Debates of Sept. 27th, 2023
This is page numbers 6417 - 6500 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 indigenous.
Topics
- Oral Questions
- Members Present
- Prayer
- Minister's Statement 377-19(2): Sessional Statement
- Member's Statement 1581-19(2): Wildfire Evacuees
- Member's Statement 1582-19(2): Thanking First Responders and Recognition of Fort Smith Residents
- Member's Statement 1583-19(2): Thanks to Wildfire Crews and Community Members who Protected Hay River
- Member's Statement 1584-19(2): Evacuations and Government Support
- Member's Statement 1585-19(2): Recognition of Passing of Nunakput Residents
- Member's Statement 1586-19(2): Recognition of Essential Service Workers
- Member's Statement 1587-19(2): Climate Change and Emergency Response Planning
- Member's Statement 1588-19(2): Northwest Territories Wildfire Policy
- Member's Statement 1589-19(2): Post-Evacuation Business Supports
- Member's Statement 1590-19(2): Wildfire Evacuations
- Member's Statement 1591-19(2): Eulogy for Adam Yeadon
- Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
- Oral Question 1573-19(2): Natural Disaster Financial Program Supports for Businesses
- Oral Question 1574-19(2): Adequacy of Government Support during Natural Disasters
- Oral Question 1575-19(2): Management of Wildfire near Enterprise
- Oral Question 1576-19(2): Post-evacuation Business Supports
- Oral Question 1577-19(2): Emergency Management Supports during Wildfires
- Oral Question 1578-19(2): Fire Management Policy Effect on Indigenous Culture
- Oral Question 1579-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories' Declaration of State of Emergency
- Oral Question 1580-19(2): Fire Structural Damage Claims
- Return to Written Question 65-19(2): Public-Private Partnership Projects Capital and Operating Costs and Revenues
- Return to Written Question 66-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Intervention Challenging Federal Law C-92
- Return to Written Question 67-19(2): Unresolved Matter of the Federal Indian Day Schools
- Bill 65: Builders' Lien Act
- Bill 74: Forest Act
- Bill 75: Council for Women and Gender Diversity Act
- Bill 78: Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act
- Bill 80: Dental Hygienists Profession Statutes Amendment Act
- Bill 81: An Act to Amend the Education Act, No. 2
- 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 93: Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act
- Bill 94: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act 2023
- Committee Report 55-19(2): Report on Bill 85, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act
- Committee Report 57-19(2): Report on Bill 65, Builders' Lien Act
- Committee Report 60-19(2): Report on Bill 80, Dental Hygienists Profession Statutes Amendment Act
- Committee Report 59-19(2): Report on the Review of Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act
- Committee Report 58-19(2): Report on Bill 82, Legal Profession Act
- Committee Report 62-19(2): Report on Bill 74, Forest Act
- Committee Report 61-19(2): Report on Bill 81, An Act to Amend the Education Act, No. 2
- Committee Report 63-19(2): Report on Bill 78, Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act
- Committee Report 64-19(2): Report on Bill 84: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
- Tabled Document 973-19(2): 2024-2025 Capital Estimates Tabled Document 974-19(2): Supplementary Estimates Operations Expenditures, No. 3, 2023-2024 Tabled Document 975-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1333-19(2): Interoperability of Government of the Northwest Territories Systems Tabled Document 976-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1340-19(2): Indigenous Employment Policy Tabled Document 977-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1451-19(2): Northern Resident Travel Deduction Tabled Document 978-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1474-19(2): Audit Report and Unspent Funds on Internet Connectivity Tabled Document 979-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1488-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Language System Tabled Document 980-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1557-19(2): Land Leases
- Tabled Document 981-19(2): Final Report on the Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories 2019-2020 Tabled Document 982-19(2): Letter to Prime Minister regarding MLA Concerns Respecting Cosmos 954 Effects on Health and Safety Tabled Document 983-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1321-19(2): Housing Crisis in the Northwest Territories Tabled Document 984-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1464-19(2): Federal Day School Tabled Document 985-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1541-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Committed to United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation
- Tabled Document 986-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1510-19(2): Searching for Frank Gruben Tabled Document 987-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1515-19(2): Transparency of Corporate Registries
- Tabled Document 988-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 1519-19(2): Resurfacing Fort Smith Airport Runway
- Tabled Document 989-19(2): Letter dated July 14, 2023, to Intergovernmental Council Secretariat regarding Bill 29: Resource Royalty Information Disclosure Statute Amendment Act Tabled Document 990-19(2): Letter dated July 14, 2023 to Non-Intergovernmental Council Indigenous Governments regarding Bill 29: Resource Royalty Information Disclosure Statute Amendment Act Tabled Document 991-19(2): Information and Privacy Commissioner Review Report and Order, May 26, 2023 Tabled Document 992-19(2): ITI Decision Letter June 26, 2023 Tabled Document 993-19(2): Observations on ITI ATIPP Meeting Summaries (revised August 2023) Tabled Document 994-19(2): REVISED GNWT-Chamber of Mines Meeting Summaries with Additional Information June 26, 2023
- Tabled Document 995-19(2): Integrity Commissioner report into a complaint made by the Hon. Shane Thompson, MLA alleging that Ms. Katrina Nokleby, MLA has breached the Members' Code of Conduct Tabled Document 996-19(2): Elections NWT 2022-23 Annual Report Tabled Document 997-19(2): Northwest Territories Ombud Annual Report Tabled Document 998-19(2): Speaking Up for Fairness - 2022/2023 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Ombud
- Motion 84-19(2): Taxation of Vaping Products under Coordinated Vaping Taxation Products Agreement
- Motion 85-19(2): Extended Adjournment of the House to October 3, 2023
- Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
- Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
- Report Of Committee Of The Whole
- Orders Of The Day
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Committee, to a bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, is now ready for third reading?
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this conclude our consideration of Bill 77, the Nursing Profession Act?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. And thank you, Minister, and thank you to your witnesses. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber.
Committee has agreed to consider Bill 82, Legal Professions Act. I will ask the Minister of Justice to introduce the bill.
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Madam Chair, thank you. I am pleased to be here today to present Bill 82, Legal Profession Act.
Bill 82 proposes a repeal and replacement of the current Legal Profession Act, which was passed in 1976 and establishes the Law Society of the Northwest Territories as the body which regulates lawyers in the Northwest Territories. The department has worked in collaboration with the law society to bring forward these amendments and appreciates the time and effort contributed by law society membership both with their initial review of the existing act and with reviewing an engagement draft of the bill. This helped to ensure we were able to bring forward a fulsome new Act that will effectively regulate lawyers in the Northwest Territories.
In 2018, a revision committee was established by the executive of the Law Society of the Northwest Territories to consult on the recommended changes to the Act which had not been extensively reviewed since it was first enacted. The Act as currently written is prescriptive with many issues governed by the Act rather than the rules of the law society. Similar legislation in comparable jurisdictions is often less prescriptive allowing for greater flexibility in the rules and policies of their law societies. The proposed new Act would address contemporary developments in the legal profession in a manner similar to other Canadian jurisdictions.
In addition to addressing errors in consistencies and improving the overall clarity of the Act, proposed changes to the Act generally address the following areas: The purpose and administration of the society, membership, and enrolment; the definition of practice of law; discipline; the assurance fund; trust accounts and custodianship; and, other relevant matters.
This concludes my opening remarks. I'd be pleased to answer questions that Members may have. Thank you.
Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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Committee Motion 468-19(2): Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, Amend Subclause 56(1), Carried
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber. Minister, would you please introduce your witnesses.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. To my right, I have Mr. Ian Rennie, legislative counsel with the Department of Justice, and on my left is Mr. Brad Patzer, assistant deputy minister Solicitor General.
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