Debates of Nov. 3rd, 2022
This is page numbers 5051 - 5086 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 housing.
Topics
- Oral Questions
- Members Present
- Prayer
- Minister's Statement 291-19(2): Northwest Territories Community Flood Response
- Minister's Statement 292-19(2): Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Survey
- Minister's Statement 293-19(2): National Housing Day
- Member's Statement 1281-19(2): Housing
- Member's Statement 1282-19(2): Hay River Harbour
- Member's Statement 1283-19(2): Highway No. 3 Transmission Line
- Member's Statement 1284-19(2): Indigenous Disability Month
- Member's Statement 1285-19(2): Budget Transparency
- Member's Statement 1286-19(2): Recognition
- Member's Statement 1287-19(2): Tu Nedhe Wiilideh Constituency Budget Allocations
- Member's Statement 1288-19(2): Recognition
- Member's Statement 1289-19(2): Supplementary Health Budgets
- Member's Statement 1290-19(2): Open Sky Festival
- Member's Statement 1291-19(2): Supporting Youth
- Member's Statement 1292-19(2): Families of Canadian Soldiers
- Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
- Acknowledgement 7-19(2): Order of Saint John Life Saving Award
- Question 1295-19(2): Kole Crook Fiddle Jamboree
- Question 1296-19(2): Highway No. 3 Transmission Line
- Question 1297-19(2): Housing
- Question 1298-19(2): Disabled Tenants Support
- Question 1299-19(2): Budget Transparency
- Question 1300-19(2): Integrated Service Delivery
- Question 1301-19(2): Indigenous Government Support
- Question 1302-19(2): Support for Youth at Risk
- Question 1303-19(2): Tu Nedhe Wiilideh Constituency Support
- Question 1304-19(2): Support for Youth Sports
- Question 1305-19(2): Addressing Homelessness
- Written Question 54-19(2): Carbon Tax and the Cost of Living
- Tabled Document 794-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 65: Builder's Lien Act Tabled Document 795-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act Tabled Document 796-19(2): Northwest Territories Coroner Service 2021 Annual Report
- Tabled Document 797-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 68, An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act Tabled Document 798-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 67, An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act Tabled Document 799-19(2): Northwest Territories 9-1-1 2021-2022 Annual Report
- Tabled Document 800-19(2): Housing NWT 2021-2022 Annual Report
- Tabled Document 801-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Questions 1210-19(2): Treatment Programs, Oral Question 1232-19(2): Addictions Treatment, and Oral Question 1255-19(2): Addictions Treatment
- Tabled Document 802-19(2): Letter from Fertility Matters
- Tabled Document 803-19(2): Redacted Report from the Department of Health and Social Services from the Internal Audit Bureau obtained under Access to Information
- Tabled Document 804-19(2): Email Exchange with Environmental Health Officer Regarding Lanky Court
- Tabled Document 805-19(2): Summary of Members' Absence for the Period May 26 to October 12, 2022
- Motion 68-19(2): Establishment of a Special Committee on Transition Matters, Carried
- Motion 69-19(2): Extended Adjournment of the House to February 7, 2023, Carried
- Motion 70-19(2): Amendments to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, Carried
- Motion 71-19(2): Reappointment of Members to the Northwest Territories Honours and Advisory Council, Carried
- Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024
- Bill 65: Builder's Lien Act, Carried
- Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
- Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
- Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Daycare Act, Carried
- Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
- Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
- Report Of Committee Of The Whole
- Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
- Assent to Bills
- Orders Of The Day
Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried. Bill 66 has had second reading and is referred to standing committee for further consideration.
---Carried
Second reading of bills. Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.
Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 67, An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, be read for the second time.
This bill amends the Fire Prevention Act to
- add a liability exclusion provision for fire officials;
- authorize the fire marshals to delegate their duties and powers;
- make any requirements made in a plan review report by the fire marshal to be binding as orders;
- establish a plan review appeal board and mechanism for an appeal of plan reviews made by the fire marshal instead of an immediate recourse to the Supreme Court;
- authorize codes of rules and standards adopted under the Act to have legal force of effect; and,
- modernize language including the use of gender-neutral language.
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried. Bill 67 has had second reading and is referred to standing committee for further consideration.
---Carried
Second reading of bills. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.
Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Daycare Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
November 3rd, 2022
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 68, An Act to Amend the Child Daycare Act, be read for the second time.
This bill amends the Child Daycare Act in order to
- clarify exemptions from the application of the act;
- establish a complaints process for parents to ensure compliance with prescribed rules of conduct;
- provide for maximum childcare fees that can be charged by operators;
- provide for minimum pay rates for the employees of certain early learning and childcare facilities;
- provide for the establishment of a certification process and for mandatory qualifications for early learning and childcare facility operators and staff;
- update reporting requirements and provide for assigning unique identifiers for children that attend an early learning and childcare facility; and,
- provide additional authorities for the regulation of childcare services.
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Daycare Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Daycare Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Daycare Act, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? Motion is carried. Bill 68 has had second reading and is referred to standing committee for further consideration.
---Carried
Second reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Boot Lake, that Bill 71, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, be read for the second time.
This bill authorizes the Government of the Northwest Territories to make appropriations for infrastructure expenditures for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Bill 71: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
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The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried. Bill 71 has had second reading.
---Carried
Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters. Bill 23, Bill 29, Minister's Statement 264-19(2), Tabled Document 681-19(2), Tabled Document 694-19(2), with Member of Deh Cho in the chair.
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