Debates of October 4, 2023 (day 166)

October
4
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
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.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

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.

Order. The results of the recorded vote: 17 in favour, zero opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 92 has had third reading.

Carried

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Rutland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Orders of the day for Thursday, October 5th, 2023 at 1:30 p.m.

Prayer

Ministers’ Statements

Members’ Statements

Returns to Oral Questions

Oral Question 1578-19(2), Fire Management Policy Effect on Indigenous Culture

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Acknowledgements

Oral Questions

Written Questions

Returns to Written Questions

Replies to the Commissioner’s Address

Petitions

Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

Tabling of Documents

Notices of Motions

Motions

Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

First Reading of Bills

Second Reading of Bills

Bill 64, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 3

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Bill 23, An Act to Amend the Public Utilities Act

Bill 75, Council of Women and Gender Diversity Act

Bill 80, Dental Hygienists Profession Statutes Amendment Act

Committee Report 52-19(2), Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly

Committee Report 53-19(2), Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on Supporting Northern Businesses

Minster’s Statement 264-19(2), Response to the NWT Chief Coroner’s Report on Suicide

Tabled Document 681-19(2), Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 26-19(2): Report on the Child and Family Services Act – Lifting Children, Youth and Families: An All of Territory Approach to Keeping Families Together

Tabled Document 973-19(2), 2024-2025 Capital Estimates

Tabled Document 974-19(2), Supplementary Estimates Operations Expenditures, No. 3, 2023-2024

Report of Committee of the Whole

Third Reading of Bills

Bill 65, Builder’s Lien 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

Orders of the Day

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Thursday, October 5th, 2023, at 1:30 p.m.

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The House adjourned at 8:00 p.m.