Charles Dent

Mr. Chairman, the new Cities, Towns and Villages Act gives specific authorities to the Town of Norman Wells that would mean that they don’t need to have in place the Norman Wells Natural Gas Distribution System Act any longer. So they can pass this kind of bylaw under the CTV act.

Mr. Chairman, perhaps I could get Mr. Menicoche to restate the question and confirm that we are on clause 6.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. From the Department of Justice, I have Mr. Mark Aitken with me.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Bill 7 amends the Legal Profession Act to enable law firms to deal with trust monies that lie unclaimed in lawyers’ trust accounts. This bill was developed at the request of, and in close consultation with, the Law Society of the Northwest Territories.

The legal professional is subject to very stringent accounting rules and obligations relating to trust funds. Literally every penny must be accounted for. Occasionally money is left unclaimed in a trust account, having been forgotten by a client or left unclaimed for other reasons. Examples include...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Status of Women Council of the NWT 2003-2004 Annual Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On my right I have Mr. Mark Cleveland, deputy minister of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. On my left is Rebecca Veinott, who is legislative counsel, Department of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to look into whether or not we could accommodate that request. If it's something that could be done easily by e-mail, then certainly we could use it as an opportunity to contact students and remind them, for instance, that it's time to get their names in for employment in the summer. There are a number of reasons that we may want to contact students; but reminding them, too, that any change that they may have made to their program, if they haven't been successful, may impact on their qualification for funds, would also be a good idea....

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Bill 12 is An Act to Amend the Education Act.

The key objective of the amendment to the act is to clarify and confirm the authority of education bodies to hire and employ superintendents of education outside the public service. This bill includes a consequential amendment to the Public Service Act.

The changes proposed to the act will support provisions of the Education Act originally intended when the act came into force in 1996, namely the education bodies would be allowed to hire and employ superintendents outside of the public service. In fact, the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the expectation is that a student embarked on a post-secondary career will have read the application form, understand what the requirements are, and be aware that any changes in their situation may impact on whether or not they owe money back to the department, or whether they will be considered in the future. The department does not actively follow up to see whether or not somebody has been successful in the first semester. The expectation is that the student, as part of their process, will make sure that they stay in compliance with the rules and...