Thank you, Mr. Chair. As my colleague Mr. McEachern, noted, some will work on development of guidance documents from the regulator. I can't commit on timelines for those, but, from a GNWT perspective, development of, say, policy regarding the new environmental stage management board consultation, nominations and that sort of process may take some time, but I don't foresee it extending too far into the future.
I will send it back to Mr. O'Reilly. Perhaps he can clarify and ask again. Mr. O'Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I thought it was a relatively straightforward question, but it is nice to see the agreement at the table. I think that this is a complicated piece of legislation. I get it. What I would like to do, then, is get a commitment out of the Minister to provide Regular MLAs and maybe even the public a bit of an implementation plan for how this is going to roll out, but I would like to get that information before the end of this Assembly. I think that the public deserves to know, and industry deserves to know, how these changes are going to roll out. If it involves developing some regulations, some policy guidance around those, put it in a table and tell us when they anticipate that information is generally going to be available or finished and rolled out, so that people know when these new requirements are going to come into effect.
Can the Minister make that commitment to provide an implementation plan to Regular MLAs and the public before the end of this Assembly? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we will certainly make that commitment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. I understand that this is complicated. Now I will push my luck. If we can even get it before the end of next week, that would be even better. I will leave that with the Minister and his staff; they are laughing over there at me, but we have a shelf life here, and I would like to get that information before mine expires. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. More of a comment. Minister, would you care to respond? Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We will have a look at it, and we will do the best that we can. If we can accommodate that timeline, we will certainly do it, but if it is going to take longer, I will let the Member know. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Nothing further from Mr. O'Reilly. I will once again call the clause. Clause 18. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Please return to the bill number and title: Bill 36, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. To the bill as a whole. Does committee agree that Bill 36 is now ready for third reading?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Bill 36 is now ready for third reading. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 36?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Thank you to the Minister and the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, you may escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Mr. Testart.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.
Thank you. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?
---Carried
I will rise and report progress.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Committee Report 25-18(3), Report on the Review of Bill 36, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act and Bill 37, An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act; Bill 36, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Resources Act; and Bill 37, An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act, and would like to report that Committee Report 25-18(3) has concluded with five motions adopted and that Bill 36 is ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Do I have a seconder? Member for Hay River South. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed?
---Carried
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 40, Smoking Control and Reduction Act, be read for the third time; and, Mr. Speaker, I 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 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 Nedhe-Wiilideh, 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 Yellowknife South, the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero against, zero abstentions.
---Carried
Bill 40 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 41, Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act, be read for the third time; and, Mr. Speaker, I 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 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 Nedhe-Wiilideh, 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 Yellowknife South, the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero against, zero abstentions.
---Carried
Bill 41 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 54, Standard Interest Rates Statutes Amendment Act, be read for the third time. 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 Nedhe-Wiilideh, the Member for Nahendeh, the Member for Frame Lake, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, the Member for Nunakput, the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, the Member for Range Lake, the Member for Yellowknife South.
Masi. All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand.
The Member for Deh Cho.
The results of the recorded vote: 16 in favour, zero opposed, one abstention. The motion is carried.
---Carried
Bill 54 has had its third reading. Third reading of bills. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 57, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. The Member has requested a recorded vote. The motion is in order. To the motion.
