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

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Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Madam Speaker, your committee has been considering Committee Report 36-19(2), Tabled Document 747-19(2), Tabled Document 748-19(2), and would like to report progress with 11 motions adopted. And that Committee Report 36-19(2) is concluded. That consideration of Tabled Documents 747-19(2) and 748-19(2) are concluded and that the House concur in those estimates and that an appropriation bill be based thereon and be introduced without delay. And Madam Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Mahsi.

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

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Do I have a seconder? Member for Range Lake. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried.

Third reading of bills. Member for Hay River South.

Rocky Simpson

Rocky Simpson Hay River South

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Bill 58, an Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2, be read for a third time. And Madam Speaker, I am requesting a recorded vote. Thank you.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. The Member for Hay River South has requested a recorded vote. All those in favour, please rise.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

November 1st, 2022

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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim Mercer

The Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Yellowknife North, the Member for Monfwi, the Member for Great Slave, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Yellowknife South, the Member for Sahtu, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Hay River North, the Member for Deh Cho.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

All those opposed, please rise. All the those abstaining, please rise.

The results of the recorded vote is 15 in favour, zero opposed, and zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 58 has had third reading.

---Carried

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Third reading of bills. Member for Hay River South.

Rocky Simpson

Rocky Simpson Hay River South

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Bill 59, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, be read for a third time. And Madam Speaker, I am requesting a recorded vote. Thank you.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion. Member for Yellowknife North.

Rylund Johnson

Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'd like to, again, rise in my opposition to clause 12 of this bill which will prohibit cannabis sales on polling day. I want to clarify how committee got here.

They started with a recommendation that said, from the Chief Electoral Officer, as recommended in 2015, this subsection in the Election and Plebiscites Act unfairly penalizes business owners. There is no data available to support a view that the sale of liquor, retail or in establishment, has any bearing in polling day turnout. Most Canadian jurisdictions have eliminated this requirement. And then, somehow, we ended up instead of listening to our Chief Electoral Officer and the Chamber of Commerce and numerous businesses' repeated requests to get rid of liquor on polling day, we are adding cannabis.

I also want to clarify the committee seems to think and were originally bringing forward that this will bring some consistency. However, this will only prohibit cannabis if passed on territorial election day. You can still sell cannabis on municipal election days, federal election days, and municipal election days.

Additionally, the Minister of Finance has recently in their liquor legislation review stated that they will remove the requirement on the prohibition of selling alcohol on polling day. This is actually found in the liquor regulations. It does not require legislative amendment. So the Minister can and should make that change any day. But here we are, once again, making it illegal to sell cannabis every day -- every four years once a day for really no reason at all.

When the Cannabis Act was passed, it did not include this section. There's no intention as far as I can tell by the Liquor Act or the Cannabis Act to prohibit the selling. It is really just this one motion being brought forward today.

Unfortunately, this morning when I wanted to delete this, I forgot to get a seconder. I have no idea whether I have any support for this or if I am alone but should any Member wish to second a motion deleting clause 12, that would be greatly appreciated or else perhaps this will just go up in smoke. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

To the motion.

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? Oh, sorry. Is it a recorded -- all right. The Member has requested a recorded vote. All those in favour, please rise.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim Mercer

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

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

All those opposed, please rise.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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Clerk Of The House Mr. Tim Mercer

The Member for Yellowknife North.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

All those abstaining, please rise. The results of the recorded vote is 15 in favour, one opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 59 has had third reading.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Orders of the day. Madam Clerk.

Orders Of The Day
Orders Of The Day

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Deputy Clerk Of The House Ms. Wickens

Orders of the day for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

  1. Prayer
  2. Ministers' Statements
  3. Members' Statements
  4. Returns to Oral Questions
  • Oral Question 1163-19(2), Homelessness
  • Oral Question 1188-19(2), Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadian Red Cross
  • Oral Question 1246-19(2), Infertility Treatment
  1. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Oral Questions
  4. Written Questions
  5. Returns to Written Questions
  6. Replies to the 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 67-19(2), Appointment of Sergeant-at-Arms of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
  1. Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills
  2. First Reading of Bills
  • Bill 65, Builder's Lien Act
  • Bill 66, An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act
  • Bill 67, An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act
  • Bill 68, An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act
  1. Second Reading of Bills
  • Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act
  • Bill 62, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act
  • Bill 63, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act
  • Bill 64, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 3
  1. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
  • Bill 23, An Act to Amend the Public Utilities Act
  • Bill 29, Resource Royalty Information Disclosure Statute Amendment Act
  • Committee Report 37-19(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2022 Audit of Addictions Prevention and Recovery Services
  • Minster's Statement 264-19(2), Response to the NWT Chief Coroner's Report on Suicide Report of Committee of the Whole
  • Tabled Document 681-19(2), Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 26-19(2): Report on the Child and Family Services Act - Lifting Children, Youth and Families: An All of Territory Approach to Keeping Families Together
  • Tabled Document 694-19(2): Northwest Territories Coroner Service 2021-2022 Early Release of Data
  • Tabled Document 723-19(2), 2023-2024 Capital Estimates
  1. Report of Committee of the Whole
  2. Third Reading of Bills
  3. Orders of the Day

Orders Of The Day
Orders Of The Day

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you. This House stands adjourned until Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 6:42 p.m.