Rocky Simpson

Hay River South

Statements in Debates

Committee Motion 69-19(2): Committee Report 6-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings – Redirection of Questions during Loss of Ministers' Connections, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Member for Frame Lake.

Committee Motion 61-19(2): Committee Report 6-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings Report on Remote Sittings – Authorization by Speaker of Remote Attendance of Members for Session, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

To the motion.

Question 485-19(2): Increased Winter Trucking and Covid-19 Considerations
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

With the trucks coming into the territories and going up the winter road and to the mines and that, are we going to be adding any monitoring to that? Are we going to step that up, say, in Yellowknife and along the winter road, as well? Is there anything different that you think might be happening in that respect, on the monitoring side?

Committee Motion 68-19(2): Committee Report 6-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings – Disconnection and Reconnection during Oral Questions, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Member for Frame Lake.

Committee Motion 60-19(2): Committee Report 6-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings - Display of Mace during Remote Sittings, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Member. Are there any further questions? Question has been called, so all those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.

---Carried

Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Your committee has been considering Committee Report 6-19(2), Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings, and would like to report progress with 16 motions carried. Committee Report 6-19(2) is concluded. Madam Speaker, I move that report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Question 482-19(2): Hiring Local
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. One area that the NWT Housing Corporation can support our northern businesses is with the transportation of the material going into the communities on the winter road. We have contractors with tractors and trailers down the valley that will be looking for work this winter. Maybe with COVID-19 in front of us it makes sense to use our northern contractors to provide those services. Can the Minister commit to her department to review on how they can ensure our northern contractors who supply trucking services are provided every opportunity to haul the material going down...

Committee Motion 67-19(2): Committee Report 6-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings – Roll Call Procedures, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 49)

Does the committee agree that consideration of the Department of Justice is completed?

Question 471-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Affirmative Action Policy
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 49)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Will the Minister of Finance confirm that all interviews conducted by the GNWT have Indigenous Aboriginal team members or at the minimum, are the team members provided training with respect to Indigenous Aboriginal culture to remove any bias and provide fairness? Thank you, Madam Speaker.