Debates of October 19, 2017 (day 3)

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

Bill 1: Western Canada Lottery Act

Bill 2: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2017-2018

Committee Motion 10-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendation

Committee Motion 11-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 12-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 13-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 14-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 15-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 16-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 17-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 18-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendati

Committee Motion 2-18(3): Concurrence of Tabled Document 2-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2017-2018, Carried

Committee Motion 3-18(3): Concurrence of Tabled Document 3-18(3): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019, Carried

Committee Motion 4-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations and the White Paper on th

Committee Motion 5-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations

Committee Motion 6-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations

Committee Motion 7-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations

Committee Motion 8-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations

Committee Motion 9-18(3): Committee Report 1-18(3): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations

Committee Report 3-18(3): Report on Motion 32-18(2), referral of Petition 6-18(2), elimination of time change in the Northwest Territories to the Standing Committee on Social Development

Member's Statement on Clean-up of Sacred Vent Hole of Tthenaago

Member's Statement on Climate Change Audit

Member's Statement on Consensus Government

Member's Statement on Disparity Between Employees of Local Housing Organizations and the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation

Member's Statement on Eulogy for Joseph Maurice Norn

Member's Statement on Giant Mine Remediation

Member's Statement on Government Strategies and Action Plans

Member's Statement on Highway Pedestrian Crossings

Member's Statement on Northern Manufacturing of Modular Homes

Minister's Statement 10-18(3): Climate Change Framework Next Steps

Minister's Statement 11-18(3): Implementation of the NWT Agriculture Strategy

Minister's Statement 12-18(3): Minister Absent from the House

Minister's Statement 8-18(3): Northwest Territories 911 Program

Minister's Statement 9-18(3): Supporting Families and Seniors across the North

Motion 2-18(3): Appointment of Conflict of Interest Commissioner, Carried

Motion 3-18(3): Appointment of the Equal Pay Commissioner, Carried

Motion 4-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to February 7, 2018, Carried

Motion 7-18(3): Setting of Sitting Hours by the Speaker

Motion 7-18(3): Setting of Sitting Hours by the Speaker, Carried

Motion to Receive Committee Report 3-18(3) and Move Into Committee of the Whole, Carried

Question 25-18(3): Moose Harvesting Concerns

Question 26-18(3): Modular Public Housing Units

Question 27-18(3): Hay River Pedestrian Crossing Upgrade

Question 28-18(3): Climate Change Audit and Strategic Framework

Question 29-18(3): Differences in Employment Terms Between Northwest Territories Housing Corporation and Local Housing Organizations

Question 30-18(3): Opportunities from Giant Mine Remediation Project

Question 31-18(3): Manufacturing Strategy in the Northwest Territories

Question 32-18(3): Governance of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation

Question 33-18(3): History of Social Housing in the Northwest Territories

Question 34-18(3): Modular Public Housing Units

Question 35-18(3): Energy Requirements for Giant Mine Remediation Project

Question 36-18(3): Modular Public Housing Units

Recorded Vote

Tabled Document 30-18(3): Grants and Contributions Results Reports 2016-2017

Written Question 1-18(3): Maintenance of Highway No. 3

Statements

Motion 2-18(3): Appointment of Conflict of Interest Commissioner, Carried

Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

Mr. Speaker, WHEREAS section 91 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act provides that the Commissioner on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly shall appoint a conflict of interest Commissioner to exercise the powers and perform the duties set out in the act;

WHEREAS the appointment of the current conflict of interest Commissioner, Mr. David Jones, expires November 30, 2017;

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly considers the appointment of a conflict of interest Commissioner essential to exercise the powers and perform the duties under the act;

AND WHEREAS Legislative Assembly is of the opinion that the appointment of a conflict of interest Commissioner effective December 1, 2017 should now be made.

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that pursuant to Section 91 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, the Legislative Assembly recommends to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories the appointment of Mr. David Phillip Jones as Conflict of Interest Commissioner effective December 1, 2017. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

The motion is carried. Masi. Motions. Member for Yellowknife North.