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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 44 and proceed with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

---Unanimous consent granted

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 44 and proceed with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission 2013 Final Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I also agree with the last two speakers in that we need to take some breathing room out of this discussion right now. I thoroughly enjoyed the debate on the recommendations from the Electoral Boundaries Commission, and I certainly agree with the comment that the MLAs here need to be the final ones to put the stamp on something important as this, and we need to sit back and look at how we see our jobs as we put our names on the ballot box so that the people vote for us to make decisions, and this one here just needs to take some backroom breathing room and look at it and...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Thank you, Madam Chair. This motion here speaks to reviewing this whole issue again. This is a very important motion. The work done by the Boundaries Commission is very important. I feel the commission is just doing the numbers. It isn’t looking at the essence and importance of culture, language and boundaries of the land. When they make suggestions like moving two nations of people together, which don’t come to agree on a riding, that’s not good. That’s too constrictive, too limited. They should be really looking at the importance of the language and culture.

Madam Chair, we even heard last...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

WHEREAS Tabled Document 4-17(5), Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission 2013 Final Report, has been tabled in this House;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Tabled Document 4-17(5), Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission 2013 Final Report, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration today.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

I give notice that on Thursday, November 7, 2013, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on November 7, 2013, it shall be adjourned until Wednesday, February 5, 2014;

And further, that any time prior to February 5, 2014, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 7, 2013, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Tabled Document 4-17(5), Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission 2013 Final Report, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration today.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 2)

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to stand down the rules pertaining to our orders and proceed directly to item 14, tabling of documents.

---Unanimous consent granted

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 1)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just on the point of the TB case I made reference to is because I looked at the factors. One of the factors is the condition or suitability of the house and the high number in Colville Lake, where the percentage is 97 percent with housing problems. That could be a leading factor to the TB case that we had in Colville Lake.

Are there any types of initiatives where the people could challenge the people in the Sahtu, in the Northwest Territories, to look at how we can put more houses in the communities such as something that is a very well program run? They have a program...