Debates of March 1, 2017 (day 61)

Date
March
1
2017
Session
18th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
61
Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Blake, Hon. Caroline Cochrane, Ms. Green, Hon. Jackson Lafferty, Hon. Bob McLeod, Hon. Robert McLeod, Mr. McNeely, Hon. Alfred Moses, Mr. Nadli, Mr. Nakimayak, Mr. O'Reilly, Hon. Wally Schumann, Hon. Louis Sebert, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Vanthuyne
Topics
Statements
Speaker: DR. KELLY

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There are many, many small projects that make up these larger budgets. We could provide information specifically to you later, but it would take a lot of time to go through each and every one of them, and I am not sure that I am clear on every single one that is underneath here. I would comment on the fact that many of these projects are done in collaboration with communities, so they would be well aware of what the outcomes of them are. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Dr. Kelly. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for that answer. I think just some highlevel summary information would give us a flavour of what kind of projects have been completed, and that would be useful. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Dr. Kelly.

Speaker: DR. KELLY

Some of these projects provide funding where ENR receives the funding but then it goes to different departments, where they work on things that are of interest to them, Department of Transportation, my understanding, Public Works. Other projects, we work with communities on those directly. I am not sure, if the LED Project worked, which one of these it fits under, but there are protects on that type of work where it is with communities on observations and changes that they are seeing to the environment related to climate change. Any more specifics, we can provide some documentation on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Dr. Kelly. Ms. Green.

Thank you. I realize that the witness does not have all of this detail at her fingertips, but, as I say, if she could provide some highlevel summary of the kinds of projects that have been done, I think that would be very useful. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I believe the ADM just answered that, and she did make a commitment that we would provide to the Members some of the work and some of the projects that were going on. That type of detail, we just do not have at our fingertips right now, so we will commit to providing that to the Members. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Committee will be expecting to receive that information. Do we have anything further on any of the information items? Seeing none, we can return to the department total on page 59, information items on pages 60 and 61. Comments or questions. Mr. Beaulieu.

Committee Motion 73-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deferral of Further Consideration of the Estimates for Environment and Natural Resources, Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that committee defer further consideration of the estimates for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion to defer. The motion is on the floor and being distributed. The motion is in order and nondebatable. All those in favour. All those opposed.

Carried

Committee, we have deferred Environment and Natural Resources. I would like to thank the witnesses for appearing before us. SergeantatArms, you may escort the witnesses from the Chamber. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

Mr. Chairman, I move that we rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All of those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress.

Report of Committee of the Whole

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 261-18(2), Northwest Territories Main Estimates 2017-2018, and would like to report progress with four motions being adopted. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Do I have a seconder? Member for Yellowknife North.

---Carried

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Schauerte

Mr. Speaker, the orders of the day for Thursday, March 2, 2017, commencing at 1:30 p.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 Commissioner's 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

Second Reading of Bills

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act

Bill 13, Marriage Act

Committee Report 6-18(2), Report on the Review of Bill 7: An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act

Tabled Document 261-18(2), Northwest Territories Main Estimates, 2017-2018

Report of Committee of the Whole

Third Reading of Bills

Orders of the Day

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Thursday, March 2, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 5:35 p.m.