Debates of June 1, 2022 (day 116)

June
1
2022
Session
19th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
116
Speaker
Frederick Blake Jr.
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Members Present
Hon. Diane Archie, Hon. Frederick Blake Jr., Mr. Bonnetrouge, Hon. Paulie Chinna, Ms. Cleveland, Hon. C. Cochrane, Mr. Edjericon, Hon. Julie Green, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Martselos, Ms. Nokleby, Mr. O'Reilly, Ms. Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Rocky Simpson, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Ms. Weyallon-Armstrong.
Assembly Members
Topics
Member’s Statement 1120-19(2): Completion of the Mackenzie Valley Highway
Member’s Statement 1121-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Job Descriptions, REquirements and Equivalencies
Member’s Statement 1122-19(2): Location of Headquarters of Future Polytechnic University
Member’s Statement 1123-19(2): Mactung Mine
Member’s Statement 1124-19(2): Youth Housing Solutions
Member’s Statement 1125-19(2): Rising Cost of Fuel in Tlicho Communities
Member’s Statement 1126-19(2): Decriminalization of Illegal Drugs
Member’s Statement 1127-19(2): Location of Future Yellowknife Polytechnic University Campus
Member’s Statement 1128-19(2): Increasing Cost of Fuel
Minister’s Statement 252-19(2): Office of the Auditor General Report on Addictions Prevention and Recovery Services
Minister’s Statement 253-19(2): Canada Summer Games
Minister’s Statement 254-19(2): Summer Construction Season
Motion 54-19(2): Improving Health Care in Small Communities, Carried
Motion 55-19(2): Appointment of Integrity Commissioner, Carried
Motion 58-19(2): A Strategy to Match Canada’s Population Growth
Motion 59-19(2): Extended Adjournment of the House to October 13, 2022, Carried
Oral Question 1121-19(2): Post-Flooding Mental Health Services for Hay River Residents
Oral Question 1122-19(2): Homelessness Strategy
Oral Question 1123-19(2): Education Equivalencies for Government of the Northwest Territories Hiring Practices
Oral Question 1124-19(2): Location of Headquarters of Future Polytechnic University
Oral Question 1125-19(2): Sale of the Mactung Mine Property
Oral Question 1126-19(2): Location of Future Yellowknife Polytechnic University Campus
Oral Question 1127-19(2): Increasing Cost of Fuel
Oral Question 1128-19(2): Decriminalization of Illegal Drugs
Oral Question 1129-19(2): Increasing Cost of Fuel
Oral Question 1130-19(2): Completion of the Mackenzie Valley Highway from Wrigley to Norman Wells
Oral Question 1131-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories management series training
Oral Question 1132-19(2): Addictions Treatment for Youth
Recorded Vote
Tabled Document 658-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2022-2023
Tabled Document 666-19(2): Northwest Territories and Nunavut Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal 2021 Annual Report
Tabled Document 667-19(2): Report on Jurisdictional Scan and Geomatics Analysis EV4919, Archibald Robb Consulting and Aurora Geosciences Ltd., September 28, 2021
Written Question 43-19(2): Delivering Equitable Education Services to Small Communities in the Northwest Territories
Statements

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The Member for Sahtu.

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The Member for Range Lake.

Abstain.

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The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake.

Abstain.

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The Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Abstain.

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The Member for Hay River North.

Abstain.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

The results of the recorded vote: Ten in favour, zero opposed, seven abstentions. The motion is carried.

Carried

Motions. Member for Kam Lake.

Motion 55-19(2): Appointment of Integrity Commissioner, Carried

Thank you, 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 an Integrity Commissioner to exercise the powers and perform the duties set out in the Act;

AND WHEREAS the appointment of the current Integrity Commissioner, Mr. David Phillip Jones, expired on November 30, 2021;

AND WHEREAS Section 91(4) of the Act provides that the Commissioner continues to hold office after the expiry of his or her term of office until the person is reappointed, a successor is appointed or a period of six months has expired;

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly considers the appointment of an Integrity Commissioner essential to exercise the powers and perform the duties under the Act;

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is of the opinion that the appointment of an Integrity Commissioner, effective June 2nd, 2022, should now be made;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, 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 reappointment of Mr. David Phillip Jones as Integrity Commissioner, effective June 2, 2022.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. The motion is in order. To the motion?

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Question.

Recorded Vote

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The Member for Kam Lake.

For.

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The Member for Tu NedheWiilideh.

For.

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The Member votes in for. The Member for Frame Lake.

For.

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The Member for Yellowknife North.

For.

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The Member for Monfwi.

For.

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The Member for Great Slave.

For.

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The Member for Nahendeh.

For.

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The Member for Yellowknife South.

For.

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The Member for Sahtu.

For.

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The Member for Range Lake.

For.

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The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake.

For.

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The Member for Yellowknife South.

For.

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The Member for Hay River North.

In favour.

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The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

For.

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The Member for Deh Cho.

For.

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The Member for Hay River South.

In favour.

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The Member for Thebacha.