Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents: Plain Language Summary for Bill 66, An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act; Plain Language Summary for Bill 67, An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act; and, Northwest Territories 911 20212022 Annual Report. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. Tabling of documents. Minister of Housing NWT.
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to table the following document: Housing NWT 20212022 Annual Report. Mahsi, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. Tabling of documents. Minister for Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Followup Letter for Oral Questions 1210, 1232, and 125519(2): Addictions Treatment. Thank you.
Thank you. Tabling of documents. Member for Kam Lake.
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, yesterday November 2nd was World Fertility Day. Today I wish to table the following document: A Letter from Fertility Matters. Thank you.
Thank you. Tabling of documents. Member for Yellowknife North.
Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Redacted Reports for the Department of Health and Social Services from the Internal Audit Bureau obtained under Access to Information. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. Tabling of documents. Member for Great Slave.
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document: An email exchange with an environmental health officer regarding Lanky Court. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. Tabling of documents.
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker,
WHEREAS the consensus government process convention on priority setting and reporting calls for the establishment of a special committee on transition matters;
AND WHEREAS transition to a new Assembly is an appropriate time for reporting on matters of ongoing action, discussion, and consideration;
AND WHEREAS Members of the 20th Assembly may wish to consider how to build on the direction and deliberations of the 19th Legislative Assembly;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that pursuant to Rule 9.2(8), the Legislative Assembly hereby establish a Special Committee on the Transition Matters;
AND FURTHER, that the following Members be named to the special committee:
Mr. Kevin O'Reilly, Member for Frame Lake;
The Honourable R.J. Simpson, Member for Hay River North;
Mr. Rocky Simpson, Member for Hay River South;
Ms. Lesa Semmler, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes;
Ms. Jane WeyallonArmstrong, Member for Monfwi; and,
The Honourable Shane Thompson, Member for Nahendeh.
AND FURTHERMORE, that the Special Committee on Transition Matters be established by the terms of reference identified as Tabled Document 76519(2). Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried. I should say abstentions. Motion is carried.
Carried
Member for Thebacha.
I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that when this House adjourns on Thursday, November 3rd, 2022, it shall be adjourned until Thursday, February the 7th, 2023;
AND FURTHERMORE, that if at any time prior February the 7th, 2023, that the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, or at a time later than the scheduled resumption of the House, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time.
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried.
Carried
Member for Thebacha.
Amendments to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act.
WHEREAS this Legislative Assembly appointed an Electoral Boundaries Commission pursuant to section 2(1)(b) of the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, on June 3rd, 2021;
AND WHEREAS the Electoral Boundaries Commission 2021 submitted its final report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on May 24th, 2022;
AND WHEREAS the Speaker tabled the final report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission 2021 on May 27th, 2022;
AND WHEREAS there is a desire to review the names of certain electoral districts in the Northwest Territories;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, second by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that the Legislative Assembly recommends that amendments to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act be introduced during the life of this Legislative Assembly to:
Allow for the establishment of an Electoral Boundaries Commission within 18 months after the day fixed for the return of the writs for the 2023 election and subsequently for each second succeeding general election; and,
Increase the composition of future Electoral Boundaries Commissions from a chairperson and two other members to a chairperson and four other Members.
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion. Member for Yellowknife North.
Yeah, thank you, Madam Speaker. I would just like to rise in support of this motion. I you know, absent legislation being passed in the remaining time in this Assembly, it looks like we're heading into an election with the same boundaries, which I think we all know have some discrepancies in population. And, you know, I don't think it's right for us to wait another eight years to then adjust those again. So by moving this up an Assembly, adding some more members and some better representation, hopefully the next Assembly can have a report and pass one of the recommendations in there.
I also you know, originally when this electoral boundaries came out, there was some questions prescribed to it, such as election of the Premier, makeup of Cabinet, how we select Cabinet, and I think a number of kind of questions of consensus government that it was this Assembly's hope to tackle, and certainly if you add or remove Members, those questions, they come into play because it changes the balance on either side of the House. So it's my hope that by striking a more representative Electoral Boundaries Commission earlier, they can look at the boundaries, they can look at the issues and name changes that are coming up presently in the House, and they can look at, you know, some of these other issues of consensus government that I think was our hope to get to but are long overdue and have perhaps caused some frustration amongst Members. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. To the motion.
Question.
DEPUTY SPEAKER:
Carried
Member for Sahtu.
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
WHEREAS the Order of the Northwest Territories was established in 2013 by the Territorial Honours Act recognizes individuals who have served with the greatest distinction and excellence in the field and endeavours benefiting the people of the Northwest Territories;
AND WHEREAS Section 2(1) of the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act provides for the creation of a Northwest Territories Honours Advisory Council to review nominations and recommendation of appointments to the Order of the Northwest Territories;
AND WHEREAS Section 21(2)(b) of the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act provides that the council be composed of not more than five members of the public appointed by the Legislative Assembly on the recommendations of the Board of Management;
AND WHEREAS Section 22(2) of the Territorial Emblems and Honours Act provides that the Members of the panel hold office at pleasure for a term not exceeding three years;
AND WHEREAS the appointment of the Members of Honours Advisory expires on June 1st, 2021;
AND WHEREAS the Board of Management is tasking with recommended individuals to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Assembly to prepare to make a recommendation to the Commissioner;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, second by the honourable Member of Hay River North, that the following persons be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for reappointment to the NWT Honours Advisory Council:
Ms. Sabrina Broadhead of Hay River;
Mr. Danny Gaudet of Deline; and,
Ms. Anne Peters of Yellowknife.
AND FURTHER, that the effective date of these appointments shall be communicated to the Commissioner by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Mahsi, Madam Speaker.
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried.
Carried
Madam Speaker, I wish to present to the House that Bill 71, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 20232024, be read for the first time. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Pursuant to Rule 8.2(3), Bill 71, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 20232024, is deemed read for the first time and now is ready for second reading.
Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that Bill 65, Builder's Lien Act, be read for the second time.
This bill repeals the Mechanics Lien Act. It replaces it with a new act that sets out modern law regarding builder's liens, an area of construction law. Specifically this new act sets out the following:
trust provisions and the duties of owners, contractors and subcontractors and vendors as trustees of revenue received;
details respecting how liens are created and calculated and how they can be applied as interest against land;
holdbacks and finishing holdbacks to ensure that contractors and subcontractors are not left outofpocket and the consequences of nonpayment of holdbacks;
expiry, preservation and perfection of liens;
rights to information about contracts, subcontracts, trust funds, substantial performance and accounts;
examination and liability for not providing that information including for costs;
discharge of a preserved or perfected lien;
jurisdiction by the Supreme Court;
appointment of trustees and their powers;
priorities of liens over other interests and agreements;
surety bonds, their use and the rights of action that they impart;
miscellaneous provisions including acting in bad faith, abuse of process, service, how rules of the Supreme Court are applied;
regulationmaking authority; and,
transitional provisions.
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
