Committee Report 34-18(3): Report on the Review of Bill 45: Corrections Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment is pleased to provide its report on Bill 34, Mineral Resources Act. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Committee Report 33-18(3) be deemed read an

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize former Member and former Minister and resident of Yellowknife North and understood to be a candidate in the upcoming election, Dave Ramsay. Thank you for being here, and welcome.

Improving P3 Contracts for Northern Benefits  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to talk today about P3 contracts. Public-private partnerships have been used to achieve some of our large infrastructure projects here in the North, like the new Stanton Territorial Hospital, and will be the method used for the Whati road. Th

Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 56, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2, be read for the third time; and, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee Motion 204-18(3): Bill 46: Public Land Act - Amend Clause 8 with addition after sub clause (1), Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am actually going to be in support. I have been seeing both sides of how some of these land uses have taken part in the past. I don't think that the mover of this motion has any intention to limit anyone's ability in terms of, let's say for example, lea

Committee Motion 202-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and the Environment Report on the Review of Bill 46: Public Land Act - Consultation on Amendment of Regulations for the Public Land Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't want to add too much to the previous speaker, except to say that this is going to be a bill that is going to do a lot of good work as it relates to streamlining the administration of lands, which I think we all want that goal and we have all striv

Committee Motion 202-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and the Environment Report on the Review of Bill 46: Public Land Act - Consultation on Amendment of Regulations for the Public Land Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends, to the extent it is possible before the dissolution of the 18th Assembly and for the public record, that the government provide a response to these recommendations, even of a preliminary nature, that committee may publi

Committee Motion 201-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and the Environment Report on the Review of Bill 46: Public Land Act - Phase 2 Consultation on Further Amendments to the Public Land Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just for committee's information, what might have been in the people's package as the last one, I am moving that up to the next one. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Lands make a commitment to amend the regulations flow

Committee Motion 201-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and the Environment Report on the Review of Bill 46: Public Land Act - Phase 2 Consultation on Further Amendments to the Public Land Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the GNWT begin a phase 2 process of consultation on further amendments to the Public Land Act to be completed during the 19th Legislative Assembly that adequately addresses the concerns raised by municipalities and

Committee Motion 200-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 46: Public Land Act - Protections for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that future amendments to the Public Land Act include more robust protections for Aboriginal and treaty rights consistent with and improving upon those found in other devolution-related statutes. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Committee Motion 199-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 46: Public Land Act - Land Use Sustainability Framework Implementation Plan, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the Minister direct the Department of Lands to develop a Land Use Sustainability Framework implementation plan that more fully incorporates the principles guiding the department's mandate as set out in the Departmen

Committee Motion 198-18(3): Bill 43: An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act - Add New Clause 3.6, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just some general comments. Bill 46 was referred to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment on March 12, 2019. The committee sent letters inviting input from an exhaustive list of stakeholders, including municipal and Indigenous go

Committee Motion 194-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Substitution of Clause 22, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Like many of us in here, I regret that we are even in this position right now and that we even have to give consideration to this kind of a tax on Northerners. I am very aware, every time I speak in this House, that folks from Ottawa are listening closely

Motion to Receive Committee Report 32-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive rule 100(4) and to have committee report 32-18(3) moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Motion that Committee Report 32-18(3) be received and Moved to Committee of the Whole, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that Committee Report 32-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Process Used for Devolution Legislative Initiatives be received by the Assembly and moved into Com