Thank you, committee. Environment and Natural Resources, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $310,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Next page, page 6. Health and Social Services. Comments or questions? Seeing none, I will call the page. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, community health programs, not previously authorized, $2,500,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, community social programs, not previously authorized, $1 million. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $3,500,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Page 7. Industry, Tourism and Investment. Comments or questions. Seeing none, I will call the page. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, economic diversification and business support, not previously authorized, $225,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $1,600,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Ms. Green.
Sorry. I have a question on the next page, page 8.
Thank you, Ms. Green. I will put you on the list for page 8. Starting over from minerals, petroleum and resources. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $1,600,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $1,825,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Infrastructure. Comments or questions? Page 8. Ms. Green.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would like some clarity around the costs associated with the marine operations for this calendar year. Is this an item that is brand new to the budget in this year? Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, this is brand new to the budget. This is for the operation maintenance of the NTCL fleet. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister tell us what portion of this expenditure will be offset by revenues? Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, all of it will be offset by revenue. Early understand on the upcoming sailing season is that we may even exceed the $14 million. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So what I understand, then, is this is like a grubstake; it's an advance on the work with the money expected to come in by the end of the season. Is that correct? Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is correct.
Thank you, Minister. Nothing from Ms. Green. Seeing nothing further from committee, I will call this page. Infrastructure, operations expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $16,431,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Infrastructure, operations expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $500,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Infrastructure, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $16,931,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Do you agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Thank you to the Minister and his witnesses for appearing before us. Mr. Testart.
Committee Motion 80-18(2):
Concurrence of Tabled Document 327-18(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018,
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018 be now concluded and that Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018 be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.
---Carried
Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, will you please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Committee, we have next agreed to consider Committee Report 8-18 (2): Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations for any opening comments. Mr. Testart.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, the Standing Committee on Government Operations presented its report on the review of the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner's 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports. The report, which includes eight recommendations, was read into the record by the chair of the committee, and a motion was passed that moved the report into Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Chair, the standing committee's recommendations largely centre around two key pieces of legislation and the government's work related to them. They are the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, otherwise known as the ATIPP Act, and the Health Information Act.
With respect to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the committee notes that the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Justice is currently in the process of reviewing the act. The committee observes that, over the course of many years, the Information and Privacy Commissioner has made a number of recommendations for improvement to the ATIPP Act, and, in its report, the committee recommends the department compile a list of these recommendations for the purpose of ensuring that they are considered during the review process.
The committee further recommends that the department identify, in the legislative proposal, how the Information and Privacy Commissioner's recommendations are being addressed.
Finally, the committee urges the department to take the steps necessary to ensure that a revised ATIPP Act is brought into force during the life of this Assembly.
With respect to the Health Information Act, the standing committee is concerned by the IPC's perception that health authorities have not done enough to bring themselves into compliance with the Health Information Act, and that the Government of the Northwest Territories, to ensure that all residents are aware of their rights under the act, has also been less than adequate. The committee has made a number of recommendations designed to address this concern.
The committee again thanks Ms. Elaine Keenan-Bengts, the Information Privacy Commissioner, for her reports and her appearance before the committee on October 20, 2016. Committee looks forward to discussing its reports. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will open the floor to general comments on the report 8-18(2). Any general comments? Mr. Testart.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommend that the Government of the Northwest Territories advise the House of specific target dates for the completion of a legislative proposal and the introduction of a bill to modernize and update the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Testart. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.
---Carried
Thank you, committee. Mr. Testart.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommend that the Government of the Northwest Territories identify all recommendations made by the Information and Privacy Commissioner by this and previous standing committees for improvement to the Access to Information and Protection of Protection of Privacy Act;
And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories identify, in the legislative proposal to amend the act, how these recommendations are being addressed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.
---Carried
Thank you. Mr. Testart.
