the Member for Yellowknife North, the Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Great Slave, the Member for Yellowknife South.
Recorded Vote
Third Reading of Bills
The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the recorded vote: 16 in favour; zero opposed; zero abstentions.
---Carried
Bill 12 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, will you ascertain that the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Margaret Thom, is going to enter the Chamber and assent to bills.
Assent to Bills
Assent to Bills
Commissioner (Ms. Thom)
Mr. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, good afternoon.
I look forward to attending the 2018 Arctic Winter Games in Hay River and Fort Smith next week. I am already so proud of our Team NWT athletes and coaches, in how they have performed during their trials to qualify in their respective events, and in how I know they will conduct themselves with respect and good sportsmanship as representatives and ambassadors for the Northwest Territories.
I would also like to extend a huge mahsi cho and acknowledge the dedicated volunteers, coaches, parents, and families who have all worked so hard to support our NWT athletes and to make these games the huge success that I know I am sure they will be.
I would like to wish good luck and safe travels to all of our athletes as they compete at the Arctic Winter Games. I will be one of their best "cheerleaders." Now, as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I am pleased to assent to the following Bills:
• Bill 10, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2017-2018;
• Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2017-2018; and
• Bill 12, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019.
Thank you, quyanainni, merci beaucoup, mahsi cho, koana.
Assent to Bills
Assent to Bills
The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Please be seated. Colleagues, before we adjourn today, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those Pages who have been with us during this session. Our youth are our greatest resource. It is always a pleasure to have them in our Chamber.
---Applause
I would also like to take this moment to remind our young people of the Northwest Territories that the Legislative Assembly will be hosting our next Youth Parliament from May 14th to 18th of this year. This is a great opportunity for grade 9 and grade 10 students in the Northwest Territories to assume the role of their MLA at the Legislative Assembly here in Yellowknife. The deadline for application is April 6th, so you still have time to apply. For more information, please visit the Legislative Assembly website or contact our public affairs team.
Colleagues, please join me in thanking the interpreters who have been with us throughout this session. They are Mary Rose Sundberg, Sarah Cleary, Suzie Napayak, Tom Unka, Margaret Mackenzie, Ruth Carroll, David Black, and Lillian Elias. Thank you for your service that you provide for us and for letting us use our language as part of the official language. I would like to say a big masi to them as well.
I would also like to extend a special thank you to Emily Dorian. Ms. Dorian joins us from the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, where she serves as a clerk assistant, and has spent the past three weeks learning about our unique form of consensus‑style government and a leading hand in our clerk's office, in committee, and in this Chamber. Masi, Emily. Your assistance has been greatly appreciated by everybody here in this building, and you will always be welcome at this table. Masi.
Colleagues, finally, I would like to thank all of you for your continued hard work and dedication to this House and all of the people of the Northwest Territories. I also wish you safe travels as you return to your constituencies, your communities. This House will not sit again until May. However, I know that you will all be busy with the ongoing business of government, the committees, and the needs of your constituencies.
Although we will all be busy, I remind Members to take time to reach out to your constituencies, your family, your community members, and hear their concerns, their issues, to reconnect with family and friends, and to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us each day, such as today. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful territory.
With that, Madam Clerk, orders of the day.
Orders of the Day
Orders of the Day
Deputy Clerk Of The House (Ms. Kay)
Orders of the day for Thursday, May 24, 2018, 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 Commissioner's 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
18. First Reading of Bills
19. Second Reading of Bills
20. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
- Minister's Statement 1-18(3), North Slave Correctional Complex Inmate Concerns
- Minister's Statement 19-18(3), Aurora College Foundational Review Process
1. Report of Committee of the Whole
2. Third Reading of Bills
3. Orders of the Day
Orders of the Day
Orders of the Day
The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi, Madam Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Thursday, May 24, 2018, at 1:30 p.m.
---ADJOURNMENT
The House adjourned at 3:51 p.m.
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