Debates of May 27, 2015 (day 77)

Date
May
27
2015
Session
17th Assembly, 5th Session
Day
77
Speaker
Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Hon. Tom Beaulieu, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bouchard, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Dolynny, Mrs. Groenewegen, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Jackie Jacobson, Hon. Jackson Lafferty, Hon. Bob McLeod, Hon. Robert McLeod, Mr. Menicoche, Hon. Michael Miltenberger, Mr. Moses, Hon. David Ramsay, Mr. Yakeleya
Topics
Statements
Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Mr. Ramsay.

TABLED DOCUMENT 237-17(5): CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ENERGY USE

TABLED DOCUMENT 238-17(5): ANNUAL WATER WITHDRAWAL RATES FOR IMPERIAL OIL NORMAN WELLS PROJECT

TABLED DOCUMENT 239-17(5): ANNUAL WATER WITHDRAWAL RATES FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE

TABLED DOCUMENT 240-17(5): ANNUAL WATER WITHDRAWAL RATES FOR DIAVIK DIAMOND MINE

TABLED DOCUMENT 241-17(5): WORKFORCE RESIDENCY AT DIAVIK DIAMOND AND SNAP LAKE MINES (2013)

TABLED DOCUMENT 242-17(5): WATER VOLUMES REMOVED AT EKATI AND DIAVIK DIAMOND MINES

TABLED DOCUMENT 243-17(5): NUMBER OF LARGE BODIED FISH REMOVED FROM LAKES AT THE EKATI DIAMOND MINE

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Further to Return to Written Question 27-17(5), I wish to table the following four documents, entitled “City of Yellowknife Energy Use,” “Annual Water Withdrawal Rates for Imperial Oil – Norman Wells Project,” “Annual Withdrawal Rates for City of Yellowknife” and “Annual Water Withdrawal Rates for Diavik Diamond Mines.”

Also, further to my Return to Written Question 29-17(5), I wish to table the following three documents, entitled “Workforce Residency at Diavik Diamonds and Snap Lake Mines,” “Water Volumes Removed at Ekati and Diavik Diamond Mines” and “Number of Large Bodied Fish Removed from Lakes at the Ekati Diamond Mine.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Dolynny.

TABLED DOCUMENT 244-17(5): ROBERTSON REPORT LINK AND A REVIEW OF ELECTRICAL GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATION IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a document that was actually buried in our legislative library and was actually never a tabled document of our House. It’s the Electrical Generation Transmission and Distribution in the Northwest Territories, A Design for Tomorrow, in December 28, 2000, referred to as the Robertson Report. Thank you.

Notices of Motion

MOTION 43-17(5): REAPPOINTMENT OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, May 29, 2015, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that pursuant to Section 61 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, that Ms. Elaine Keenan Bengts be reappointed for a term of five years as Information and Privacy Commissioner;

And further, that the appointment be effective October 30, 2015.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, once again, seek unanimous consent to return to item 8, oral questions, on the orders of the day.

---Unanimous consent denied

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Orders of the day for Thursday, May 28, 2015, 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

Bill 48, An Act to Amend the Mental Health Act

Second Reading of Bills

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

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, May 28th, at 1:30 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 3:51 p.m.