Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am embarrassed that I have to sit here and support a motion to end fax machines in the use of the health and social services sector in 2020. I do not even know how to use a fax machine, Mr. Chair. I recognize that there are some complications here. One is getting Alberta's records and our records to be able to share digitally. We need to do that. I recognize one of the other issues is that sometimes the Internet is not all that reliable in our communities, so we rely on fax machines. I guess that ties to a larger problem, of making sure that all of our communities have access to high-speed Internet such that, when we actually update our medical records system, everyone can have access to it. However, I have had constituents on medical travel print out giant folders and have to walk in with CDs or have to request faxes to Alberta hospitals that get lost. The way right now we are sharing health records both within the territory and out-of-territory needs a serious look, and I think this use of fax machines continually is just a representation of a lack of making process on this issue and really making sure we have bought and paid for the proper software such that medical records can be safely shared both within the territory and out-of-territory. I am happy to see this motion, but perhaps in the life of this government, we can stop using fax machines to send health records. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Committee Motion 53-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Ending Use of Fax Machines in Health and Social Services Sector, Carried
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Committee Motion 53-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Ending Use of Fax Machines in Health and Social Services Sector, Carried
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Committee Motion 53-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Ending Use of Fax Machines in Health and Social Services Sector, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 53-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Ending Use of Fax Machines in Health and Social Services Sector, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried.
---Carried.
Mrs. Martselos.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the government of the Northwest Territories provide a response to the recommendations contained in this report within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried.
---Carried.
Thank you, committee. Do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Committee Report 5-19(2), Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories?
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Thank you, committee. We have concluded consideration of Committee Report 5-19(2), Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. Committee, we have agreed to consider Bill 15, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2020. I will ask the Minister of Justice to introduce the bill. Minister.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am here today to present Bill 15, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2020. The purpose of Bill 15 is to amend various statutes of the Northwest Territories for which minor changes are proposed or errors or inconsistencies have been identified. Each amendment included in the bill had to meet the following criteria:
- it must not be controversial;
- it must not involve the spending of public funds;
- it must not prejudicially affect rights;
- it must not create a new offence or subject a new class of persons to an existing offence.
Departments responsible for the various statutes being amended have reviewed and approved the changes. The amendments proposed in Bill 15 are minor, uncontroversial, or non-substantive and many consist of technical corrections to a statute. The amendments are of such a nature that the preparation and legislative consideration of individual bills to correct each statute would be time-consuming for the government and the Legislative Assembly.
I would be pleased to answer any questions Members may have regarding the bill. I have a witness I would like to bring in. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber. Minister, please introduce your witness.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. I'd like to introduce Mr. Mike Reddy, the director of legislation.
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Thank you. I will now open the floor to general comments on Bill 15. Does the committee agree that there are no further general comments?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 54-19(2): Committee Report 5-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Committee, we will defer the bill number and title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 1 of the bill. Clause 1, does the committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Clauses 1 through 15 inclusive approved
Committee, to the bill as a whole, does the committee agree that Bill 15, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2020, is now ready for third reading?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Thank you, committee. Bill 15, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2020, is now ready for third reading. Does the committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 15, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2020?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Thank you, Minister. Our thanks to your witness. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witness from the Chamber. Mr. Norn, what is the will of committee?