Debates of May 31st, 2018
This is page numbers 4103 - 4182 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 going.
Topics
- Oral Questions
- Members Present
- Prayer
- Minister's Statement 83-18(3): National Housing Strategy
- Minister's Statement 84-18(3): NWT Airport Improvements
- Minister's Statement 85-18(3): 2018 Education Hall of Fame
- Minister's Statement 86-18(3): Premier Absent from the House
- Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
- Rental Office Staffing and Backlog
- Educating Healthcare Professionals in the NWT
- Nahendeh Graduates
- Arctic Maritime Shipping
- Clean Energy and Net Metering
- Upgrade to Kakisa Dock
- Housing Policies for Families
- Sahtu Regional Housing Conference
- Giant Mine Remediation Socio-Economic Benefits
- Mackenzie Delta Graduates
- Acknowledgement 10-18(3): Brian Jaffray - Education Hall of Fame Inductee and Retirement
- Question 334-18(3): Arctic Marine Shipping
- Question 335-18(3): Giant Mine Remediation Project Socio-economic Benefits
- Question 336-18(3): Indigenous Government Consultations on Land Leases
- Question 337-18(3): Housing Policy for Families
- Question 338-18(3): Educating Healthcare Professionals in the NWT
- Question 339-18(3): Rental Office Backlog
- Question 340-18(3): South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Therapeutic Model
- Question 341-18(3): Sahtu Regional Housing Conference
- Question 342-18(3): Aklavik Transitional Housing
- Question 343-18(3): Net Metering
- Question 344-18(3): Upgrade to Kakisa Dock
- Committee Report 8-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2016-2017 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories
- Motion that Committee Report 8-18(3) Be Deemed Read and Printed in Hansard in its Entirety, Carried
- Report on the Review of the 2016-2017 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories
- Motion to Receive Committee Report 8-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried
- Tabled Document 202-18(3): 2017 Annual Report - Office of the Fire Marshal
- Tabled Document 203-18(3): NWT On the Land Collaborative 2018 Report
- Tabled Document 204-18(3): Northwest Territories Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations Annual Report 2017-2018
- Tabled Document 205-18(3): Letter dated May 24, 2018 from Giant Mine Oversight Board to Honourable Carolyn Bennett and Honourable Wally Schumann regarding the Giant Mine Remediation Socio Economic Strategy Tabled Document 206-18(3): Bill C-262, An Act to Ensure that the Laws of Canada are in Harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Tabled Document 207-18(3): Letter dated May 28, 2018 from President of Union of Northern Workers to Honourable Wally Schumann and Honourable Robert McLeod regarding Dominion Diamonds - Lay offs and Contracting Out
- Tabled Document 208-18(3): Discussion Paper - Temporary Special Measures to Increase Representation of Women in the NWT Legislative Assembly
- Motion 17-18(3): Review of Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project, Defeated
- Recorded Vote
- Motion 18-18(3): Appointment of Members to the NWT Honours Advisory Council, Carried
- Bill 20: Ombudsperson Act
- Bill 21: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
- Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
- Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
- Bill 21: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
- Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructures Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
- Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
- Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
- Committee Motion 59-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Clause 5 - Addition of Subsection 5(1), Defeated
- Recorded Vote
- Committee Motion 60-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Clause 5 - Addition of Subsection 5(1), Carried
- Recorded Vote
- Committee Motion 61-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Clause 5 - Addition of Subsection 6.1 after subsection 5(6), Defeated
- Recorded Vote
- Committee Motion 62-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Section 11 - Addition After subsection (2) DEFEATED
- Recorded Vote
- Committee Motion 63-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A, Addition of Section 19.1, Defeated
- Recorded Vote
- Committee Motion 64-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Amendment to Schedule A - Addition of paragraph 71(j.1), Carried
- Recorded Vote
- Committee Motion 65-18(3): Bill 6: Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act - Substitution of subclause 1(4) of Bill 6, Carried
- Recorded Vote
- Report Of Committee Of The Whole
- Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
- Recorded Vote
- Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
- Recorded Vote
- Orders Of The Day
Recorded Vote
Motions
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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim Mercer
The Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Great Slave, the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Mackenzie Delta, the Member for Sahtu.
Recorded Vote
Motions
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the motion: eight in favour, nine opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is defeated.
---Defeated
Motions. Member for Mackenzie Delta.
Motion 18-18(3): Appointment of Members to the NWT Honours Advisory Council, Carried
Motions
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Frederick Blake Jr. Mackenzie Delta
WHEREAS the Order of the Northwest Territories was established in 2013 by the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act to recognize individuals who have served with the greatest distinction and excelled in any field of endeavour benefitting the people of the Northwest Territories or elsewhere;
AND WHEREAS Section 21(1) of the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act provides for the creation of a Northwest Territories Honours Advisory Council to review nominations and recommend appointments to the Order of the Northwest Territories;
AND WHEREAS Section 21(2)(b) of the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act provides that the council be composed of not more than five members of the public appointed by the Legislative Assembly on the recommendation of the Board of Management;
AND WHEREAS Section 22(2) of the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act provides that the members of the panel hold office at pleasure for a term not exceeding three years;
AND WHEREAS the current membership of the Honours Advisory Council expires on June 5, 2018;
AND WHEREAS the Board of Management is tasked with recommending individuals to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Assembly is prepared to make a recommendation to the Commissioner;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife North, that the following persons be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for reappointment to the NWT Honours Advisory Council, effective immediately for a term of three years:
Ms. Sabrina Broadhead of Hay River;
Mr. Danny Gaudet of Deline; and
Ms. Anne Peters of Yellowknife.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Motion 18-18(3): Appointment of Members to the NWT Honours Advisory Council, Carried
Motions
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Motion 18-18(3): Appointment of Members to the NWT Honours Advisory Council, Carried
Motions
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Motion 18-18(3): Appointment of Members to the NWT Honours Advisory Council, Carried
Motions
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Masi. Motions. Item 18, first reading of bills. Minister of Justice.
Bill 20: Ombudsperson Act
First Reading Of Bills
May 31st, 2018
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Louis Sebert Thebacha
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 20, Ombudsperson Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 20: Ombudsperson Act
First Reading Of Bills
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Bill 20 has had its first reading. First reading of bills. Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.
Bill 21: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
First Reading Of Bills
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Wally Schumann Hay River South
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 21: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
First Reading Of Bills
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Bill 21 has had its first reading. First reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
First Reading Of Bills
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
First Reading Of Bills
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Bill 22 has had its first reading. First reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
First Reading Of Bills
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave, that Bill 23, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019
First Reading Of Bills
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Bill 23 has had its first reading. First reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.
Bill 21: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
Second Reading Of Bills
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Wally Schumann Hay River South
Mr. Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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