Debates of Aug. 13th, 2019
This is page numbers 5945 - 5992 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 public.
Topics
- Oral Questions
- Members Present
- Prayer
- Minister's Statement 213-18(3): Minister Absent from the House
- Minister's Statement 214-18(3): Income Security Programs Update
- Minister's Statement 215-18(3): Environmental Monitoring and Research Projects Funded
- Minister's Statement 216-18(3): Improving Programs for Inmates in NWT Correctional Facilities
- Minister's Statement 217-18(3): Diversifying the NWT's Economy
- Grizzly Bears in Aklavik
- Disruptions to Digital Connectivity
- Relationship between Kakisa and the Government of the Northwest Territories
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation and City of Yellowknife Land Transfer
- Premiers' Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau regarding Bill C-68 and Bill C-48
- Access to Education in Communities
- Status of Services for Seniors In Yellowknife
- Prevention of Alcohol Bootlegging
- Highway Infrastructure Projects
- Salmon in the Arctic
- Committee Report 25-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act
- Motion to Receive Committee Report 25-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried
- Committee Report 26-18(3): Report on the Review of the Carbon Tax Bills: Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act and Bill 43: An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act
- Motion to Receive Committee Report 26-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried
- Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
- Question 792-18(3): Effects of Salmon in the Canadian Arctic
- Question 793-18(3): Fibre Optic Infrastructure
- Question 795-18(3): Grizzly Bears in Aklavik
- Question 795-18(3): New Housing Units for Seniors
- Question 796-18(3): Letter to Prime Minister Co-signed with Conservative Premiers
- Question 797-18(3): Education in the Sahtu Region
- Question 798-18(3): Relationship between Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation/Kakisa and the Government of the Northwest Territories
- Question 799-18(3): Highway Infrastructure Projects and Application of Business Incentive Policy
- Question 800-18(3): Alcohol Sales and Reduction of Bootlegging
- Question 801-18(3): Yellowknives Dene First Nation / City of Yellowknife Boundary Changes
- Tabled Document 483-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 766-18(3): Aboriginal Sports Circle Funding
- Tabled Document 486-18(3): Northern Employee Benefits Services (NEBS) Pension Plan Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2018 and including updated information to June 2019 Tabled Document 487-18(3): The Natural Resources Conservation Trust Fund Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2019
- Tabled Document 488-18(3): Community Futures Program 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Annual Reports
- Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
- Committee Motion 163-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Bills Requiring Federal Concurrence, Carried
- Committee Motion 164-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Potential Liabilities Arising from Oil and Gas Operations, carried
- Committee Motion 165-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Comprehensive Review to Increase Cap for Absolute Liability, Carried
- Committee Motion 166-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Significant Discovery Licenses
- Committee Motion 167-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
- Report Of Committee Of The Whole
- Bill 40: Smoking Control and Reduction Act
- Recorded Vote
- Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
- Recorded Vote
- Bill 54: Standard Interest Rates Statutes Amendment Act
- Recorded Vote
- Bill 57: An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act
- Recorded Vote
- Bill 58: Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act
- Recorded Vote
- Orders Of The Day
Bill 41: Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
Third Reading Of Bills
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
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Recorded Vote
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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim Mercer
The Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Hay River North, the Member for Mackenzie Delta, the Member for Sahtu, 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 Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Yellowknife South, the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Recorded Vote
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero against, zero abstentions.
---Carried
Bill 41 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
Bill 54: Standard Interest Rates Statutes Amendment Act
Third Reading Of Bills
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 54, Standard Interest Rates Statutes Amendment Act, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 54: Standard Interest Rates Statutes Amendment Act
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. The Member has requested a recorded vote. The motion is in order. To the motion.
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Some Hon. Member
Question.
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Recorded Vote
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August 13th, 2019
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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim 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 Sahtu, 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 Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Yellowknife South.
Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand.
Recorded Vote
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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim Mercer
The Member for Deh Cho.
Recorded Vote
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
The results of the recorded vote: 16 in favour, zero opposed, one abstention. The motion is carried.
---Carried
Bill 54 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.
Bill 57: An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act
Third Reading Of Bills
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Caroline Cochrane Range Lake
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 57, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 57: An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act
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The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. The Member has requested a recorded vote. The motion is in order. To the motion.
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Some Hon. Member
Question.
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