Debates of February 5, 2019 (day 49)

Date
February
5
2019
Session
18th Assembly, 3rd Session
Day
49
Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Mr. Beaulieu, 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
Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Mr. Speaker, I have a return to written question asked by the Member for Frame Lake on October 31, 2018, to the Minister of Finance regarding nonrenewable resource production and royalties.

Later today, at the appropriate time, I will table a document containing the following information:

Annual values of production for all those non-renewable resource commodities upon which royalties are levied in the Northwest Territories for the years 1999 through 2017;

Annual production volumes for all those non-renewable resource commodities upon which royalties are levied in the Northwest Territories for the years 1999 through 2017;

Value of mineral production and royalties paid since Devolution 2014-2017; and

An explanation for how quarry royalties are collected and values received since devolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Tabling of Documents

Tabled Document 301-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 365-18(3): Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund

Tabled Document 302-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 428-18(3): Infrastructure Funding Priorities

Tabled Document 303-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 464-18(3): Assistant Commissioner of Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region Position

Tabled Document 304-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 495-18(3): Flexibility for Large Tenders / Northern Bids for Contracts

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following four documents entitled "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 365-18(3): Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 428-18(3): Infrastructure Funding Priorities"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 464-18(3): Assistant Commissioner of Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region Position"; and "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 495-18(3): Flexibility for Large Tenders/Northern Bids for Contracts." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Tabling of documents. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Tabled Document 305-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 371-18(3): Dialysis Services

Tabled Document 306-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 395-18(3): Hay River Regional Health Centre

Tabled Document 307-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 399-18(3): Specified Condition Funding Eligibility for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Tabled Document 308-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 436-18(3): Family Violence Crisis Funding

Tabled Document 309-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 450-18(3): Child and Family Services

Tabled Document 310-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 455-18(3): Child and Family Services

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following six documents entitled "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 371-18(3): Dialysis Services"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 395-18(3): Hay River Regional Health Centre"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 399-18(3): Specified Condition Funding Eligibility for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 436-18(3): Family Violence Crisis Funding"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 450-18(3): Child and Family Services"; and "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 455-18(3): Child and Family Services." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Tabling of Documents. Minister of Lands.

Tabled Document 311-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Questions 384-18(3), 387-18(3), 389-18(3) and 432-18(3): Lands Rights for Traditional Cabins

Tabled Document 312-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 427-18(3): Land Availability for Community Development

Tabled Document 313-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 454-18(3): Status of Vacant Land Specialist Positions

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents entitled "Follow-up Letter for Oral Questions 384-18(3), 387-18(3), 389-18(3) and 432-18(3): Lands Rights for Traditional Cabins"; "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 427-18(3): Land Availability for Community Development"; and "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 454-18(3): Status of Vacant Land Specialist Positions." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Tabling of Documents. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

Tabled Document 314-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 385-18(3): Community Landfills and Waste Disposal

Tabled Document 315-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 491-18(3): Fur Harvesting Programs

Tabled Document 316-18(3): Northwest Territories Liquor and Cannabis Commission Total Cannabis Sales

Tabled Document 317-18(3): NWT Resource Production 2014 to 2017

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents entitled "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 385-18(3): Community Landfills and Waste Disposal"; and "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 491-18(3): Fur Harvesting Programs." Further to my return to written questions 13-18(3) and 14-18(3), I wish to table the following two documents entitled "Northwest Territories Liquor and Cannabis Commission Total Cannabis Sales"; and "NWT Resource Production 2014 to 2017." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Tabling of documents. Minister responsible for Workers' Safety and Compensation.

Tabled Document 318-18(3): Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal 2016 Annual Report

Tabled Document 319-18(3): Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal 2017 Annual Report

Tabled Document 320-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 482-18(3): Municipal Funding Gap

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents entitled "Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal 2016 Annual Report"; "Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal 2017 Annual Report"; and "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 482-18(3): Municipal Funding Gap." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Tabling of documents. Member for Frame Lake.

Tabled Document 321-18(3): Statement from Tlicho Government dated January 30, 2019: Tlicho Rationale for Not Attending Fortune Agreement regarding NICO Project Socio-economic Agreement

Merci, Monsieur le President. I wish to table the following document, a Tlicho Government news release dated January 30, 2019, Tlicho Rationale for Not Attending Fortune Agreement. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

I will now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that the Chair rise and report progress. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion to report progress. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will rise and report progress.

Report of Committee of the Whole

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Minister's Statement 131-18(3), February 2019 Sessional Statement, and would like to report progress. And, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Do I have a seconder? Member for Frame Lake. The motion is in order. All those in favour. All those opposed. Motion carried. Masi.

---Carried

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Mercer

Mr. Speaker, the orders of the day for Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at 1:30 p.m.:

Prayer

Budget Address

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

Replies to Budget Address (Day 1 of 7)

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

Second Reading of Bills

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Minister's Statement 131-18(3), Sessional Statement

Report of Committee of the Whole

Third Reading of Bills

Orders of the Day

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. This House stands adjourned until Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at 1:30 p.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 3:51 p.m.