Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that we report progress. ---Carried

Motion 54-17(5): Climate Change Planning, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to make some brief remarks. The fact that we need to have this motion indicates that the GNWT, the government and the Cabinet, have not recognized that climate change is having huge impacts on us as residents and on the territory in terms of e

Motion To Receive And Adopt Committee Report 28-15(5), Carried  I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Committee Report 28-17(5), be received and adopted by this Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Motion That Committee Report 28-15(5) Be Deemed Read And Printed In Hansard, Carried  Mr. Speaker, I move seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Committee Report 28-17(5) be deemed read and printed in Hansard in its entirety. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee Report 28-17(5): Standing Committee On Priorities And Planning Report On Transition Matters  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly Committee Report 28-17(5), Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning Report on Transition Matters.

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was a real pleasure to come into the House today and see so many people in the gallery, and as Mr. Bromley said, some of them have lasted through our droning, others have had to go, but it was great to see so many people. It was also great to see so man

18th Assembly Priorities  Thanks again, colleagues. • ENR and Lands have promised assessments for the developments that we have within the territory to chart the unknowns. Make sure that they’re done. • ENR and Lands have promised securities for those developments and liabilities to ma

18th Assembly Priorities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday I covered the good, the bad and the ugly. Today I want to take this last opportunity to speak to the House and use the prerogative that comes with my age to provide some advice to the Members of the 18th Assembly. This Assembly has accomplished

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don’t have any questions, but I do want to make a few comments to this bill. It is a long time coming, both the amount of time it took to get from department to committee and then the time committee spent on it, although it was compressed. I know we had a

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. We would like to deal with Bill 55, Mental Health Act, and Committee Report 25-17(5), Report on the Review of Bill 55, Mental Health Act.

Motion 50-17(5): Medical Travel Policy, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My comments will be brief. I appreciate the mover and the seconder for bringing the motion forward. As a member of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, I was party to an update from the department last month on what they are doing in regard to the Me

Committee Report 25-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 55: Mental Health Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Under the current Mental Health Act, the courts are the only recourse for people who wish to have a decision reviewed or appealed. This approach is expensive, inefficient and out of step with best practices elsewhere in Canada. The new act will enhance pa

Ms. Bisaro’s Reply  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s my next to last opportunity to address this House. My almost last chance to say what I want, how I want, with no worries of repercussions. Parliamentarians are so lucky to have the privilege we do in regard to speaking in the House. It seems a bit str

Question 949-17(5): Cost Of Cleanup Of Cantung Mine  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. It is gratifying to know that we may be able to offload this, since I don’t think it’s our responsibility if push comes to shove. I’m trying to determine for assessments, in general, where we’re at in terms of assessments for all t

Question 949-17(5): Cost Of Cleanup Of Cantung Mine  That kind of helps. With regard to all the developments and the potential liabilities that we have, I know that there is a listing of those, because through devolution there was a listing of everything in the territory, what the GNWT would take over and what would remain with the