The Member is asking for a recorded vote. All those in favour, please rise.
Mr. Dolynny, Mr. Nadli, Mr. Hawkins, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Moses, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Yakeleya, Mr. Blake.
All those against, please rise. All those abstaining, please rise.
Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Abernethy, Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. McLeod - Yellowknife South, Mr. Lafferty, Mr. Ramsay, Mr. McLeod - Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. All those in favour, eight; all those opposed, zero; all those abstaining, seven. The motion is carried.
---Carried
---Applause
Mr. Hawkins or, sorry, Mr. Yakeleya.
Thank you. This motion is not about devolution itself, it’s about what to do with the resource revenue after the Devolution Agreement has been signed and resources finally start flowing to the Northwest Territories.
If we don’t start providing some guiding principles, whether we call them pillars, whether we call them ideas, if we don’t start providing these, in typical and usual fashion, our Cabinet will find new ways and define it as invest the money under the guide of government priorities all built under their own guidance. This motion helps Members guide where this revenue is going. On top of that, it speaks to public engagement.
This motion wouldn’t be here today without the good support of my colleague Mr. Nadli, and I want to give thanks to that for helping get this motion on the floor.
This also speaks to different types of investments, but it’s a structure of how and what we should do with the public money for the public with their guidance. So, Mr. Speaker, this might not be the be-all and end-all final formula of how this resource money should go. Maybe after good public consultation, a little public input if the government is willing to put a little grease on the wheel and go back to the public and ask them what do they think their money should be doing and how do they think their money should be invested back into our people, maybe the formula might be slightly different. It’s not up to me to say.
The important thing here today is to create a mechanism so people have a chance to give some ideas and show people where their money is going when it’s a resource revenue and how we can help direct it for useful purposes.
As a reminder, in case I forget later, I will want a recorded vote on this particular issue.
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The Member is seeking a recorded vote. All those in favour, please stand.
Mr. Hawkins, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Yakeleya, Mr. Dolynny, Mr. Nadli.
All those opposed, please stand.
Mr. Moses, Mr. Blake.
All those abstaining, please stand.
Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Abernethy, Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. McLeod - Yellowknife South, Mr. Lafferty, Mr. Ramsay, Mr. McLeod - Inuvik Twin Lakes.
All those in favour was six; all those opposed, two; abstentions, seven. The motion is carried.
---Carried
---Applause
Mr. Yakeleya.
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The Member has asked for a recorded vote. All those in favour, please rise.
Mr. Yakeleya, Mr. Blake, Mr. Dolynny, Mr. Nadli, Mr. Hawkins, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Moses, Mr. Bromley.
All those opposed, please rise. All those abstaining, please rise.
Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Abernethy, Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. McLeod - Yellowknife South, Mr. Lafferty, Mr. Ramsay, Mr. McLeod - Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. All those in favour, eight; all those abstaining, seven. The motion is carried.
---Carried
