Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to ask for a recorded vote. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Testart. To the motion.
Question.
The Member for Hay River North, the Member for Sahtu, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Great Slave, the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha.
All those in opposed, please rise.
The Member for Yellowknife North, the Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre.
All those abstaining, please rise. Ten in favour, six opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried.
---Carried
Clause 1 is amended. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Agreed. Thank you. Clause 2, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Agreed. Clause 3, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Agreed. Thank you. Bill 6, Cannabis Legislation and Regulation Implementation Act. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
We have a little typo here. Go back to Clause 4. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Agreed. Thank you. I will read this out again. Bill 6, Cannabis Legislation and Regulation Implementation Act. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Agreed. Bill 6 as a whole, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Does the committee agree that Bill 6 is ready for third reading as amended?
Agreed.
Agreed. Thank you. Thank the Minister and the witnesses. Minister Sebert.
I would just like to make some final comments, if I may. First of all, I would like to thank the very patient staff who have sat with me today. They have been very helpful in getting us to where we are now. There were some notes passed to me, but a little hard to read because they were from a lawyer.
I know this has been a very contentious issue, and a very difficult issue for the many reasons that have been set out, but I think this really does show how consensus government can work. I know that a tremendous amount of work was done by the committee in a very short period of time, those who went north and those who went south. I know also that a lot of work was done by our staff, which is reflected in the "what we heard" report.
I just wanted to correct something that I might have said earlier. When people we asked about whether they favoured sales controlled by the GNWT agency or a more open system, a majority said the Liquor Commission. However, when we were dealing with the retail model, I may have misunderstood something here, there were a lot of variations that they were looking at.
There was a wide variety of opinions. Liquor Commission, which I assume meant the store-type model, I assume because we are talking about retail, received the largest number but not a majority of votes. There was a tremendous diversity of opinion in what we heard from the public, what you heard, and the opinions this evening.
I thank all of you for your patience. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister Sebert. I would like to thank the Minister and the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you, committee. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move the chair rise and report progress. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed.
---Carried
I will now rise and report progress. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act; Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act; and Bill 6, Cannabis Legislation and Regulation Implementation Act, and would like to report progress with three motions carried, and that Bills 19 and 21 are ready for third reading, and that Bill 6 is ready for third reading as amended, and Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.
Masi. Do I have a seconder? Member for Thebacha. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed?
Carried
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019, be read for the third time, and Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote. Thank you.
The Member is requesting a recorded vote. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Hay River North, the Member for Mackenzie Delta, the Member for Sahtu, the Member for Yellowknife North, the Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Tu NedheWiilideh, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Great Slave.
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand.
The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions.
Carried
Third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave, that Bill 23, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019, be read for the third time, and Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. The Member has requested a recorded vote. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, the Member for Hay River South, the Member for Thebacha, the Member for Hay River North, the Member for Mackenzie Delta, the Member for Sahtu, the Member for Yellowknife North, the Member for Kam Lake, the Member for Tu NedheWiilideh, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Deh Cho, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Great Slave.
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions.
Carried
Mr. Speaker, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Social Development scheduled for the rise of the House today is cancelled. Orders of the day for Friday, June 1, 2018, at 10:00 a.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 the 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
Motion 19-18(3), Extended Adjournment of the House to October 11, 2018
First Reading of Bills
Second Reading of Bills
Bill 20, Ombudsperson Act
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Minister's Statement 1-18(3), North Slave Correctional Complex Inmate Concerns
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Minister's Statement 19-18(3), Aurora College Foundational Review Process
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Committee Report 8-18(3), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2016-2017 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories
Report of Committee of the Whole
Third Reading of Bills
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Bill 6, Cannabis Legalization and Regulations Implementation Act
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Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act
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Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
Orders of the Day
Masi, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Friday, June 1, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.
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The House adjourned at 9:59 p.m.
