Debates of October 4, 2023 (day 166)

October

2023

Session

19th Assembly, 2nd Session

Day

166

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

Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Monfwi

Topics

Bill 74: Forest Act, Carried

Bill 78: Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act, Carried

Bill 83: Liquor Act, Carried

Bill 92: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax, No. 3, Carried

Committee Motion 493-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Indigenous Government and Organiz

Committee Motion 494-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Action Plan, Carried

Committee Motion 495-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Funding Framework, Carried

Committee Motion 496-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Mechanism on Action Plan Committe

Committee Motion 497-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Shared Decision-Making Agreement,

Committee Motion 498-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Provide Notice to Standing Commit

Committee Motion 499-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Five Year Review, Carried

Committee Motion 500-19(2): Committee Report 55-19(2) Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – Guidelines for Statements, Carrie

Committee Motion 501-19(2): Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – amend subclause 8(2), Defeated

Committee Motion 502-19(2): Bill 85: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Implementation Act – amend subclause 12(2.1), Defeated

Committee Motion 503-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – New Clause 3.1, Carried

Committee Motion 504-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – Amend Clause 3.1, Defeated

Committee Motion 505-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – Amend Subclause 20(1), Carried

Committee Motion 506-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – Amend Subclause 44(2), Carried

Committee Motion 507-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – Amend Subclause 46(6), Carried

Committee Motion 508-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – New Clause 90.1, Defeated

Committee Motion 509-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – Amend Paragraph 91(k), Carried

Committee Motion 510-19(2): Bill 65: Builders’ Lien Act – New Clause 93.1, Carried

Committee Motion 511-19(2): Bill 84: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act – Amend Clause 7, Carried

Committee Report 76-19(2): Special Committee on Transition Matters Moving Forward: Report of the Special Committee on Transition Matters

Member’s Statement 1630-19(2): Business Support for 2023 Wildfire Evacuations

Member’s Statement 1631-19(2): Medical Travel

Member’s Statement 1632-19(2): Northwest Territories Power Corporation

Member’s Statement 1633-19(2): Environmental Guideline for Contaminated Sites

Member’s Statement 1634-19(2): National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Member’s Statement 1635-19(2): Inadequate Housing in Nunakput

Member’s Statement 1636-19(2): Imperial Oil Tailings Pond Seepage

Member’s Statement 1637-19(2): Appointment of Administrator for Hamlet of Fort Resolution

Member’s Statement 1638-19(2): Violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people

Member’s Statement 1639-19(2): Settling Land Claims

Member’s Statement 1640-19(2): Safe and Affordable Housing for Women

Member’s Statement 1641-19(2): 2021 and 2022 Band Manager Mentor Award Winner

Minister’s Statement 388-19(2): Residential and Recreational Public Land Leasing Pricing Revisions

Minister’s Statement 389-19(2): Early Learning and Child Care

Minister’s Statement 390-19(2): Improvements in Mental Health Supports

Minister’s Statement 391-19(2): Reclaiming the Capable Person – A Strategic Framework for Addressing Family Violence in the Northwest Territories

Motion 87–19(2): Dissolution of the 19th Assembly

Question 1611-19(2): Availability of Housing in Nunakput

Question 1612-19(2): Taltson Hydroelectric Expansion Project

Question 1613-19(2): Imperial Oil Tailing Ponds Seepage

Question 1614-19(2): Reimbursement of Costs for Medical Travel

Question 1615-19(2): Hamlet of Fort Resolution

Question 1616-19(2): Business Support for 2023 Wildfire Evacuations

Question 1617-19(2): Environmental Guidelines for Contaminated Sites

Question 1618-19(2): Settling Land Claims

Question 1619-19(2): Homelessness

Recorded Vote

Tabled Document 1024-19(2): Reclaiming the Capable Person: We Are All Capable Persons When We Have Community – A Strategic Framework for Addressing Family Violence in the Northwest Territories

Tabled Document 1027-19(2): Correspondence Dated March 29, 2023 from the Ontario Dental Hygienists Association

Statements

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

Carried

Clause 7 as amended, does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Clause 8 through 10, does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Clause 10 through 15, does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Clause 16 through 20, does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Clause 21 through 25, does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Clauses 25 to 29, does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Committee, to the bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act as amended, is now ready for third reading?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, committee. Committee has agreed that Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act as amended, is now ready for third reading.

Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Corporation Act as amended?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you. Thank you, Minister. Thank you to your witnesses. Sergeantatarms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber.

Member for Frame Lake.

Kevin O'Reilly

Frame Lake

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and nondebatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

Carried.

I will now rise and report progress.

Report of Committee of the Whole

Lesa Semmler

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Committee Report 5519(2), Bill 65, Bill 84, Bill 85, and would like to report progress with 15 motions carried, and that Committee Report 5519(2) is concluded and that Bill 85 is ready for third reading, and Bill 65 and 84 are ready for third reading as amended. And, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Do we have a seconder? Member for Yellowknife South. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

Carried

Third Reading of Bills

Bill 74: Forest Act, Carried

Shane Thompson

Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member from Yellowknife South, that Bill 74, the Forest Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

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

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: Mr. Rutland

The Member for Nahendeh. The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Sahtu. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Deh Cho. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Tu NedheWiilideh. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Great Slave.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

All those opposed, please rise. All those abstaining, please rise. Thank you.

The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 74 has had third reading.

Carried

Third reading of bills. Minister responsible for Environment and Climate Change.

Bill 78: Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act, Carried

Shane Thompson

Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 78, Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

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

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: Mr. Rutland

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

All those opposed, please rise. All those abstaining, please rise.

The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 78 has had third reading.

Carried

Third reading of bills. Minister responsible for Finance.

Bill 83: Liquor Act, Carried

Caroline Wawzonek

Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for the Sahtu, that Bill 83, Liquor Act, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

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

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: Mr. Rutland

The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Sahtu. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Deh Cho. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Tu NedheWiilideh. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Nahendeh.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

All those opposed, please rise. All those abstaining, please rise.

The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 83 has had third reading.

Carried

Third reading of bills. Minister responsible for Finance.

Bill 92: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax, No. 3, Carried

Caroline Wawzonek

Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 92, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, No. 3, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. To the motion. Member for Nunakput.

Jackie Jacobson

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Tonight I'll be voting with the carbon tax but I just want to put clarity is the reason I'm supporting the carbon tax bill tonight, it's going to give our communities their funds with the local community governments, and it's going to get the monies to the people, the individual peoples that need it. And I'm still praying it's a tiered system. And we're that's why I'm supporting it tonight. But as the carbon tax bill as a whole, I don't support it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member for Nunakput. The motion is in order. To the motion.