Debates of June 2, 2016 (day 13)

June
2
2016
Session
18th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
13
Speaker
Jackson Lafferty
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Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Blake, 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. Thompson, Mr. Vanthuyne
Assembly Members
Topics
Acknowledgement 5-18(2): Track and Field Recognition, Haley Cassie
Member’s Statement on Co-management Board Vacancies
Member’s Statement on Community Capacity Building
Member’s Statement on Employment Targets in Socio-economic Agreements
Member’s Statement on Fuel Subsidy for Persons with Disabilities
Member’s Statement on Income Thresholds for Housing Projects
Member’s Statement on Infrastructure Priorities for Whati
Member’s Statement on Mining Potential in the Sahtu
Member’s Statement on Northern Transportation Company Limited
Member’s Statement on NWT Track and Field Championships
Member’s Statement on Support for Mining Sector
Minister’s Statement 31-18(2): Federal Investment in Northern Housing
Minister’s Statement 32-18(2): Federal Infrastructure Funding Programs for NWT Community Government
Minister’s Statement 33-18(2): Hay River Harbour Restoration
Petition 1-18(2): The 2016 Government of the Northwest Territories Budget
Question 144-18(2): Community Capacity Building
Question 145-18(2): Socio-economic Agreements
Question 146-18(2): Income Thresholds for Housing Programs
Question 147-18(2): Supporting Mineral Exploration and Mining Sector
Question 148-18(2): Co-management Boards Vacancies
Question 149-18(2): Fuel Delivery by Northern Transportation Company Limited
Question 150-18(2): Cost-benefit Analysis for All-Season Road to Whati
Question 151-18(2): Sahtu Regional Conference on Mining Potential
Question 152-18(2): Cost of Living for Persons with Disabilities
Question 153-18(2): Deferred Maintenance with respect to H.H. Williams Hospital Building
Written Question 5-18(2): Maintenance Contracts on Highway No. 1
Statements

Petition 1-18(2): The 2016 Government of the Northwest Territories Budget

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition dealing with the matter of the 2016 Government of the Northwest Territories Budget. Mr. Speaker, this petition contains 330 signatures of Northwest Territories residents and two signatures of residents from southern Canada. Mr. Speaker, the petitioners request the following:

That the Government of the Northwest Territories recognize the following criteria when implementing reductions in the 2016 budget:

First, government workers and their families need to be prioritized;

Second, government jobs must be protected;

Third, communities and residents must be supported by maintaining programs and services; and

lastly, consideration be given to people before bridges and roads. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.