Committee Motion 143-17(5): Bill 59: Estate Administration Law Amendment Act – Amendment To Subclauses 1(2) And (3), Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that subclauses 1(2) and (3) of Bill 59 be deleted and the following substituted: (2) Section 50 is repealed and the following is substituted: Money and property owed to child 50. (1) If a guardian has not been appointed for a child, a person who

Committee Motion 142-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 324-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-2016, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 324-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-16, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 324-17(5) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. We’d like to continue with Tabled Document 324-17(5) and then the bills as listed in the order on the Order Paper: 56, 59, 62, 63, 64, 69, 45, 49, 60, 61, 65, 68.

Question 939-17(5): Review Of Junior Kindergarten Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess I can’t go there. When this report comes out, I’d like to ask the Minister, if it’s going to go to the 18thAssembly, will it be made public? Will it be available to the teachers’ union, the NWTTA? Will it be available to Members of this House, or i

Question 939-17(5): Review Of Junior Kindergarten Program  I’m laughing because it’s ridiculous that a report generated by the 17thAssembly has been delayed almost by three months now, such that anything that’s in that report is now being sent off to the next Assembly. In my mind it’s ludicrous. That’s why I’m laughing. I’m not quite sur

Question 939-17(5): Review Of Junior Kindergarten Program  In October of ’14, we were advised that the report would be completed in July of 2015, which gave the current 17thAssembly Members, particularly the Standing Committee on Social Programs, an opportunity to review that report. I’d like to ask the Minister, when was it decided tha

Question 939-17(5): Review Of Junior Kindergarten Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I’d like to follow up on my statement. In my statement I referenced a review of the Junior Kindergarten Program that was to have been completed in July of this year. The

Junior Kindergarten Review  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. About 12 months ago the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment promised, in this House, a review of the Junior Kindergarten program. Oh, that phrase sounds kind of familiar. Promised in this House. I’ve heard that before. The Junior Kindergarten re

Committee Motion 141-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 325-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that we report progress. ---Carried

Committee Motion 141-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 325-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I, too, would like to comment on this extraordinary expense and I have to say that in hearing that we were spending up to $29 million for a low water surcharge, I wasn't surprised. I can't argue with this particular expenditure, I can't argue with the doll

Committee Motion 141-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 325-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, Carried  Thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks to the Minister for his comments. I'm really pleased to hear that the department is starting the discussion and is looking at ways to avoid us overspending our supplementary reserve by half as much as what it was in the first place. So, I'm glad to

Committee Motion 141-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 325-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a question on this page, as well, with regard to the forest management item and the fire suppression. Before I get there, I do want to make a comment about the impact the total amount of these supplementary estimates, the operations expenditures, ar

Committee Motion 141-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 325-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 325-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 325-17(5) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal se

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. We'd like to continue with Tabled Document 325-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016. If we complete that, Tabled Document 324-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-2016. If we are re

Motion 48-17(5): Northwest Territories Disabilities Services, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this motion, as you may have gathered from my statement earlier today. I want to thank both the mover and the seconder, Mr. Bromley and Mr. Nadli, for bringing the motion forward. I spoke in my statement about inaction, and a fairly l