Debates of August 15, 2007 (day 10)

August

15

2007

Day

10

Speaker

Word

Members Present

ITEM 1: PRAYER

Assembly Members

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Hay River North

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Yellowknife South

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Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

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Yellowknife Centre

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Mackenzie Delta

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Jackson Lafferty

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Robert C. McLeod

Inuvik Twin Lakes

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Kevin A. Menicoche

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Michael Miltenberger

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Inuvik Boot Lake

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Robert Villeneuve

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Norman Yakeleya

Topics

Bill 14: Employment Standards Act

Bill 17: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2006-2007

Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2007-2008

Bill 19: An Act To Amend The Student Financial Assistance Act

Bill 6: Workers’ Compensation Act

Member’s Statement On Administration Of Social Housing Subsidy Program

Member’s Statement On Condition Of The Dempster Highway

Member’s Statement On Condolences To The Family Of Rosie Firth

Member’s Statement On Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement

Member’s Statement On Gameti School Addition

Member’s Statement On GNWT Human Resource Management System

Member’s Statement On Labour Dispute At Trailcross Childcare Facility In Fort Smith

Member’s Statement On Northern Residents Tax Deduction

Member’s Statement On Tuktoyaktuk Gravel Source Access Road

Minister’s Statement 26-15(6): Sessional Statement

Minister’s Statement 27-15(6): Human Resources Information System Upgrade

Minister’s Statement 28-15(6): Gahcho Kue Rough To Support NWT Secondary Diamond Industry

Motion 9-15(6): Setting Of Sitting Hours By Speaker, Carried

Motion 9-15(6): Setting Of Sitting Hours By Speaker

Motion To Move Bill 11 Into Committee Of The Whole, Carried

Motion To Move Bills 12, 13 And 14 Into Committee Of The Whole, Carried

Question 116-15(6): Driver’s Licence Formatting Issues

Question 117-15(6): Trailcross Labour Dispute

Question 118-15(6): Northern Residents Tax Deduction

Question 119-15(6): Gameti School Addition

Question 120-15(6): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement

Question 121-15(6): Administration Of Social Housing Subsidy Program

Question 122-15(6): GNWT Human Resource Management System

Question 123-15(6): GNWT Human Resources Management System

Question 124-15(6): Tuktoyaktuk Gravel Source Road Access

Question 125-15(6): GNWT Human Resources Management System

Question 126-15(6): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement

Question 127-15(6): Development And Management Of Canol Heritage Territorial Park

Question 128-15(6): Transportation Infrastructure At Hay River Airport

Return To Written Question 4-15(6): Consumer Protection On Gas Prices

Tabled Document 35-15(6): Letter From Gameti Chief Henry Gon To Honourable Charles Dent, Minister Of Education, Culture And Employment, Regarding Delays In Construction Of The Gameti School Expansion

Statements

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Motor Vehicles Act, clause 6.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Public Airports Act, clause 7.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Public Service Act, clause 8.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Page 3, Public Utilities Act, clause 9.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Statutory Instruments Act, clause 10.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Summary Conviction Procedures Act, clause 11.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Youth Justice Act, clause 12.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

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Does committee agree that Bill 11 is ready for third reading?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Member Default

Bill 11 is now ready for third reading and I would like to thank you, Mr. Bell and Mr. Aitken, for being with us this afternoon. Thank you, committee. At this time, I would like to ask what the wish of committee is. Mr. Lafferty.

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Jackson Lafferty

Mr. Chair, I move we report progress. Mahsi.

Member Default

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order and not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, committee.

ITEM 21: REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Member Default

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Bill 11, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, and Bill 12, Public Health Act, and would like to report that Bill 11 and Bill 12 are ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is on the floor. Do we have a seconder? The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Roland. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

ITEM 23: ORDERS OF THE DAY

Speaker: Mr. Schauerte

Orders of the day for Thursday, August 16, 2007, at 1:30 p.m.:

Prayer

Ministers' Statements

Members' Statements

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

Returns to Oral Questions

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Acknowledgements

Oral Questions

Written Questions

Returns to Written Questions

Replies to Opening Address

Petitions

Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

Tabling of Documents

Notices of Motion

Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

Motions

First Reading of Bills

Second Reading of Bills

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

- Bill 13, Change of Name Act

- Bill 14, Employment Standards Act

- Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act

Report of Committee of the Whole

Third Reading of Bills

Orders of the Day

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Accordingly, this House stands adjourned until Thursday, August 16, 2007, at 1:30 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 17:12 p.m.