Debates of March 7, 2017 (day 65)

March
7
2017
Session
18th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
65
Speaker
Jackson Lafferty
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Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Hon. Caroline Cochrane, Ms. Green, Hon. Jackson Lafferty, Hon. Bob McLeod, Hon. Robert McLeod, Mr. McNeely, Hon. Alfred Moses, Mr. Nadli, Mr. Nakimayak, Mr. O'Reilly, Hon. Wally Schumann, Hon. Louis Sebert, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Vanthuyne
Assembly Members
Topics
Bill 20: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2016-2017
Bill 20: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2016-2017
Bill 21: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2016-2017
Bill 21: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2016-2017
Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2017-2018
Committee Motion 81-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Modernization and Update of Access to I
Committee Motion 82-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Identifying and Addressing Recommendatio
Committee Motion 83-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Bringing Into Force of a Modernized ATIP
Committee Motion 84-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Implementation of the Health Information
Committee Motion 85-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Tabling of Health Information Act Guide
Committee Motion 86-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Compliance with Section 8 of the Health
Committee Motion 87-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Legal Opinion on Information System Refe
Committee Motion 88-18(2): Committee Report 8-18(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Response to Report within 120 Days, Ca
Committee Report 9-18(2): Report on the Review of the 2016 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Support to Communities for Municipal Services in the Northwest Territories – Municipal and Community Affairs
Member's Statement on Commitment to the Manufacturing Industry
Member's Statement on State of the Economy
Member's Statement on Territorial Carbon Pricing Scheme
Member’s Statement on New Mineral Resources Act
Member’s Statement on Public Service Wellness Days Proposal
Member’s Statement on Support for Sahtu Post-Secondary Students
Member’s Statement on Tourism Development in the Deh Cho Region
Member’s Statement on Yellowknife Living Wage Campaign
Minister's Statement 161-18(2): Single Window Service Centres - Pilot Project with Service Canada
Minister's Statement 162-18(2): Economy, Environment and Climate Change
Minister’s Statement 163-18(2): Implementation of the Mineral Development Strategy
Motion 32-18(2): Referral of Petition 6-18(2): Elimination of Time Change in the Northwest Territories to the Standing Committee on Social Development
Motion to Receive Committee Report 9-18(2) and Move Into Committee of the Whole, Carried
Petition 6-18(2): Elimination of Time Change in the Northwest Territories
Question 702-18(2): Public Service Wellness Days Proposal
Question 703-18(2): Fort Providence Tourist Camp Project
Question 704-18(2): Commitment to the Manufacturing Industry
Question 705-18(2): Public Safety Measures on Highway no.3
Question 706-18(2): Career Readiness Training for Post-secondary Students
Question 707-18(2): New Mineral Resources Act
Question 708-18(2): Perimeter Fence at North Slave Correctional Centre
Question 709-18(2): Yellowknife Living Wage Campaign
Question 710-18(2): Yellowknife Airport Terminal Hours of Operation
Recorded Vote
Return to oral question 547-18(2): Student Instructional Hours in Schools
Return to Written Question 20-18(2): Funding For Junior Kindergarten
Tabled Document 327-18(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018
Tabled Document 328-18(2): Caring for Our People: Strategic Plan for the NWT Health and Social Services System 2017 to 2020
Tabled Document 329-18(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 627-18(2): Taltson River Dam
Statements

Return to oral question 547-18(2): Student Instructional Hours in Schools

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a Return to Oral Question asked by Ms. Green on February 8, 2017, regarding student instructional hours in schools. Ms. Green asked what discussions have been held with Alberta Education about delivering the Alberta curriculum in fewer hours than prescribed for the high school level.

Mr. Speaker, staff from the Department of Education, Culture and Employment are in regular contact with staff from Alberta Education and have considered the potential impact of changes in instructional hours on course curriculum and student outcomes.

Students in the Northwest Territories will continue to receive grade 12 diplomas at the standard set by Alberta. In achieving a diploma, NWT students will continue to meet the same curriculum requirements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.