Debates of March 29th, 2023

This is page numbers 6023 - 6088 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

NWT Alcohol Strategy

COVID-19 Lessons Learned Report

Diversity and Inclusion Framework

Treatment Facilities

Government Decentralization

Project Assessment Policy Review

Income Assistance Clawbacks

Small Health Centre Diagnosis Concerns

Seniors Housing

Taltson Hydro Expansion Project

Public Inquiry into Environmental Impact of Cosmo 954 Crash

Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Languages System

Nahanni National Park Agreement

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Income Assistance

Project Assessment Policy Review

Decentralization

Public inquiry into Cosmo 954 Crash

Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Languages System

Treatment Facilities

Small Health Centre Diagnosis Concerns

Taltson Hydro Expansion

Income assistance Clawbacks

Regular Members Meeting with Federal Minister

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery(reversion)

Return to Written Question 64-19(2): Housing NWT Funding Formula for Local Housing Organizations

Tabled Document 905-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 77: Nursing Profession Act Tabled Document 906-19(2): An Alcohol Strategy for the Northwest Territories Final Report March 2023 Tabled Document 907-19(2): Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act Three-Year Report 2023

Tabled Document 908-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 78: Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act

Tabled Document 909-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act

Tabled Document 910-19(2): Additional Information for Return to Written Question 64-19(2): Housing NWT Funding Formula for Local housing Organizations Tabled Document 911-19(2): Housing NWT 2023-24 Consolidated Operating Budget Tabled Document 912-19(2): Northwest Territories Public Utilities Board 2022 Annual Budget

Tabled Document 913-19(2): inter-Activity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 (April 1 to December 31, 2022) Tabled Document 914-19(2): inter-Activity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 (April 1 to September 30, 2022) Tabled Document 915-19(2): Diversity and Inclusion Framework Document

Tabled Document 916-19(2): Learning from the Response to COVID-19 Report and Recommendations

Bill 80: Dental Hygienists Profession Statute Act

Bill 81: An Act to Amend the Education Act, No. 2

Bill 82: Legal Profession Act

Bill 83: Liquor Act

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

Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act

Bill 89: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2023-2024

Bill 77: Nursing Profession Act

Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act

Bill 89: Appropriations Act (Operations Expenditures), 2023-2024

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Bill 68, An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act - Amend Clause 13, DEFEATED

Committee Motion: Motion to Amend Committee Motion 408-19(2)

Recorded Vote

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Territorial Youth Conference on Mental Health and Wellness

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Aftercare Processes for Persons Discharged from Hospitals and Health Care Centres

Committee Report 50-19(2), Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Youth and Family Addictions Support and Healing Centre

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Community Suicide Prevention Fund

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Eligibility for Projects Under Community Suicide Prevention Fund

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Increase Community Suicide Prevention Fund

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Supportive Community Housing Strategy

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention -Career and Education Advisor Job Description and Recruitment

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - LGBTQ Equity, Safety and Inclusion in NWT Schools

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Increase Funding for Youth Centres Initiative

Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Response to Recommendations

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Youth Housing Fund

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous Child and Family Services Navigator

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Access to Sports

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Women's Housing Fund

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - 2SLGBTQIPA+ Guidelines

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Men's Healing Fund

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Northwest Territories Indigenous Healing Centre

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - On the Land Healing Program

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Sustainable, Multi-Year Funding

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous Housing Fund

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous-Led Housing Designs

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Homelessness Prevention Strategy

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Lease Agreements and Rental Assistance

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Forgiveness of Arrears for Residential School Survivors

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Residency Policy Public Housing Point Rating

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - First Right of Refusal for Family Members

Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Response to Recommendations

Report Of Committee Of The Whole

Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4

Recorded Vote

Bill 76: An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act

Recorded Vote

Bill 89: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2023-2024

Recorded Vote

Orders Of The Day

Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Some Hon. Members

Question.

Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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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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Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

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 Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Deh Cho. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Thebacha. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Monfwi.

Recorded Vote
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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

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

The result of the recorded vote: 16 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 66 has had third reading.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Minister responsible for MACA.

Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention 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 67, An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention 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 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Some Hon. Members

Question.

Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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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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Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

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

The result of the recorded vote: 16 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 67 has had third reading.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Member for Thebacha.

Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Frieda Martselos Thebacha

Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

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

Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Some Hon. Members

Question.

Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Question has been called. 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. Glen Rutland

The Member for Thebacha. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Yellowknife North. 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 Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Deh Cho.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

All those opposed, please rise.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Hay River South.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

All those abstaining, please rise.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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Clerk Of The House Mr. Glen Rutland

The Member for Hay River North.

Recorded Vote
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

The results of the recorded vote: 13 in favour, three opposed, one abstention. The motion is carried. Bill 73 has had third reading.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Member for Thebacha.

Bill 76: An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Frieda Martselos Thebacha

Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Bill 76, An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 76: An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

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

Bill 76: An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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Some Hon. Members

Question.

Bill 76: An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, Carried
Third Reading Of Bills

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The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

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

Debates of March 29th, 2023

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