Debates of October 17, 2017 (day 1)

October

2017

Session

18th Assembly, 3rd Session

Day

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. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Vanthuyne

Assembly Members

Topics

Bill 1: Western Canada Lottery Act

Committee Report 1-18(3): Report on the Review of the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2015 Territorial General Election, Supplementary Recommendations, and the White Paper on the Independence and Accountability of Elect

Committee Report 2-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2015-2016 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories

Member's Statement on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Member's Statement on Family Violence Awareness Week

Member's Statement on Family Violence in the Northwest Territories

Member's Statement on Mactung Mine Liabilities and Clean-up

Member's Statement on Mental Health Services and Awareness

Member's Statement on Mid-Term Review Outcomes and Next Steps

Member's Statement on Sahtu Regional Health Centre

Member's Statement on Small Business Week

Minister's Statement 1-18(3): North Slave Correctional Complex Inmate Concerns

Minister's Statement 2-18(3): Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Strategic Renewal

Minister's Statement 3-18(3): Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway

Motion 1-18(3): Revocation of Appointment of the Honourable Louis Sebert to the Executive Council

Motion 2-18(3): Appointment of Conflict of Interest Commissioner

Motion 3-18(3): Appointment of the Equal Pay Commissioner

Motion 4-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to February 7, 2018

Motion that Committee Report 2-18(3) Be Deemed Read and Printed in Hansard in its Entirety, Carried

Motion to Receive Committee Report 1-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried

Motion to Receive Committee Report 2-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried

Question 1-18(3): Cultural Awareness Training for Educators

Question 10-18(3): Emergency Protection Orders

Question 11-18(3): Dental Therapists

Question 2-18(3): Funding for Family Violence Shelters

Question 3-18(3): Closure and Reclamation of Mines

Question 4-18(3): Mental Health Treatment Options

Question 5-18(3): Small Business Tax Rates

Question 6-18(3): Sahtu Regional Health Centre

Question 7-18(3): Temporary General Identification Cards

Question 8-18(3): Small Businesses Funding

Question 9-18(3): Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Tabled Document 10-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 880-18(2): Centralization of Long-Term Care Facilities

Tabled Document 12-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 899-18(2): Small Community Employment Support Program

Tabled Document 16-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 909-18(2): Northwest Territories Geological Survey Strategy

Tabled Document 17-18(3): Hearing About the Realities of Intimate Partner Violence in the Northwest Territories from Frontline Service Providers: Final Report - Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Tabled Document 18-18(3): Statutory Declaration of the Member for Monfwi

Tabled Document 4-18(3): Interim Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories for the Year Ended March 31, 2017

Tabled Document 8-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 875-18(2): Lands Integrated Risk Based Strategic Plan

Statements

Motion to Receive Committee Report 2-18(3) and Move into Committee of the Whole, Carried

Kieron Testart

Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Committee Report 2-18(3), Standing Committee Report on Government Operations on the Review of the 2014-2015 Public Accounts, be received by the Assembly and moved to Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Masi. Motion is in order. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

Motion carried. Masi. Reports of standing and special committees. Item 6, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Item 7, Acknowledgements. Colleagues, at this time, I would like to request for a short recess.

---SHORT RECESS