Yellowknife South

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 5)

I think our objective has been clear from day one that we want 100 percent of the Aboriginal governments to sign on to devolution. We have also pushed the federal government to get the federal representatives appointed to the Land Use Committee and other committees because we feel that will help advance the process.

The time frame that once devolution comes into effect is one year for the federal liabilities, as they call it. They don’t want to continue to carry on federal liabilities for more than a year. So those resources that the federal government has made to other Aboriginal governments...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 5)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to report that the Senior Officials Working Group that we set up with the Dehcho First Nations that have been meeting for almost a year now have been working very well to resolve outstanding land issues between the Dehcho First Nations and the Government of the Northwest Territories. I think we’ve reached a point now where both the Dehcho First Nations and the Government of the Northwest Territories have taken what has been worked with to their respective authorities to seek approval. The Dehcho First Nations have indicated that they will be going on the...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 5)

Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome Members back to the continuation of the Fifth Session of the 17th Legislative Assembly.

This is our final sitting before the transfer of responsibility for public land, water and resources from the Government of Canada on April 1, 2014. The next time we meet, the Legislative Assembly and its Members will have substantial new powers to make decisions on behalf of the people who elected us.

During this sitting, Members will be asked to consider and pass the 2014-15 budget. The budget will position the Government of the Northwest Territories to smoothly take on...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 4)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 1, Reindeer Act, be read for the second time.

This bill sets out the provisions of the Northwest Territories Act (Canada) respecting reindeer, including the regulation-making authority that will enable the Government of the Northwest Territories to substantially mirror the Northwest Territories Reindeer Regulations made under that act, as required by the Northwest Territories Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 4)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize all the Pages that work in this session and specifically two Pages from Yellowknife South, Kaitlyn Hayward and Matt Walker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 4)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave, that Bill 2, Archeological Sites Act, be read for the second time.

This bill sets out the provisions of the Northwest Territories Act (Canada) respecting archaeological sites and artifacts, including the regulation-making authority that will enable the Government of the Northwest Territories to substantially mirror the Archeological Sites Regulations made under that act, as required by the Northwest Territories Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 4)

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled Achieving Our Priorities: Believing in People and Building on the Strengths of Northerners.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 4)

Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise Members that the Honourable Jackson Lafferty will be absent from the House today to attend the Labour Ministers federal-provincial-territorial meeting in Toronto. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 4)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 3, Surface Rights Board Act, be read for the second time.

This bill mirrors the Northwest Territories Surface Rights Board Act (Canada) in accordance with the requirements of the Northwest Territories Land and Resources Devolution Agreement.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 3, Surface Rights Board Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.