Debates of February 28, 2013 (day 16)

Date
February
28
2013
Session
17th Assembly, 4th Session
Day
16
Speaker
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
Statements

BILL 2: AN ACT TO AMEND THE TERRITORIAL PARKS ACT

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act, be read for the first time.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act, has had first reading.

---Carried

Item 19, second reading of bills. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act.

BILL 2: AN ACT TO AMEND THE TERRITORIAL PARKS ACT

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act, be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Territorial Parks Act to provide the superintendent with authority to issue orders respecting fines in territorial parks, provide that registered owners of motor vehicles are liable for contraventions involving their vehicles, and add a power to make regulations respecting the setting, use and extinguishment of fires in parks.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act, has had second reading and is referred to a standing committee.

---Carried

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 9-17(4), NWT Main Estimates, 2013-2014; Education, Culture and Employment, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.