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Thank you, Premier McLeod. Ms. McLaughlin.
Thank you, Premier McLeod. Committee will allow the chairperson of the standing committee, Ms. Bisaro, to review comments on the bill.
Clauses 21 to 30.
---Clauses 21 through 30 inclusive approved
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My Member’s statement today is in reference to the recently tabled Northwest Territories Health and Social Services 2012-2013 Annual Report on the subject of patient no-shows for specialists, family and nurse practitioners.
For the record, the no-show rates for specialists are at 9.1 percent, slightly lower from the target of 10 percent, and a no-show rate for practitioners are at 12.6 percent, slightly higher than the 9 percent target. Keep in mind the 12.6 percent rate is only for Yellowknife and the Sahtu as the disclaimer in the report says the numbers aren’t...
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Continuing on, Mr. Yakeleya.
Does committee agree that Bill 1, Reindeer Act, is ready for third reading?
---Bill 1 as a whole approved for third reading
Thank you, committee. Committee, we’ll start clauses 1 to 10.
---Clauses 1 through 10 inclusive approved
Thank you, Premier McLeod. Mr. Fulford.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Well, it should be no surprise to the Cabinet and the Members in this room my continued journey on putting a lens on what I refer to as one of the largest loopholes in our taxation collection, I think, in modern history that we deal with in the Northwest Territories.
This loophole, this self-reporting loophole is exactly what it is. It’s a loophole. This self-reporting aspect is rarely monitored by government. We don’t have enough investigators to do the audits, and clearly, when audits are done, miraculously, money is found. This motion clearly sets the stage and the...
Thank you, Madam Chair. I think Ms. Bisaro summed it up quite well. Again, there is a fiduciary obligation on behalf of all of our stakeholders to report their financial statements to public accounts and to this government, and as Ms. Bisaro mentioned, the Housing Corporation… Actually, there were four that did not meet the criteria, and I wanted to make sure that that was clear. We had Aurora College that required an extension. We also had NWT Business Development Investment Corporation that also needed an extension date, and we had Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation who also required an...