Debates of May 31, 2017 (day 73)

Date
May
31
2017
Session
18th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
73
Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, 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

Thank you, Mr. Testart. The Member has requested a recorded vote. All those in favour, please stand.

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Mr. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Mr. O'Reilly, Ms. Green, Mr. Nadli, Mr. Nakimayak, Mr. Moses, Ms. Cochrane, Mr. Abernethy, Mr. McLeod – Yellowknife South, Mr. McLeod – Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. Schumann, Mr. Sebert, Mr. Blake, Mr. McNeely, Mr. Vanthuyne.

All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand.

The result of the recorded vote are 16 in favour; zero opposed; and zero abstentions.

---Carried

Clause 4 as amended.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. Clause 5.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. Committee, to the bill as a whole as amended. Does committee agree that Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act as amended is now ready for third reading?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Bill 16 is now ready for third reading. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 16, An Act to Amend to the Education Act as amended?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. Minister, thank you to you and your witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, you may escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Minister, you may take your seat.

Committee, we have agreed to consider Committee Report 10-18(2), Report on the Review of Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act. I will go to the chair of the standing committee for any opening remarks. That will be the Standing Committee on Social Development, for any opening remarks he may have. Mr. Thompson, do you have any opening remarks?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think we have heard the report enough. I think the report stands for itself, and I will just leave it at that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Committee Motion 107-18(2): Comprehensive Response to Committee Report 10-18(2) within 120 days, Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess it has been a very long day. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommend that the government provide a comprehensive response to this report and its recommended actions within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. There is a motion on the floor. It is being distributed. To the motion. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will request a recorded vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. O'Reilly.

Recorded Vote

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. To the motion. Question has been called. The Member has requested a recorded vote. All those in favour, please stand.

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Mr. Thompson, Mr. O'Reilly, Ms. Green, Mr. Nadli, Mr. Nakimayak, Mr. Blake, Mr. McNeely, Mr. Vanthuyne, Mr. Testart.

All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand.

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Mr. Moses, Ms. Cochrane, Mr. Abernethy, Mr. McLeod – Yellowknife South, Mr. McLeod – Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. Schumann, Mr. Sebert.

The results of the vote are nine in favour; zero opposed; seven abstentions. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Does committee agree that consideration of Committee Report 10-18(2) is now concluded?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. We have concluded consideration of Committee Report 10-18(2), Report on the Review of Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act. What is the wish of committee, Mr. Testart?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that the chair of Committee of the Whole leave the chair and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order, non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried. I will rise and report progress.

---Carried

Report of Committee of the Whole

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering the Minister's Statement 186-18(2), Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act, and Committee Report 10-18(2), Report on Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act. I would like to report progress, with two motions being adopted, that consideration of Committee Report 10-18(2) is concluded, that Bill 16 is ready for a third reading as amended and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Do we have a seconder? Member for Nunakput.

---Carried

Third Reading of Bills

Bill 18: An Act to Amend the Health and Social Services Professions Act

Recorded Vote

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

The Member has requested a recorded vote. Motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour, please stand.

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Member for Great Slave, Member for Yellowknife South, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Member for Hay River South, Member for Thebacha, Member for Hay River North, Member for Mackenzie Delta, Member for Sahtu, Member for Yellowknife North, Member for Kam Lake, Member for Nahendeh, Member for Frame Lake, Member for Yellowknife Centre, Member for Deh Cho, Member for Nunakput, Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Member for Range Lake.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the vote are 17 in favour; zero opposed; zero abstentions. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Orders of the day for Thursday, June 1, 2017, 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

Bill 28, Interpretation Act

Bill 29, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017

Bill 30, Health Statutes Law Amendment Act (Cremation Services)

Second Reading of Bills

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Bill 15, An Act to Amend the Tobacco Tax Act

Bill 26, An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act, No. 2

Committee Report 11-18(2), Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of Standing Committee Public Engagement and Transparency

Minister's Statement 186-18(2), Update on the A New Day program

Tabled Document 383-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018

Tabled Document 384-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018

Report of Committee of the Whole

Third Reading of Bills

Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Education Act

Orders of the Day

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

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

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 7:07 p.m.