Committee Motion 143-17(5): Bill 59: Estate Administration Law Amendment Act – Amendment To Subclauses 1(2) And (3), Carried  Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Now I will turn to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, Mr. Moses.

Committee Motion 143-17(5): Bill 59: Estate Administration Law Amendment Act – Amendment To Subclauses 1(2) And (3), Carried  Thank you, committee. Committee has agreed to consider Bill 64, An Act to Amend the Co-operative Associations Act. I will ask the Minister responsible for the bill for introductions. Minister Ramsay.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Yes, these are questions that came before our constituency meeting. Obviously, the department and health administrators typically meet and have those discussions without the interference of MLAs. Obviously, we’re wanting to get that information so that we can answer to the public

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I understand that explanation; I’m just wondering if there is any report or any kind of a briefing note that I can get from how we got from 32 to 21 down to 11, just so I know what the potential could have been, what the likes that we would like to have ar

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Madam Chair, in the process here we’ve heard some stories of reports from the Hay River Health Centre or healthy authority that have a request for up to 33 positions. I think that was narrowed down to 21 and now has been approved for about 11. I’m wondering if the Minister has a

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I had a question about the nursing inpatient services operation for the Hay River Health Centre. Obviously, I’m pleased to see some of the dollars for this new facility, but I know the demand and the request for a substantial amount more. Can the Minister

Motion 51-17(5): Appointment Of Chair To The Northwest Territories Honours Advisory Council  I give notice that on Thursday, October 8, 2015, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, that Mr. Paul Delorey of Hay River be appointed as chair of the Northwest Territories Honours Advisory Council.

Question 935-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister keeps talking about we’re not done the bridge, and I’m not sure when we’re going to get that done. We know we’ve added stuff to the contract. We know we’ve added guardrails. We know we’ve added telephones to the system. Now we’re spending more

Question 935-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  We know and the government is willing to say we’re using ATCON, a company that’s no longer there, using them as leverage. But when the government has inspectors in the project, they inspect the whole process. We had a whole bunch of stuff that was outside of the scope of the proj

Question 935-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  I am referring to Ruskin was on the job before ATCON started. We paid them out. We paid out several contractors that were doing work for ATCON that they held us accountable for the bridge. Rowe’s didn’t have that leverage. Why did we pay all those other contractors and we’re not

Question 935-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  Thank you. I’ll chime in, as well, and I think this is exactly what I was talking about in my Member’s statement about us working with businesses in the Northwest Territories. The Minister indicated we were working with the company, yes, and that’s the problem. We were working w

Support For Northern Businesses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My statement today will be on business. As you all know, throughout this Assembly I’ve made a lot of statements on business and some of the issues that we’re having with our government and their lack of support and their difficulty supporting northern busi

Bill 69: An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly And Executive Council Act, No. 2  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and have Bill 69, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2, moved into Committee of the Whole for today. ---Unanimous consent granted

Bill 69: An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly And Executive Council Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 69, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, Bill 69 makes a number of amendments to the Legislative Assembly and Executive

Motion 48-17(5): Northwest Territories Disabilities Services, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to thank the mover and seconder for bringing this motion forward. We've been working with our local disabilities council for a number of years and one of the things that stands out with us, we've talked about our mobility, the mobility o