Debates of February 14, 2012 (day 6)

February

2012

Session

17th Assembly, 2nd Session

Day

Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

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Members Present

Hon. Glen Abernethy, Hon. Tom Beaulieu, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bouchard, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Dolynny, Mrs. Groenewegen, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Jackie Jacobson, Hon. Jackson Lafferty, Hon. Bob McLeod, Hon. Robert McLeod, Mr. Menicoche, Hon. Michael Miltenberger, Mr. Moses, Mr. Nadli, Hon. David Ramsay, Mr. Yakeleya

Assembly Members

Topics

COMMITTEE MOTION 6-17(2) CONCURRENCE OF TD 3-17(2), Supplementary estimates (Operations expenditures), no. 3, 2011-2012, CARRIED

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON BETTY HOUSE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON CONDOLENCES ON PASSING OF TU NEDHE RESIDENTS

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON CULTURAL INSENSITIVITY OF FEDERAL BILL C-19

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON EKALI LAKE FISH ADVISORY

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON FEDERAL PROPOSAL FOR SINGLE LAND AND WATER BOARD STRUCTURE

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON GNWT BUDGET PROCESS

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REFORM

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON POPULATION DECLINE IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON REGIONAL WATER MONITORING STATION FOR THE SAHTU

MINISTER’S STATEMENT 15-17(2): COMPLETING A NEW WILDLIFE ACT

MINISTER’S STATEMENT 16-17(2): ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES REVITALIZATION WORK

MINISTER’S STATEMENT 17-17(2): IMPORTANCE OF THE MINING AND MINERAL EXPLORATION SECTORS

MOTION TO EXTEND SITTING HOURS, CARRIED

QUESTION 64-17(2): BETTY HOUSE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT

QUESTION 65-17(2): HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REFORM

QUESTION 66-17(2): FEDERAL PROPOSAL FOR SINGLE LAND AND WATER BOARD STRUCTURE

QUESTION 67-17(2): WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE SAHTU

QUESTION 68-17(2): INCENTIVES AND INDUCEMENTS FOR POPULATION GROWTH

QUESTION 69-17(2): ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS

QUESTION 70-17(2): GNWT POSITION ON FEDERAL BILL C-19 TO ABOLISH LONG-GUN REGISTRY

QUESTION 71-17(2): UPDATE ON MEETING WITH BEAUFORT-DELTA LEADERSHIP

QUESTION 72-17(2): PUBLIC ADVISORY REGARDING FISH CONSUMPTION

QUESTION 73-17(2): GNWT BUDGET PROCESS

QUESTION 74-17(2): FUNDING FOR STAFF HOUSING PROGRAMS

QUESTION 75-17(2): JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERIES

QUESTION 76-17(2): JOINT MONITORING PROCESS FOR ALBERTA OIL SANDS

QUESTION 77-17(2): GNWT BUDGET PROCESS AND CONSULTATION

QUESTION 78-17(2): WHISTLE-BLOWER LEGISLATION

QUESTION 79-17(2): CARIBOU HUNTING TAGS

QUESTION 80-17(2): HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REFORM

QUESTION 81-17(2): AMOUNT OF MONEY THE NWT LOSES EACH DAY

RECORDED VOTE

TABLED DOCUMENT 12-17(2): STATUS REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

WRITTEN QUESTION 2-17(2): PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON CONSUMPTION OF FISH FROM NAHENDEH LAKES

WRITTEN QUESTION 3-17(2): INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT CENTRES

Statements

QUESTION 81-17(2): AMOUNT OF MONEY THE NWT LOSES EACH DAY

Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have one question to the Premier. The Premier has indicated in the past week the amount of money that the Northwest Territories is losing each day. I want to ask the Premier if he could be a little more specific on the amount and where that amount is coming from. Is it coming from the royalties? Is it coming from the Norman Wells field? Where did he get this number from?

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Premier, Mr. McLeod.

Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s actually quite a simplistic number. We expect that the revenues from devolution alone would be about $60 million a year. There’s 365 days in a year. If you do the math it works out to $165,000 a day. That’s not including all the money for the employees and the O and M and so on that would also be devolved.