Assembly Vote
19th Assembly, 2nd SessionMarch 29, 2023
Motion Sponsor
Bill 78
Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act
Bill Sponsor:
Hon. Shane Thompson
Last Stage Completed:
Law (Assent given) (Oct. 6, 2023)
Topic
Second Reading of Bill 77: Nursing Profession Act, Carried
Motion Text
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the Honourable Member from Yellowknife South, that Bill 78, Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act, be read for the second time.
This bill repeals and replaces the Waste Reduction and Recovery Act, SNWT 2003, c.29 to
- Remove, amend and add certain definitions;
- Broaden the scope of matters on which an advisory committee may provide advice and assistance;
- Allow regulations to be made respecting waste reduction and resource recovery, including regulations.
- Prescribing persons as producers of a designated material or setting out a method for determining producers,
- Setting out responsibilities of producers of a designated material,
- Requiring producers of a designated material to establish and operate systems in respect of waste reduction or resource recovery, and.
- To establish and maintain funds associated with those systems,
- Prohibiting or restricting the disposal of a designated material at certain premises in certain circumstances, and.
- In respect of licenses to operate collection facilities or other facilities in respect of designated or prohibited materials,
- Providing for a maximum number of licenses for a geographic area, and.
- Allowing the Minister to approve one or more competitive processes to select successful applicants for a license;
- Provide that only those fees collected by or on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories are to be paid into the environment fund, and updating the purposes for which the assets of that fund may be used;
- Update administration, compliance, enforcement, offence and penalty provisions;
- Clarify that the Act does not authorize a contravention of the Competition Act (Canada); and,
- Modernize language, including by using gender-neutral pronouns.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Summary
Results:
Carried
As a voice vote there is no record of individual votes, just the final result.