Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following ten documents: Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 305-20(1): Heating Oil (Infrastructure); Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 323-20(1): Dempster Highway and Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway Conditions; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 325-20(1): Project Cost Overruns; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 343-20(1): Impacts of Climate Change on Winter and Ice Roads; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 374-20(1): Mackenzie Valley Fibre Line Backup; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 421-20(1): Regulations for E-Scooters; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 333-20(1): Fiscal Policy; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 334-20(1): Housing Budget Allocations; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 418-20(1): Cell Service; and Follow-Up Letter for Oral Question 423-20(1): Carbon tax. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Minister responsible for Infrastructure. Tabling of documents. Mr. Premier.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following six documents: Additional Information for Written Question 11-20(1): Ground Search and Rescue; Additional Information for Written Question 12-20(1): Cost of Living; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 312-20(1): Transitional Housing Options and Supports; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 361-20(1): Health Care Sustainability Initiative; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 413-20(1): Economic Viability of Northwest Territories; and, Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 397-20(1): Overdose-Related RCMP Calls. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Premier. Tabling of documents. Minister of Health and Social Services.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following 14 documents: Additional Information for Written Question 9-20(1): Physician Vacancy Rates; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 328-20(1): Speech-language Pathologist Positions; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 340-20(1): Supported Living Review and Recommendations; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 342-20(1): Primary Care Reform; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 347-20(1): Physician Workforce Plan; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 348-20(1): Health Care Services; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 358-20(1): Primary Care Physicians; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 364-20(1): Tulita Health Centre Project; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 369-20(1): Dene Nation Health Care Concerns; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 375-20(1): Updates to Diagnostic Imaging Medical Communications System; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 376-20(1): Online Physician Booking Service; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 382-20(1): Approval of Non-Medical Escorts; Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 399-20(1): Diagnostic Rates for Autism; and, Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 419-20(1): Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority Operational Concerns. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Minister of Health and Social Services. Tabling of documents. Member from the Sahtu.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table a package of Documents Compiled by Town of Norman Wells regarding the Town's Declaration of a Local State of Emergency for Humanitarian Reasons. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from the Sahtu. Tabling of documents.
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, February 7th, 2025, I will present Bill 17, Municipal and Community Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills.
Just have a quick break.
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First reading of bills. Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, February 7th, 2025, I will be present Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Partnership and Business Names Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the committee would like to consider Committee Report 17-20(1), Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Member. Does committee agree? Agreed.
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. We will take a short recess and resume with the first item.
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Thank you. Welcome back, Members. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Committee Report 17-20(1), Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.
Committee, we have agreed to consider Committee Report 17-20(1), Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of the Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on procedure and privileges for any opening comments. Member for Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. In May and July of 2024, the committee received correspondence from Speaker Thompson requesting a review of many of the rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. The committee has considered the matters referred by the Speaker and delivered its report to the House on October 29th, 2024. Individual Members may have additional comments on the motions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the Member from Great Slave. I will now open the floor to general comments on Committee Report 17-20(1).
Okay, seeing no further comments, the Member for Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that chapter 4 be amended by adding the words "or reflection" after each instance of the word "prayer." Thank you, Mr. Chair.
