Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Chair. The original date of implementation was July 1st, but because we needed to work on our legislation, we had approached Canada to see if we can delay the implementation. They understand our process, therefore we agreed to it. We had hoped to deal with this dur
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order September 1st, Mr. Chair.
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the time. We started working with committee in June of 2017, and it is misleading to tell the public that the federal approach is superior to ours. The Member failed to mention that our point-of-sale rebate on heating fuel, the rebate at the p
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Chair. Let's just be very clear on something. I did direct my staff to reach out to Canada and work with them on further clarification at the wish of committee. I have done that. To the Member's comment about the people of the Northwest Territories not having an o
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Chair. We worked with Canada; we understood there are processes, and the process we had to go through, we had not been able to deal with this in June, and the July 1st implementation was the original date, so we worked with Canada and they understood that, after th
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Chair. We did get a letter from them, and we thought that could be sufficient information for committee. Apparently it wasn't, so I asked staff to talk to Canada and see if they could further clarify that with a firm date, and they came back and did it, because com
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think it was committee was asking for more clarification, so I believe we provided that.
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order The Minister can confirm that the time on that was 1:01 p.m.
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Committee Motion 193-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Addition following subclause 17(2), Ruled Out of Order Thank you, Mr. Chair. We had provided that to the chair of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning.
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my right, I have Mr. David Stewart, who is the deputy minister of Finance. To my left, I have Cherie Jarock, who is our legislative counsel. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Tabled Document 498-18(3): Sustainable Livelihoods Action Plan 2019-2023 Tabled Document 499-18(3): Email dated August 19, 2019 from Marlo Raynolds regarding Carbon Pricing in the Northwest Territories Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following two documents. The first one is entitled "Stable Livelihood Action Plan 2019-2023." I would also like to table the following document entitled "An E-mail from Marlo Raynolds, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Environment and C
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Question 832-18(3): Bathurst Caribou Crisis The Member makes a good point. There is always money for infrastructure projects that creates employment across the Northwest Territories. It is what the people of the Northwest Territories have told us is one of their priorities, is to work. The range plan will serve as a docume
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Question 832-18(3): Bathurst Caribou Crisis My apologies; I did say "habitat," and I would assume that "habitat protection" would also be part of that discussion, as well. We are committed to implementing the new Bathurst Caribou Range Plan, now that it has been approved by Cabinet. The range plan was developed collaborat
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Question 832-18(3): Bathurst Caribou Crisis We did task our officials to come up with some technical information, and we have a very close relationship with the Government of Nunavut. The 2017 MOU helped to formalize and support our longstanding relationship. The new MOU will focus on several key areas, including research
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Question 832-18(3): Bathurst Caribou Crisis Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I always appreciate the Member's questions on the caribou, because it gives us an opportunity to speak of our dedication to the preservation of the caribou across the Northwest Territories, because they are very important to our existence. We have to do wh
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