This is page numbers 4017 - 4060 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 know.

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Caitlin Cleveland

Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, is MACA considering less landfills with better services to help manage waste on a more regional basis? Thank you.

Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I get the Member to re-ask that question? I was a little preoccupied. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Caitlin Cleveland

Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was wondering if the Minister and his department are considering less landfills across the Northwest Territories to allow them to focus on better services from fewer landfills? Thank you.

Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we aren't considering less landfill sites but we're working with the municipalities to manage their landfill sites better. By shrinking them, then we have challenges at the regional level - where you going to store it; where you -- what landfill site you going to be using? So right now we work with the municipalities to address this, and we try to help them manage properly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary, Member for Kam Lake.

Caitlin Cleveland

Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today is compost day for much of Kam Lake. I'm just wondering if the Minister will commit to composting? Thank you.

Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

Thank you. Already there; been doing that for a long time. As soon as I became the Minister for ENR, it was actually make sure I have to do that. But yes, we are doing that. Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Written questions. Returns to written questions. Replies to Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports of committees on the review of bills. Reports of standing and special committees. Tabling of documents. Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment.

R.J. Simpson

R.J. Simpson Hay River North

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 20-19(2): Report on the Review of Bill 30: An Act to Amend the Aurora College Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Minister responsible for Finance.

Caroline Wawzonek

Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: What We Heard: Northwest Territories Liquor Legislation Review, March 2022. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Minister responsible for Health and Social Services.

Julie Green

Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 918-19(2): Mental health. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Member for Hay River South.

Rocky Simpson

Rocky Simpson Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Government of Canada, Travel: Proof of Vaccination for Indigenous Peoples and Northerners in Remote Communities. Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Motions. Member for Thebacha.

Frieda Martselos

Frieda Martselos Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I MOVE, second by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that when this House adjourns on Friday, March the 11th, 2022, it shall be adjourned until Monday, March the 28, 2022;

AND FURTHERMORE, that at any time prior to March 28, 2022, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, or at a time later than the scheduled resumption of the House, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Motion is in order. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? Motion is carried.

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Motions. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. Minister responsible for Justice

R.J. Simpson

R.J. Simpson Hay River North

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022, I will move that Bill 48: Arbitration Act be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment.

Bill 47: Arbitration Act
First Reading Of Bills

March 11th, 2022

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R.J. Simpson

R.J. Simpson Hay River North

Mr. Speaker, I wish to present to the House Bill 47: An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, No. 2, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 47: Arbitration Act
First Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Minister.

Pursuant to Rule 8.2(3), Bill 47: An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, No. 2, is deemed read the first time and is now ready for second reading.

First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration of Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 23, 29, 37, and 38; Committee Report 24-19(2); Committee Report 25-19(2); Minister Statement 202-19(2); Tabled Document 561, 567, 578, 579-19(2), with Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes in the chair.

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Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

CHAIRPERSON I'll now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Mr. O'Reilly.