Debates of June 6, 2019 (day 80)

June
6
2019
Session
18th Assembly, 3rd Session
Day
80
Speaker
Jackson Lafferty
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Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Blake, Hon. Caroline Cochrane, Ms. Green, 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
Assent to Bills
Bill 38: Protected Areas Act
Bill 58: Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act
Committee Motion 153-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017-2018 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories - Consolidated Budget, Carried
Committee Motion 154-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017-2018 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories - Best Practices for Public Financial Reporting, Carried
Committee Motion 155-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017-2018 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories – Public Disclosure of Contaminated Sites, Carried
Committee Motion 156-18(3): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2017-2018 Public Accounts of the Government of the Northwest Territories – Response within 120 Days, Carried
Member's Statement on Brenda Johnson – NWT Education Hall of Fame Inductee
Member's Statement on D-Day Commemoration
Member's Statement on Deh Cho Health Care Service Issues
Member's Statement on Elders Forced Into Long-Term Care
Member's Statement on Mental Health and Addictions Plan
Member's Statement on Mining Week
Member's Statement on National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Member's Statement on NWT Outstanding Volunteer Award Youth Nominee Vivianne Pauze
Member's Statement on Protected Areas Act
Member's Statement on Recognition of William Alger
Member's Statement on Sheila Cook – NWT Education Hall of Fame Inductee
Member's Statement on Tuktoyaktuk Visitors Centre
Minister's Statement 207-18(3): Supporting the Northern Aviation Industry
Minister's Statement 208-18(3): Health and Wellness Enhancements in Schools
Minister's Statement 209-18(3): Government of the Northwest Territories Disability Action Plan Updates
Minister's Statement 210-18(3): The De Beers/Yellowknife Women's Society Partnership
Minister's Statement 211-18(3): Addressing the Caribou Crisis
Motion 40-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to August 12, 2019, Carried
Mr. Thompson's Reply
Question 774-18(3): Marine Transportation Services and Fuel Delivery
Question 775-18(3): Mental Health and Addictions Plan
Question 776-18(3): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Plan
Question 777-18(3): 2019 Marine Transportation Services Shipping Season
Question 778-18(3): Bellanca Building
Question 779-18(3): Mining Activities in the Northwest Territories
Question 780-18(3): Elder Forced Out of Home into Facility
Question 781-18(3): Health Services Issues in the Deh Cho
Question 782-18(3): Ability to Enforce Fire Bans
Question 783-18(3): Standards for Children or Youth in Care Who Go Missing
Question 784-18(3): Permanent Housing for Residents Displaced by Rockhill Fire
Recorded Vote
Return to Oral Question 675-18(3): Northwest Territories Power Corporation Generator Procurement Costs
Tabled Document 461-18(3): Inter-Activity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)
Tabled Document 462-18(3): NWT On the Land Collaborative 2019 Report
Tabled Document 463-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 654-18(3): Living Wage and Northwest Territories' Child Benefit
Tabled Document 465-18(3): Draft Report, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) - Development of Options for Consideration for Long Term Funding for Giant Mine
Tabled Document 467-18(3): Recommendations of the Native Women's Association of the NWT Regarding Housing – June 3, 2019
Written Question 10-18(3): Giant Mine Long-Term Funding Study
Written Question 11-18(3): Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission Fees and Compensation
Written Question 9-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd. Holdings in the NWT
Statements

Written Question 9-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd. Holdings in the NWT

Merci, Monsieur le President. I have two sets. First set, my questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. It was responsibility for oil and gas rights in the Northwest Territories.

In February 2015, Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd. stopped production in its Cameron Hills field in the Northwest Territories. Strategic Oil and Gas is now in creditor protection. Trading was halted in April 2019 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and some directors have resigned. What are the current holding of Strategic Oil and Gas in the Northwest Territories in terms of oil and gas rights, land use permits, water licences, and facilities, and:

has Strategic Oil and Gas submitted full financial security for all of the water licences, land use permits, and other rights for its holdings in the Northwest Territories;

what are the reclamation liabilities of Strategic Oil and Gas for its holdings in the Northwest Territories;

does a plan exist for closure and remediation of existing facilities and is financial security adequate for this work to be done; and

what is our government doing to prevent public liabilities and ensure that the interests of the Northwest Territories are protected with regard to the current state of Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd.?