Debates of May 13, 2010 (day 10)

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Statements

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Action Plan and Results Report 20/20: A Brilliant North, NWT Public Service Strategic Plan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you. The honourable Minister of Health, Ms. Lee.

TABLED DOCUMENT 38-16(5): SUPPLEMENTARY HEALTH BENEFITS – WHAT WE HEARD

TABLED DOCUMENT 39-16(5): SLAVE RIVER JOURNAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, SUPPLEMENTARY HEALTH BENEFITS ACROSS CANADA

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have two documents to table. The first is the document entitled Supplementary Health Benefits - What We Heard. The second document is the document entitled Slave River Journal Newspaper Article, Supplementary Health Benefits Across Canada, dated May 4, 2010. Thank you.

TABLED DOCUMENT 40-16(5): SUMMARY OF MEMBERS’ ABSENCES FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 23, 2010 TO MAY 10, 2010

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you. Pursuant to Section 5 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I wish to table a summary of the Members’ Absences for the Period of March 23, 2010, to May 10, 2010.

Notices of Motion

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, May 17, 2010, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits - What We Heard, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today. Thank you.

Motions

MOTION 7-16(5): REFERRAL OF TABLED DOCUMENT 30-16(5), 2010 REVIEW OF MEMBERS’ COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, CARRIED

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS Tabled Document 30-16(5) has been tabled in this House;

AND WHEREAS the 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits requires detailed consideration;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Question has been called.

---Carried

The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

---Unanimous consent granted

MOTION 8-16(5): REFERRAL OF TABLED DOCUMENT 38-16(5), SUPPLEMENTARY HEALTH BENEFITS – WHAT WE HEARD, CARRIED

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS Tabled Document 38-16(5) has been tabled in this House;

AND WHEREAS Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits - What We Heard, requires detailed consideration;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits - What We Heard, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Question has been called.

---Carried

Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Executive Summary of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project; Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits; Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits - What We Heard, with Mr. Bromley in the chair.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have before us today Tabled Document 4-16(5), Tabled Document 30-16(5) and Tabled Document 38-16(5). What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that we report progress.

---Carried

Report of Committee of the Whole

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Can I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please, Mr. Bromley?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. A motion is on the floor. Do we have a seconder for that? Mr. Ramsay.

---Carried

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Orders of the day for Friday, May 14, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.:

Prayer

Ministers’ Statements

Members’ Statements

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 Standing and Special Committees

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

Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act

Second Reading of Bills

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Tabled Document 4-16(5), Executive Summary of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project

Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits

Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits - What We Heard

Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Veterinary Profession Act

Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Dental Auxiliaries Act

Bill 3, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010

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 Friday, May 14, 2010, at 10:00 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 4:47 p.m.