Debates of March 29, 2023 (day 152)

March
29
2023
Session
19th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
152
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. Caroline Cochrane, Mr. Edjericon, Hon. Julie Green, Mr. Jacobson, 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
Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, Carried
Bill 66: An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, Carried
Bill 67: An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act, Carried
Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
Bill 76: An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, Carried
Bill 77: Nursing Profession Act, Carried
Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, Carried
Bill 80: Dental Hygienists Profession Statute Act
Bill 81: An Act to Amend the Education Act, No. 2
Bill 82: Legal Profession Act
Bill 83: Liquor Act
Bill 84: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act
Bill 89: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2023-2024
Bill 89: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
Bill 89: Appropriations Act (Operations Expenditures), 2023-2024, Carried
Committee Motion 408-19(2): Bill 68, An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act – Amend Clause 13, DEFEATED
Committee Motion 409-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Territorial Youth Conference on Mental Health and Wellness, Carried
Committee Motion 410-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Aftercare Processes for Persons Discharged from Hospitals and Health Care Centres, Carried
Committee Motion 411-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2), Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention – Youth and Family Addictions Support and Healing Centre, Carried
Committee Motion 412-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Community Suicide Prevention Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 413-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Eligibility for Projects Under Community Suicide Prevention Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 414-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Increase Community Suicide Prevention Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 415-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Supportive Community Housing Strategy, Carried
Committee Motion 416-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention –Career and Education Advisor Job Description and Recruitment, Carried
Committee Motion 417-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - LGBTQ Equity, Safety and Inclusion in NWT Schools, Carried
Committee Motion 418-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention - Increase Funding for Youth Centres Initiative, Carried
Committee Motion 419-19(2): Committee Report 50-19(2): Strengthening Community Supports, Lifting Youth Voices: Recommendations on Suicide Prevention – Response to Recommendations, Carried
Committee Motion 420-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Youth Housing Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 421-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous Child and Family Services Navigator, Carried
Committee Motion 422-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Access to Sports, Carried
Committee Motion 423-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Women’s Housing Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 424-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - 2SLGBTQIPA+ Guidelines, Carried
Committee Motion 425-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Men’s Healing Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 426-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents – Northwest Territories Indigenous Healing Centre, Carried
Committee Motion 427-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents – On the Land Healing Program, Carried
Committee Motion 428-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Sustainable, Multi-Year Funding, Carried
Committee Motion 429-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous Housing Fund, Carried
Committee Motion 430-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous-Led Housing Designs, Carried
Committee Motion 431-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Homelessness Prevention Strategy, Carried
Committee Motion 432-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents – Lease Agreements and Rental Assistance, Carried
Committee Motion 433-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents – Forgiveness of Arrears for Residential School Survivors, Carried
Committee Motion 434-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents – Forgiveness of Arrears for Residential School Survivors, Carried
Committee Motion 435-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Residency Policy Public Housing Point Rating, Carried
Committee Motion 436-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - First Right of Refusal for Family Members, Carried
Committee Motion 437-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents – Response to Recommendations, Carried
Committee Motion: Motion to Amend Committee Motion 408-19(2), Defeated
Member’s Statement 1490-19(2): Treatment Facilities
Member’s Statement 1491-19(2): Government Decentralization
Member’s Statement 1492-19(2): Project Assessment Policy Review
Member’s Statement 1493-19(2): Income Assistance Clawbacks
Member’s Statement 1494-19(2): Small Health Centre Diagnosis Concerns
Member’s Statement 1495-19(2): Seniors Housing
Member’s Statement 1496-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project
Member’s Statement 1497-19(2): Public Inquiry into Environmental Impact of Cosmo 954 Crash
Member’s Statement 1498-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Languages System
Member’s Statement 1499-19(2): Nahanni National Park Agreement
Minister’s Statement 344-19(2): NWT Alcohol Strategy
Minister’s Statement 345-19(2): COVID-19 Lessons Learned Report
Minister’s Statement 346-19(2): Diversity and Inclusion Framework
Question 1484-19(2): Income Assistance
Question 1485-19(2): Project Assessment Policy Review
Question 1486-19(2): Decentralization
Question 1487-19(2): Public inquiry into Cosmo 954 Crash
Question 1488-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Languages System
Question 1489-19(2): Treatment Facilities
Question 1490-19(2): Small Health Centre Diagnosis Concerns
Question 1491-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion
Question 1492-19(2): Income assistance Clawbacks
Question 1493-19(2): Regular Members Meeting with Federal Minister
Recorded Vote
Return to Written Question 64-19(2): Housing NWT Funding Formula for Local Housing Organizations
Tabled Document 907-19(2): Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act Three-Year Report 2023
Tabled Document 908-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 78: Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act
Tabled Document 909-19(2): Plain Language Summary for Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act
Tabled Document 912-19(2): Northwest Territories Public Utilities Board 2022 Annual Budget
Tabled Document 915-19(2): Diversity and Inclusion Framework Document
Tabled Document 916-19(2): Learning from the Response to COVID-19 Report and Recommendations
Statements

Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, Carried

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Yellowknife South that Bill 79, An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Judicature Act to

Replace and update references to the Agreement on Internal Trade with the Canadian Free Trade Agreement of 2017; and,

Add provisions respecting judges of the Court of Appeal who may continue to be seized of actions or causes that they have started to hear before they ceased to hold office.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried. Bill 79 has had second reading.

Carried

Second reading of bills. Minister responsible for Finance.