Committee Motion 184-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2 - 19th Assembly Review of Code of Conduct, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. No additional comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Committee Motion 184-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2 - 19th Assembly Review of Code of Conduct, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. Bill 25, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, was referred to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment on October 29, 2019. On February 26, 2020, the committee was granted an extension to continue its review. The committee se
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Committee Motion 184-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2 - 19th Assembly Review of Code of Conduct, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have, to my left, Christina Brownlee, legislative counsel, and, to my right, Tim Mercer, the Legislative Assembly clerk.
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Committee Motion 184-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2 - 19th Assembly Review of Code of Conduct, Carried I would. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Committee Motion 184-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2 - 19th Assembly Review of Code of Conduct, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of the Legislative Assembly Board of Management, I am pleased to appear before you in a moment's time today with respect to Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2. Members will recall that this is the sec
August 16th, 2019Assembly debate Page 6106 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bill 34: Mineral Resources Act Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment has reviewed Bill 34: Mineral Resources Act and wishes to report that Bill 34 is now ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole as amended and repri
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Question 824-18(3): Uncontested Lands within Municipal Boundaries Just one last question to the Minister: does the Minister believe that we will actually get to a point in time where our government will turn over municipal, uncontested lands to municipal corporations or to municipalities?
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Question 824-18(3): Uncontested Lands within Municipal Boundaries Thank you to the Minister for the reply. I am happy to hear that there are some small steps being taken in this direction. If there is no overall policy to turn all land over to the municipalities, that also kind of sounds to me like there is no overall policy to not turn land ov
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Question 824-18(3): Uncontested Lands within Municipal Boundaries Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my questions today to the Minister of Lands. I would like to simply start by asking the Minister: I have travelled up and down the valley now. I have learned a lot from different communities about their need to want to have control
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Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I wish it was in different circumstances, but I would also like to acknowledge Felix Lockhart and Arlene Hache, residents of Yellowknife North. Sandra will be dearly missed, and my thoughts and prayers are with you. Thanks for coming and being here to
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Uncontested Lands within Municipal Boundaries Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to talk about municipal lands. Specifically, I'd like to talk about uncontested land within the City of Yellowknife's boundary. Yellowknife makes up half the territory's population. That's important because, as we know, the GNWT's revenue is driven
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Committee Motion 178-18(3): tanding Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act and Bill 43: An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act - Government Response, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When I spoke to the principle of Bills 42 and 43 at second reading, I indicated that I do not support a carbon tax in the Northwest Territories. In fact, I still do not support a carbon tax, and I will not be supporting these bills. My reasons have evolve
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Bill 46: Public Land Act Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment has reviewed Bill 46, Public Land Act, and wishes to report that Bill 46 is now ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole as amended and reprinted.
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Motion that Committee Report 29-18(3) Be Received and Moved into Committee of the Whole, Carried Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We're getting there. We're almost done. Thank you for your indulgence. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that Committee Report 29-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Perceptions He
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Motion that Committee Report 29-18(3) be Deemed Read and Printed in Hansard in its Entirety, Carried Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Sahtu, that Committee Report 29-18(3) be deemed read and printed in Hansard in its entirety. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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