Debates of Aug. 12th, 2019
This is page numbers 5877 - 5944 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 report.
Topics
- Oral Questions
- Members Present
- Prayer
- Minister's Statement 212-18(3): Sessional Statement
- State of Downtown Yellowknife
- Child Care Funding
- Health Care System in Hay River
- Nursing Services in Tsiigehtchic
- Strengthening Democratic Institutions in the Northwest Territories
- Programs and Services in the Sahtu Region
- Affirmative Action Policy
- Tuktoyaktuk Shoreline Erosion Mitigation Project
- Housing Issues in the Northwest Territories
- Eulogy for Phillip Gargan
- Eulogy for Rene Fumoleau
- Return to Oral Question 771-18(3): NWT Carbon Tax Implementation Plan
- Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
- Question 785-18(3): Bed Bugs in Fort Simpson
- Question 786-18(3): Nursing Services in Tsiigehtchic
- Question 787-18(3): New Services in Downtown Yellowknife
- Question 788-18(3): Shoreline Erosion in Tuktoyaktuk
- Question 789-18(3): State of Health Care System in Hay River
- Question 790-18(3): Affirmative Action Policy
- Question 791-18(3): Cremation Regulations
- Return to Written Question 17-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd. Holdings in the NWT
- Return to Written Question 18-18(3): Giant Mine Long-Term Funding Study
- Return to Written Question 19-18(3): Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission Fees and Compensation
- Bill 25: An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act Bill 39: Environmental Rights Act
- Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
- Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act Bill 43: An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act
- Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act
- Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act
- Bill 48: Post-Secondary Education Act
- Bill 54: Standard Interest Rate Statutes Amendment Act
- Bill 34: Mineral Resources Act
- Bill 46: Public Land Act
- Bill 45: Corrections Act
- Bill 57: An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act
- Bill 58: Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act
- Committee Report 20-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2017-2018 Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission Annual Report
- Motion that Committee Report 20-18(3) be Deemed Read and Printed in Hansard in its Entirety, Carried
- Committee Report 21-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Annual Reports for the Office of the Languages Commissioner for the Northwest territories
- Motion that Committee Report 22-18(3) be Deemed Read and Printed in Hansard in its Entirety, Carried
- Committee Report 22-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
- Motion to have Committee Report 22-18(3) moved to Committee of the Whole for Further Consideration, Carried
- Committee Report 24-18(3): Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
- Motion to have Committee Report 22-18(3) moved to Committee of the Whole for Further Consideration, Carried
- Committee Report 25-18(3): Report on the Review of Bill 48: Post-Secondary Education Act
- Motion to have Committee Report 24-18(3) moved to Committee of the Whole for Further Consideration, Carried
- Tabled Document 468-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 720-18(3): Environmental Assessment following Hay River Highrise Fire Tabled Document 469-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 721-18(3): Recruitment of Physicians in Hay River Tabled Document 470-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 722-18(3): Fort Providence Seniors' Facility Tabled Document 471-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 737-18(3): Mental Health Services for Youth Tabled Document 472-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 744-18(3): Foster Family Recognition Tabled Document 473-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 775-18(3): Mental Health and Addictions Plan
- Tabled Document 474-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 718-18(3): Nutrition North and Cost of Living in Nunakput Tabled Document 475-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 730-18(3): Northwest Territories-Nunavut Bilateral Meeting on Transboundary Caribou Tabled Document 476-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 738-18(3): Affirmative Action Policy
- Tabled Document 477-18(3): Petroleum Interests Held in the NWT by Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd. Tabled Document 478-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 705-18(3): Fort Simpson Ferry Service Tabled Document 479-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 710-18(3): Mackenzie Valley Highway Environmental Assessment Working Group Tabled Document 480-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 732-18(3): Dredging the Hay River
- Tabled Document 481-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 773-18(3): Third Party Sexual Assault Reporting
- Tabled Document 482-18(3): Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 13-18(3): Report on the Review of Bill 31: Northwest Territories 911 Act Tabled Document 483-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 632-18(3): Community Government Funding Gaps
- Tabled Document 484-18(3): Unsigned Letter to Prime Minister from Conservative Premiers of Canada
- Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
- Committee Motion 157-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Expansion of "No Smoking" Areas, Carried
- Committee Motion 158-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Raising Minimum Age, Carried
- Committee Motion 159-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Smoking Cessation Aids, Carried
- Committee Motion 160-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act - Public Education and Awareness, Carried
- Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
- Recorded Vote
- Report Of Committee Of The Whole
- Orders Of The Day
Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Louis Sebert Thebacha
Thank you for the question. I really don't have that kind of information in front of me. All I want to say, though, is that the way that these fees are set up, if you were remortgaging at $300,000, you will pay a certain fee. If you are remortgaging at $250,000, you will pay a smaller fee. That is how the system is set up. Again, I don't have the kind of information that the Member is asking me about as to the number of these types of transactions and so on. I simply don't have that information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I find it a bit rich that my colleagues are here now excoriating the Minister for phasing in this fee increase when that was the agreement that we came to. On a $500,000 house, the increase after three years would be $350 on the land transfer. The person buying the $500,000 house would be spending an extra $350. It is my argument that if someone can afford $500,000 dollars for a house, they can afford an additional $350 for the land transfer tax.
Further, I don't want my colleagues to lose sight of the fact that this is an omnibus bill. If it is rejected, we lose the opportunity to help small landlords recover their costs, and we also lose the opportunity to give parents who are receiving child support the opportunity for a more efficient way to receive recalculation services. I would ask my colleagues to think very carefully about putting their own self-interests ahead of the interests of the people of the NWT. Thank you.
---Applause
Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Turned into a real socialist Assembly. I'll just clarify the record that a clause can be defeated. It doesn't mean the bill is defeated. It just means the clause is removed. If the nay votes take this vote, the clause is removed, but the bill is not defeated just to clarify that for the record. Anything further? Mr. Testart, you already spoke to this. Do you have another issue? Mr. Testart.
Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Kieron Testart Kam Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would request a division on clause 7 and that the vote be recorded. Thank you.
Recorded Vote
Committee Motion 161-18(3): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act and Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapor Products Control Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, Mr. Testart. The Member has requested a recorded vote on clause 7. All those in favour or all those who approve? One second. Let me get the language right, here, since we are recording this. This is the first time that this has happened in this Assembly. All those in favour of clause 7, please rise.
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Committee Clerk Ms. Cynthia James
The Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Great Slave, the Member for Yellowknife South, the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Sahtu.
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Recorded Vote
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Committee Clerk Ms. Cynthia James
The Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, the Member for Yellowknife North.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
All those abstaining, please rise. The results of the recorded vote: 12 in favour, three opposed. Clause 7 stands.
---Carried
Clause 8.
---Clauses 8 through 11 inclusive approved
Committee, I will return to the bill title and number. Bill 58: Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, committee. To the bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 58: Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act is ready for a third reading?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair R.J. Simpson
Thank you, committee. Bill 58 is ready for third reading. Does committee agree this concludes our consideration of Bill 58?
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