Does committee agree that the Minister brings in his witnesses?
Agreed.
Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witnesses in.
Mr. Minister, for the record, can you introduce your witnesses?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have with me, on the left, Anne Clark, president of the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission; and, Mr. Ian Rennie, legislative counsel. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Welcome, witnesses. General comments on the bill.
Detail.
Detail. Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Workers’ Compensation Act, clause 1.
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Bill as a whole?
Agreed.
Does committee agree that Bill 11 is ready for third reading?
Agreed.
Bill 11 is now ready for third reading. With that, I would like to thank the Minister, thank the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witnesses out, please.
As we agreed, the next item on the list is Minister’s Statement 47-16(4). General comments. What is the wish of committee? With that, we’ll take a short break.
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[Microphone turned off]...transfer of public housing rent supp. Questions? Comments? Mr. Yakeleya.
I’ve got a cold here, Mr. Chairman. I want to comment on the initiative that the Housing Corporation’s going to pursue on the housing rent initiatives. Certainly we look forward to it in our communities.
I wanted to say that this is a longstanding issue. For many years they talked about the whole process of the rents. It has an impact on our relationship with the federal government and their way of doing business. I want to just encourage the Minister and his staff to see if they would be able to speed up the process. I know it takes some time to go through the transition; however, if they could speed up the process to look at the rent issue here and help the people in our communities to find some room for them to make a good living, to pay their bills, and to look at how they could get some savings out of their paycheque. A lot of my constituents do find jobs; however, they are dinged pretty high on household rent assessment. They get pretty discouraged when wanting to find work or stay with a job. I hope the corporation and the Minister can put this rent assessment in place right away so we can start seeing some benefits in our communities. That’s all I have to say.
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Any comments regarding the transfer of public housing rent supp? Mr. Menicoche.
I move that this committee strongly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories take immediate steps to expedite the transfer of the administration of the Public Housing Rental Subsidy back to the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation;
And further, that quarterly progress reports on the status of the transfer be provided to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure and that progress reports include a human resource component identifying how affected employees will be managed and deployed;
And furthermore, that the transfer be fully implemented no later than April 1, 2011.
The motion is in order. The motion is being circulated. To the motion.
Question
Question is being called.
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Does the committee agree that the discussion on Minister’s Statement 47-16(4) is concluded?
Agreed.
What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Beaulieu.
I move that we report progress.
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Can I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please? Mr. Krutko.
Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 3, Medical Profession Act; Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Workers’ Compensation Act; and Minister’s Statement 47-16(4), Transfer of the Public Housing Rental Subsidy. I would like to report that Minister’s Statement 47-16(4) is concluded and that Bills 3 and 11 are ready for third reading. I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. A motion is on the floor. Do we have a seconder? The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.
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Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 2, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2009-2010, be read for the third time. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The motion is on the floor. The motion is order. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called.
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Bill 2 has had third reading. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with third reading of Bill 3, Medical Profession Act. Thank you.
The Member is seeing consent to proceed with third reading of Bill 3. Are there any nays? There are no nays. You may proceed with Bill 3, Ms. Lee.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 3, Medical Profession Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Ms. Lee. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called.
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Bill 3 has had third reading. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Ms. Lee. Motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called.
---Carried
Bill 4 has had third reading. The honourable Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Robert McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Commissioner’s Land Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
