Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
March 30th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6054 Third Reading of Bills
Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, Carried Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, ever since this bill was introduced, this Bill 60, I have been opposed to it and I continue to be opposed to it. I think as elected Members, we are elected by the people that we represent within the communities, ordinary people, people who wil
March 30th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6052 Third Reading of Bills
Committee Motion 425-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Men's Healing Fund, Carried I'm going to make a short comment. In my previous role, I saw a lot of abuse that occurred to men also. And I think that this is a really important motion. It's -- there's also the reverse, okay. It's not only women that are abused within society in a home life. I saw both s
March 30th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6046 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 419-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Response to Recommendations, Carried This Homelessness Prevention - Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents is extremely important to my riding. We don't have a homeless shelter and, you know, we made every attempt to address the individual needs of people that are homeless and not one -- not one of those case
March 30th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6043 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Question 1486-19(2): Decentralization Mr. Speaker, could the Premier tell us if she considers the centralization of government services and jobs as a problem, and does she consider it as a threat to small communities or regional centres? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6028 Oral Questions
Question 1486-19(2): Decentralization Mr. Speaker, can the Premier tell us if she believes her government has been successful with decentralizing jobs and services into the communities and regional centres? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Question 1486-19(2): Decentralization Mr. Speaker, can the Premier provide some concrete examples on what efforts the executive has done throughout the 19th Assembly to support the decentralization of public service jobs away from the capital? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6028 Oral Questions
Question 1486-19(2): Decentralization Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement, I spoke about the importance of decentralization of government jobs and services. Can the Premier confirm if it's a priority of the executive and of Cabinet to promote and support the decentralization of public jobs -
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6028 Oral Questions
Member's Statement 1491-19(2): Government Decentralization Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to talk about government decentralization. This is something that I have spoken about several times throughout this term and something that nearly all members have spoken about at one point or another. Mr. Speaker, decentralizati
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 6024 Members' Statement
Recorded Vote Thank you, Madam Chair. On my left is Glen Rutland, our deputy clerk. And on my right is Christine Duffy, legislative counsel.
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5980 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Recorded Vote Thank you.
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5980 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Recorded Vote Thank you, Madam Chair. I am pleased to appear today on Bill 76, An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act. The amendments proposed in this Act are in response to Motion 70-19(2). Members passed that motion on November 3rd, 2023. Madam Chair, this bill amends the
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5979 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Recorded Vote Madam Chair, I will have the clerk explain.
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Recorded Vote Thank you. No, it will not.
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Recorded Vote On my left is Tim Mercer, clerk of the Legislative Assembly. On my right is Christina Duffy, legislative division, Department of Justice.
March 29th, 2023Assembly debate Page 5977 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters