Debates of October 18, 2017 (day 2)

October

2017

Session

18th Assembly, 3rd Session

Day

Speaker

Jackson Lafferty

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Members Present

Hon. Glen Abernethy, Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Blake, Hon. Caroline Cochrane, Ms. Julie 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

Assembly Members

Topics

Committee Motion 1-18(3): Concurrence of Tabled Document 1-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2017-2018, Carried

Member's Statement on Appointment of Independent Administrator for Norman Wells

Member's Statement on Cannabis Legalization

Member's Statement on Concerns of North Slave Correctional Complex Inmates

Member's Statement on Corrections in the Northwest Territories

Member's Statement on Ferry Service in the Mackenzie Delta

Member's Statement on Honouring Treaty Rights Through Direct Funding of First Nations

Member's Statement on Northwest Territories Mineral Sector Review

Member's Statement on Open Letter to Minister of Justice from North Slave Correctional Complex Inmates

Member's Statement on Sustainability of Arctic Communities

Minister's Statement 4-18(3): Family Violence Awareness Week

Minister's Statement 5-18(3): Culture, Heritage and Language Across the Government of the Northwest Territories

Minister's Statement 6-18(3): Manufacturing Strategy

Minister's Statement 7-18(3): Developing Approaches to Land Tenure

Motion 1-18(3): Revocation of Appointment of the Honourable Louis Sebert to the Executive Council, Defeated

Motion 5-18(3): Apology and Compensation to the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Relating to Damages from the Giant Mine

Motion 6-18(3): Action on the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge

Question 12-18(3): Concerns of North Slave Correctional Complex Inmates

Question 13-18(3): Legalization of Cannabis

Question 14-18(3): Concerns of North Slave Correctional Complex Inmates

Question 15-18(3): North Slave Correctional Complex Programming

Question 16-18(3): North Slave Correctional Complex Concerns

Question 17-18(3): Appointment of Independent Administrator for Norman Wells

Question 18-18(3): Mackenzie Delta Transportation Concerns

Question 19-18(3): Northwest Territories Mineral Sector Review Report

Question 20-18(3): Guthrie House Therapeutic Community

Question 21-18(3): Funding of First Nations in the Northwest Territories

Question 22-18(3): Sustainable Arctic Communities

Question 23-18(3): Enforcement of Cannabis-Related Offenses

Question 24-18(3): North Slave Correctional Complex Concerns

Recorded Vote

Tabled Document 19-18(3): Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories, 2016-2019 (Revised)

Tabled Document 20-18(3): 2016-2017 Annual Report on Official Languages

Tabled Document 21-18(3): 2016-2017 Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy: Progress Review Summary

Tabled Document 22-18(3): AVENS Adult Day Program Review – Final Summary Report to July 19, 2017

Tabled Document 25-18(3): Follow-Up Letter to Oral Question 887-18(2): Federal Funding for Infrastructure

Tabled Document 26-18(3): An Open Letter to the Minister of Justice from the Inmates of North Slave Correctional Centre

Tabled Document 27-18(3): Northwest Territories Mineral Sector Review and Benchmarking

Tabled Document 28-18(3): Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly – 2017: Independent Auditor's Report – Climate Change in the Northwest Territories

Statements

Motion 5-18(3): Apology and Compensation to the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Relating to Damages from the Giant Mine

Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, October 20, 2017, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Frame Lake, that this Legislative Assembly call upon the Government of Canada to make a formal public apology for the damage done by the Giant Mine, and more specifically to the Yellowknives Dene First Nation; and further, that this Assembly call upon the Government of Canada to enter into negotiations with the Yellowknives Dene First Nation to provide compensation for these damages and loss of use; and furthermore, that the Premier of the Northwest Territories convey this motion without delay to the Prime Minister of Canada with a letter requesting a reply. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Notices of motion. Member for Mackenzie Delta.