Debates of May 29th, 2018

This is page numbers 3989 - 4058 of the Hansard for 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 cannabis.

Topics

Oral Questions
Members Present
Prayer
2030 Energy Strategy
Tuktoyaktuk Shoreline Relocation Project
Banning Smoking in Vehicles with Minors
Yellowknife Common Ground Employment Program
Mandate of the Status of Women Council
Sambaa K'e Community Gym
GNWT Role in Environmental Assessment
Sahtu Regional Operations
Local Addictions Treatment Options
Dempster Highway Brush Clearing
Dialysis Treatment Programs
Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act
Committee Report 7-18(3): Report on the Review of Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act
John and Louisa Moreau
Mandate of Status of Women Council
Sambaa K'e Community Gym
Sahtu Regional Operations
Hay River Dialysis Treatment Services
Addictions Aftercare and Detox Programs
GNWT Role in Environmental Assessment
Support for Employment Programs for Homeless Residents
Dempster Highway Brush Clearing
Tuktoyaktuk Shoreline Relocation Project
Women's Campaign Schools
Petition 2-18(3): Addictions Treatment Centre
Tabled Document 193-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019 Tabled Document 194-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
Tabled Document 195-18(3): Northwest Territories Manufacturing Strategy: What We Heard Report, Summary of notes and findings, January 2018
Tabled Document 196-18(3): Letter dated April 10, 2018 from ADM Planning and Coordination, Department of Lands, to the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board regarding the Government of the Northwest Territories decision-making structure for the Tlicho All-Season Road Project Tabled Document 197-18(3): Letter dated April 30, 2018 from Regional Superintendent, North Slave Region, Department of Infrastructure, to Minister of Lands regarding Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board's Report of Environmental Assessment and Reasons for Decision, GNWT Tlicho All Season Road Project, EA 1617-01, March 29, 2018
Review of Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project
Appointment of Members to the NWT Honours Advisory Council
Bill 20: Ombudsperson Act
Bill 21: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act
Smoking in Vehicles with Minors Present, carried
Recorded Vote
Bill 19: An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act
Bill 13: An Act to Amend the Securities Act
Bill 14: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018
Bill 15: Document Formalization, Service and Notice Reform Statute Law Amendment Act
Bill 16: An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act
Bill 17: An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act
Bill 18: An Act to Amend the Cities, Towns and Villages Act
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Concurrence of Tabled Document 193-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
Concurrence of Tabled Document 194-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Bill 5: An Act to Amend the Summary Conviction Procedures Act
Motion to Amend Clause 2 of Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Summary Conviction Procedures Act, carried
Recorded Vote
Bill 5: An Act to Amend the Summary Conviction Procedures Act, As Amended
Recorded Vote
Orders Of The Day

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Minister.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

May 29th, 2018

Page 4033

Robert C. McLeod

Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The new complex? Is that what the Member is referring to? I believe there is going to be their lab. I believe there is going to be some office space in there. Some will move in there. My understanding is some will then move over to the other office that is in better shape. Then the third one, I believe, will be coming down. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I shouldn't say "coming down." It will be surplused. I don't know what the exact plans are for it at this moment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Nothing further from Mr. Blake. Seeing nothing, I will call this activity. Environment and Natural Resources, capital investment expenditures, environment, not previously authorized, $125,000. Does committee agree?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Environment and Natural Resources, capital investment expenditures, forest management, not previously authorized, $1,768,000. Does committee agree?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Environment and Natural Resources, capital investment expenditures, water resources, not previously authorized, $133,000. Does committee agree?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Environment and Natural Resources, capital investment expenditures, wildlife, not previously authorized, $2,709,000. Does committee agree?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Environment and Natural Resources, capital investment expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $4,735,000. Does committee agree?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, committee. Time for a short recess.

---SHORT RECESS

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

I'll call committee back to order. Committee, just to refresh everyone's memory, we are discussing Tabled Document 193-18(3), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019. We had just voted on the Department of ENR, capital investment expenditures, and are now on page 11, Health and Social Services. We are looking at nearly $50 million here. Comments or questions from committee? Ms. Green.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4033

Julie Green

Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the largest item by far on this page is the almost $32 million that relates to the Stanton Territorial Hospital Renewal Project, and we are all aware that this project is supposed to be complete in the late fall. So I guess I am wondering what did not get done that is worth $32 million and whether the project is still on schedule. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Ms. Green. Mr. Kalgutkar.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

Kalgutkar

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The major delays were in some of the drywalling, and, on many of the floors, the contractor has made up the gap in that timing and a lot of the floors have now caught up. All the drywalling is up and boarded, and the only floor that is slightly behind schedule is level zero, which is where all of the mechanical systems are. When Members go through the facility on Friday, I believe, you are going to see a fairly completed hospital. It's actually going to start looking like a hospital now, and we totally anticipate that we will hit the service commencement date of December 1, 2018. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

Julie Green

Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

Nothing further, thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Mr. Thompson.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regard to that replacement, is that Sambaa K'e here or is that Somba K'e in Yellowknife? It says "Health Stanton Replacement," but it says "Saamba K'e." Is that the City of Yellowknife? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Minister McLeod.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

Robert C. McLeod

Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that is a "Health Station Replacement," so that would be in Sambaa K'e in the Member's riding, formerly Trout Lake, Sambaa K'e.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. Thompson.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Page 4034

Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I guess I should have taken my glasses off so I could look at the fine print there. In regard to this health station replacement, why was there a carry-over? Is that because of the winter road? Because, when I went in there recently, they were all going crazy, they were building up, and it was going up pretty quick. Thank you, Mr. Chair.