Debates of Oct. 4th, 2023

This is page numbers 6721 - 6786 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.

Topics

Oral Questions

Members Present

Prayer

Residential and Recreational Public Land Leasing Pricing Revisions

Early Learning and Child Care

Improvements in Mental Health Supports

Reclaiming the Capable Person - A Strategic Framework for Addressing Family Violence in the Northwest Territories

Business Support for 2023 Wildfire Evacuations

Medical Travel

Northwest Territories Power Corporation

Environmental Guideline for Contaminated Sites

National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Inadequate Housing in Nunakput

Imperial Oil Tailings Pond Seepage

Appointment of Administrator for Hamlet of Fort Resolution

Violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people

Settling Land Claims

Safe and Affordable Housing for Women

2021 and 2022 Band Manager Mentor Award Winner

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Availability of Housing in Nunakput

Taltson Hydroelectric Expansion Project

Imperial Oil Tailing Ponds Seepage

Reimbursement of Costs for Medical Travel

Hamlet of Fort Resolution

Business Support for 2023 Wildfire Evacuations

Environmental Guidelines for Contaminated Sites

Settling Land Claims

Homelessness

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery(reversion)

Committee Report 76-19(2): Special Committee on Transition Matters Moving Forward: Report of the Special Committee on Transition Matters

Tabled Document 1024-19(2): Reclaiming the Capable Person: We Are All Capable Persons When We Have Community - A Strategic Framework for Addressing Family Violence in the Northwest Territories

Tabled Document 1025-19(2): Correspondence Dated March 1, 2023 from the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association re: Modernizing the Dental Auxiliaries Act for Increased Access to Preventative Healthcare Tabled Document 1026-19(2): Correspondence Dated March 7, 2023 from the British Columbia Dental Hygienists Association re: Modernizing the Dental Auxiliaries Act for Increased Access to Preventative Healthcare Tabled Document 1027-19(2): Correspondence Dated March 29, 2023 from the Ontario Dental Hygienists Association

Recommendations of Integrity Commissioner Respecting Conduct of MLA Great Slave

Dissolution of the 19th Assembly

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act - Indigenous Government and Organizations Consent

Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act - Action Plan

Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act - amend subclause 8(2)

Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act - amend subclause 12(2.1)

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - New Clause 3.1

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - Amend Clause 3.1

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - Amend Subclause 20(1)

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - Amend Subclause 44(2)

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - Amend Subclause 46(6)

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - New Clause 90.1

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - Amend Paragraph 91(k)

Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act - New Clause 93.1

Bill 84: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act - Amend Clause 7

Report Of Committee Of The Whole

Bill 74: Forest Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 78: Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 83: Liquor Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 92: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax, No. 3

Recorded Vote

Orders Of The Day

Committee Motion 511-19(2): Bill 84: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act - Amend Clause 7, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Clause 7 as amended, does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Clause 8 through 10, does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Clause 10 through 15, does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Clause 16 through 20, does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Clause 21 through 25, does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Clauses 25 to 29, does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Committee, to the bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act as amended, is now ready for third reading?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, committee. Committee has agreed that Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act as amended, is now ready for third reading.

Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act as amended?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Thank you, Minister. Thank you to your witnesses. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber.

Member for Frame Lake.

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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried.

I will now rise and report progress.

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Order. May I please have the report of Committee of the Whole. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

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

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Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Committee Report 55-19(2), Bill 65, Bill 84, Bill 85, and would like to report progress with 15 motions carried, and that Committee Report 55-19(2) is concluded and that Bill 85 is ready for third reading, and Bill 65 and 84 are ready for third reading as amended. And, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

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

October 4th, 2023

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Do we have a seconder? Member for Yellowknife South. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Minister responsible for Environment and Climate Change.

Bill 74: Forest Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Shane Thompson Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member from Yellowknife South, that Bill 74, the Forest Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 74: Forest Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

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

Bill 74: Forest Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Some Hon. Members

Question.

Debates of Oct. 4th, 2023

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