Question 39-18(2): Department Of Lands, Liabilities And Financial Assurances Division I just want to better understand the slow progress on the establishment of this division and the critical work that it's starting to get place. I believe the Minister may have partially answered the question here, but can the Minister of Lands describe what the barriers are for t
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 39-18(2): Department Of Lands, Liabilities And Financial Assurances Division Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to again thank the Minister for his response. If he took the impression that I don’t believe the division's actually doing anything, I do understand that there is a lot of work that's underway, but we just had a $4.5 million special warrant that
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Written Question 1-18(2): Vacancies On Co-Management Boards My questions are for the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations. Regarding the co-management boards governing the Mackenzie Valley and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, what is the Government of the Northwest Territories doing to ensure that all vacancies
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Written Questions
Motion 10-18(2): Referral Of Standing Committee Public Engagement Processes And Procedures To The Standing Committee On Rules And Procedures I give notice that on Thursday, February 25, 2016 I will move the following motion: Now therefore, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that this Assembly refer the issue of standing committee public engagement and transparency to the Standing Committee on Rule
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Notices of Motion
Committee Motion 3-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Resource Development Options, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a motion I'd like to make to amend a document. I move Tabled Document 1-18(2), Proposed Mandate of Government of Northwest Territories 2016-2019, be amended on page 11 by deleting the words “We will ensure that residents are informed about the Territo
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 3-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Resource Development Options, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to speak briefly about this change. What it really does is ensure that our residents are not just informed but they actually have meaningful opportunities to participate in assessing the risks and benefits of resource development. It's important
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Motion To Amend Committee Motion 5-18(2), Defeated Mr. Chair, I am going to be voting against this amendment. As a resident of Yellowknife, I have travelled a number of the highways in various seasons for work purposes, holidays, and so on, and certainly, our family has a much better piece of mind travelling along those roads and
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 6-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Management Of Contaminated Sites, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a further motion I would like to bring forward to change the mandate. I move that that Tabled Document 1-18(2), Proposed Mandate of Government of Northwest Territories 2016-2019, be amended on page 13 by deleting the words “develop an integrated compr
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 6-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Management Of Contaminated Sites, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. The important addition here is the words at the end to focus some attention on not just managing contaminated sites, but actually preventing them from happening in the first place. That’s really the purpose of financial security system. Earlier today in my M
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 6-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Management Of Contaminated Sites, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am aware that the Member who spoke previously may have some concerns around this, but I think the idea here is that we would, of course, as a government actually work collaboratively with Aboriginal governments and co-management bodies to ensure that we do
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 6-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Management Of Contaminated Sites, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't think I have anything further to add at this point. Thank you.
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 7-18(2) Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Environmental Management, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a further motion to amend this section of the mandate, if I may. I move that Tabled Document 1-18(2), Proposed Mandate of Government of Northwest Territories 2016-2019, be amended on page 13 by deleting the words “We will develop options for the imple
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 7-18(2) Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Environmental Management, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. What this change is all about is to I think just shift the focus a little bit, not just from developing a five-year action plan for the Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program, but supporting the program as a whole. It's Part 6 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 7-18(2) Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Environmental Management, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have nothing further to add.
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 7-18(2) Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Environmental Management, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. To be fair to the Members on the other side, we wanted to give them a heads-up that there's a couple more items that we would like to bring back perhaps as early as tomorrow in Committee of the Whole for this section. They would deal with support for small b
February 23rd, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters