Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to introduce Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act. That’s the first one, right? The purpose of...Sorry. I got the wrong one. I am pleased to introduce Bill 4, Public Library Act. The purpose of this legislation is to pro

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. To my left I have deputy minister Dan Daniels, Education, Culture and Employment; Blair Barbour, legislative policy advisor; and Lana Birch, legislative counsel.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to introduce Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act. The purpose of this legislation is to raise the maximum aggregate of the principal amounts of all student loans that may be made by the Government of the Northwest Territo

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I have to my left Dan Daniels, deputy minister for Education, Culture and Employment; Mr. Blair Barbour, legislative policy advisor; and Ian Rennie, legislative counsel.

Bill 1: An Act To Amend The Historical Resources Act  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Historical Resources Act, be read for the third time. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 3: International Interest In Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 3, International Interest in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act, be read for the third time. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Minister’s Statement 56-16(3): Helping Northerners Live Healthy Lives  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to build on Minister Lee’s important message about Nutrition Month by speaking to the importance of ensuring Northerners of all ages have the nutrition and health required so that they are ready to succeed. Education, Culture and Employment and Heal

Question 275-16(3): Rental Increases And The Residential Tenancies Act  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. There are certain sections within the authority. Of course, section 47 of the Residential Tenancies Act deals with the rent increase. Also this section restricts rent increases on rental premises to once a year. Those are the areas that I was referring to wh

Question 275-16(3): Rental Increases And The Residential Tenancies Act  Mr. Speaker, the rental officer does have certain responsibilities when it comes down to discussion of rent increase or on an annual basis there is supposed to be one increment of rent. So those are areas that the rental officer can certainly deal with clientele and if the client

Question 275-16(3): Rental Increases And The Residential Tenancies Act  Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, the rental officer does have a certain responsibility to deal with clientele. If it happens to be on the rent increase, again, they have to be given notice. To deal with the specifics, I need to find out more of the regulation itself because we a

Question 275-16(3): Rental Increases And The Residential Tenancies Act  Mr. Speaker, I did indicate in this House that this will be taken into consideration. There are going to be new amendments to the act itself. It has to be brought back to this Assembly. The amendments have gone through this House back in June. We are going through implementation

Question 279-16(3): Banned Individuals In Communities And Policing Issues  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was going through some documents here. Certainly that’s an area that has been brought to my attention by the Member of that region. My department is working closely with the communities on what our area of responsibility is through band counci

Question 279-16(3): Banned Individuals In Communities And Policing Issues  Mr. Speaker, certainly that is one of the areas of interest from our department, working with the RCMP “G” Division. I did meet with the commanding officer and also sergeants or the district officers dealing with RCMP presence, that we need to increase our presence in the communi