Debates of March 15, 2018 (day 27)

March
15
2018
Session
18th Assembly, 3rd Session
Day
27
Speaker
Jackson Lafferty
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Members Present
3886
Assembly Members
Topics
Bill 12: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019
Bill 12: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2018-2019
Bill 8: Emergency Management Act
Committee Motion 38-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Implementation of Recommendati
Committee Motion 39-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Provision of Departmental Audi
Committee Motion 40-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Standing Committee on Governme
Committee Motion 41-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Acknowledgement and Reference
Committee Motion 42-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Draft Climate Change Strategic
Committee Motion 43-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Draft Knowledge Agenda Action
Committee Motion 44-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Repor
Committee Motion 45-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Ministerial Round Table on Cli
Committee Motion 46-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Development of Procedural Auth
Committee Motion 47-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Fulfilment of Wildlife Managem
Committee Motion 48-18(3): Committee Report 6-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Climate Change in the Northwest Territories - Comprehensive Response to Repo
Member's Statement on 2017 Westminster Workshop for Public Accounts and Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees Conference
Member's Statement on Arctic Winter Games
Member's Statement on Concerns regarding Government of the Northwest Territories-Sponsored Presenter at AME Round-up Conference
Member's Statement on Legislative Sitting Wrap-Up
Member's Statement on Nezuh Edeheh Gots'endih Youth Conference: Living Well with Oneself
Member's Statement on Preservation of Indigenous Languages
Member's Statement on Snowking's Winter Festival 2018 and Long John Jamboree
Minister's Statement 67-18(3): NWT Manufacturing Strategy – What we Heard
Minister's Statement 68-18(3): Services for Seniors
Motion 14-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to May 24, 2018
Motion 15-18(3): Move Committee Report 6-18(3) into Committee of the Whole
Question 268-18(3): Land Tenure Issues
Question 269-18(3): Government of the Northwest Territories Sponsored Speaker at 2018 AME Roundup Conference
Question 270-18(3): Taxation of Student Loans and Grants
Question 271-18(3): Indigenous Languages
Question 272-18(3): Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Program for Fuel Tank Replacements
Question 273-18(3): Travel for Elders with Health Issues During Freeze-up and Break-up
Question 274-18(3): Report Card on the Criminal Justice System
Question 275-18(3): Location of New Lands Positions
Question 276-18(3): Government Response to Pilot Shortage
Question 277-18(3): Location of New Lands Positions for 2018-2019
Question 278-18(3): Changes to the Cities, Towns and Villages Act
Question 279-18(3): Differences between Commissioner's Lands and Territorial Lands
Recorded Vote
Return to Written Question 6-18(3): Land Transfers In The Northwest Territories
Tabled Document 151-18(3): Inter-activity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 (April 1to December 31, 2017) Pursuant to Section 74 of the Financial Administration Act
Tabled Document 152-18(3): Communities and Diamonds Socio-Economic Agreements Annual Report 2017
Tabled Document 155-18(3): Land Transfers in the Northwest Territories: 2010-2011 to 2016-2017
Tabled Document 156-18(3): Follow-Up Letter for Oral Question 133-18(3): Chemotherapy Services at Stanton Hospital
Tabled Document 157-18(3): 2017 Westminster Workshop for Public Accounts Committees and Commonwealth Association of Public Accounts Committees Conference
Written Question 10-18(3): Seniors Home Heating Fuel Subsidy Program
Written Question 9-18(3): Societies Eligibility for the Business Incentive Policy
Statements

Written Question 9-18(3): Societies Eligibility for the Business Incentive Policy

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is Societies Eligibility for the Business Incentive Policy. Would the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment please provide the following information?

It appears that the Business Incentive Policy (BIP) as is currently applied may compromise an incorporated society's right to "have all the powers, rights and immunities vested by law in a corporation," as provided by section 4(2) of the Societies Act. Please explain this possible infringement of a legal right by the Business Incentive Policy.

Some societies carry out small business activities, may hold a legitimate business license and meet the requirement of section 6(e) of the Business Incentive Policy. Please describe the process for such a society to become BIP-registered.

If the Minister is of the position that societies are not BIP-eligible, please provide options for a policy amendment to enable preference for incorporated societies to participate in sectors of our economy often neglected by currently registered small businesses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Written questions. Member for Yellowknife North.