Debates of March 30th, 2021

This is page numbers 2603 - 2636 of the Hansard for the 19th Assembly, 2nd 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 community.

Topics

Oral Questions
Members Present
Prayer
Municipal and Community Affairs Youth Initiatives
Emerging Wisely - Vaccine Uptake in the NWT
COVID-19 Emergency Support Funding for Sport Organizations
Tourism 2025: Roadmap to Recovery
Small Business Supports
Lack of Mental Health Support in Nunakput
Appreciation for Northern Artists
Taltson Expansion
Law Library and Outreach Workers
Suicide Prevention Fund
Homeownership
Electricity in Whati
Passing of Constituents
Eulogy for Dillon Cazon
Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
Small Business Supports
Lack of Power for Whati
Taltson Expansion
Law Library and Outreach Workers
Suicide Prevention and Aftercare
Homeownership
Mental Health Services in Nunakput Communities
Community Garden
Taltson Superintendent Position in Fort Smith
Written Question 27-19(2): Slave Geological Province Corridor
Written Question 28-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project
Return to Written Question 23-19(2): Practice of Using Power-Limiting Devices in the Northwest Territories
Return to Written Question 24-19(2): Assessing and Managing Conflict of Interest in the Government
Tabled Document 365-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 497-19(2): Corrections Workplace Assessment Tabled Document 366-19(2): Operating Plans for Northwest Territories Education Bodies for the 2020-2021 School Year Ending June 30, 2021
Tabled Document 367-19(2): Northwest Territories Tourism: Towards Resilience - 2021-2022 Marketing Plan Tabled Document 368-19(2): Tourism 2025: Roadmap to Recovery April 2021 Tabled Document 369-19(2): Conflict of Interest Information
Tabled Document 370-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 655-19(2): Biomass Heating and Energy Efficiency for Northwest Territories Housing COrporation Tabled Document 371-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 664-19(2): Devolving Powers to Municipal Governments
Tabled Document 372-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 515-19(2): Highway Infrastructure Projects in the Next Year
Tabled Document 373-19(2): Consensus Government in the Northwest Territories - Guiding Principles and Process Conventions, August 2020
Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Bill 24: An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act
Bill 25: An Act to Amend the Education Act
Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures) 2021-2022
Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Regulations for Electronic Voting
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Election Rebate Program
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Email Addresses
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Personal Information Held by a Public Body
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Provision of List of Electors
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Prohibition on Cannabis Sales on Polling Day
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Prohibit Liquor and Cannabis as Campaign Expenses
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Usage of Electronics in Polling Stations
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Prohibit Polling Agents from Assisting Electors
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Casting Votes from any Polling Station
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Witnesses
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Electronic Submission of Candidates' Financial Reports
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Voting in the Office of the Returning Officer
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Public Disclosure of Candidates' Residential Addresses
Committee Motion to Amend Committee Motion 119-19(2)
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Application of Elections and Plebiscites Act to Additional Assistant Returning Officers
Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections and Plebiscites Act Housekeeping
Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Recorded Vote
Orders Of The Day

Committee Motion 121-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections and Plebiscites Act Housekeeping, Carried
Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

May I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please? Member for Hay River South.

Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Report Of Committee Of The Whole

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Rocky Simpson

Rocky Simpson Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Committee Report 9-19(2), and would like to report progress with 19 motions carried, that Committee Report 9-19(2) is concluded, and Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Report Of Committee Of The Whole

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Do we have a seconder? Member for Frame Lake. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Item 22, third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.

Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Third Reading Of Bills

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Caroline Wawzonek

Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 28, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022, be read for the third time, and Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote. Thank you.

Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. To the motion. Member for Frame Lake.

Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Third Reading Of Bills

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Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to surprise my friends on the other side and indicate that I intend to support this bill. Thank you.

Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Third Reading Of Bills

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Some Hon. Members

Question.

Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Question has been called. The Minister has requested a recorded vote. All those in favour, please rise.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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Deputy Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

The Member for Yellowknife South, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Sahtu, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Hay River North, the Member for Great Slave, the Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Yellowknife North, and the Member for Monfwi.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

All those opposed, please rise. All those abstaining, please rise. The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 28 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, orders of the day.

Orders Of The Day
Orders Of The Day

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Deputy Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Orders of the day for Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 1:30 p.m.:

  1. Prayer
  2. Ministers' Statements
  3. Members' Statements
  4. Returns to Oral Questions

- Question 638-19(2), Medevac Services

  1. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Oral Questions
  4. Written Questions
  5. Returns to Written Questions
  6. Replies to Commissioner's Address
  7. Petitions
  8. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
  9. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
  10. Tabling of Documents
  11. Notices of Motion
  12. Motions

- Motion 32-19(2), Extended Adjournment of the House to May 27, 2021

- Motion 33-19(2), Appointment of Members to the Human Rights Adjudication Panel

  1. Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills
  2. First Reading of Bills
  3. Second Reading of Bills
  4. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
  5. Report of Committee of the Whole
  6. Third Reading of Bills
  7. Orders of the Day

Orders Of The Day
Orders Of The Day

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 1:30 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 4:52