Debates of March 30, 2021 (day 72)

March
30
2021
Session
19th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
72
Speaker
Frederick Blake Jr.
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Members Present
Hon. Diane Archie, Hon. Frederick Blake Jr., Mr. Bonnetrouge, Hon. Paulie Chinna, Ms. Cleveland, Hon. Caroline Cochrane, Hon. Julie Green, Mr. Jacobson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lafferty, Ms. Martselos, Ms. Nokleby, Mr. Norn, Mr. O'Reilly, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Rocky Simpson, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek
Assembly Members
Topics
Bill 24: An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act
Bill 25: An Act to Amend the Education Act
Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures) 2021-2022
Bill 28: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2021-2022
Committee Motion 103-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Regulations for Electronic Voting, Ca
Committee Motion 104-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Election Rebate Program, Carried
Committee Motion 105-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Email Addresses, Carried
Committee Motion 106-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Personal Information Held by a Publi
Committee Motion 107-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Provision of List of Electors, Carr
Committee Motion 108-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Prohibition on Cannabis Sales on Pol
Committee Motion 109-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Prohibit Liquor and Cannabis as Camp
Committee Motion 110-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer’s Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Usage of Electronics in Polling St
Committee Motion 111-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Prohibit Polling Agents from Assisti
Committee Motion 112-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Casting Votes from any Polling Stati
Committee Motion 113-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Witnesses, Carried
Committee Motion 114-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Electronic Submission of Candidates'
Committee Motion 115-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Voting in the Office of the Returnin
Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Elections NWT Procurement and Disclo
Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Best Practices in Election Reporting
Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Posting of Elections Data, Carried
Committee Motion 119-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Public Disclosure of Candidates' Res
Committee Motion 120-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Application of Elections and Plebisc
Committee Motion 121-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) – Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election – Elections and Plebiscites Act Housek
Committee Motion to Amend Committee Motion 119-19(2), Carried
Member's Statement on Appreciation for Northern Artists
Member's Statement on Electricity in Whati
Member's Statement on Eulogy for Dillon Cazon
Member's Statement on Homeownership
Member's Statement on Lack of Mental Health Support in Nunakput
Member's Statement on Law Library and Outreach Workers
Member's Statement on Passing of Constituents
Member's Statement on Small Business Supports
Member's Statement on Suicide Prevention Fund
Member's Statement on Taltson Expansion
Minister's Statement 148-19(2): Municipal and Community Affairs Youth Initiatives
Minister's Statement 149-19(2): Emerging Wisely – Vaccine Uptake in the NWT
Minister's Statement 150-19(2): COVID-19 Emergency Support Funding for Sport Organizations
Minister's Statement 151-19(2): Tourism 2025: Roadmap to Recovery
Question 687-19(2): Small Business Supports
Question 688-19(2): Lack of Power for Whati
Question 689-19(2): Taltson Expansion
Question 690-19(2): Law Library and Outreach Workers
Question 691-19(2): Suicide Prevention and Aftercare
Question 692-19(2): Homeownership
Question 693-19(2): Mental Health Services in Nunakput Communities
Question 694-19(2): Community Garden
Question 695-19(2): Taltson Superintendent Position in Fort Smith
Recorded Vote
Return to Written Question 23-19(2): Practice of Using Power-Limiting Devices in the Northwest Territories
Return to Written Question 24-19(2): Assessing and Managing Conflict of Interest in the Government
Tabled Document 366-19(2): Operating Plans for Northwest Territories Education Bodies for the 2020-2021 School Year Ending June 30, 2021
Tabled Document 369-19(2): Conflict of Interest Information
Tabled Document 371-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 664-19(2): Devolving Powers to Municipal Governments
Tabled Document 372-19(2): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 515-19(2): Highway Infrastructure Projects in the Next Year
Tabled Document 373-19(2): Consensus Government in the Northwest Territories – Guiding Principles and Process Conventions, August 2020
Written Question 27-19(2): Slave Geological Province Corridor
Written Question 28-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project
Statements

Committee Motion to Amend Committee Motion 119-19(2), Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to move that the committee motion actually be amended by adding the words "or donors" immediately following the word "candidates." Thank you.

Thank you. We will return to the motion. The motion is in order. To the motion to amend. Mr. Johnson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm in favour of the motion to amend. Right now, if you make a donation to any political candidate, your address becomes public information, and I'm not sure that's needed. I think it should be required that whoever donates to a political candidate, their name should be attached to it, but I'm not sure of the necessity of having residential addresses. As my colleague from Great Slave pointed out, there are some concerns there for people, so extending this to people who also make donations I am in favour of. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. To the motion to amend. Ms. Wawzonek.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't know that I have much to add, but given that I did make the request, I wanted to just reflect that this actually came to me originally out of concern for someone raising concerns similar to what the Member for Great Slave has said, that people who are concerned for their personal safety and who have been through something in their life may not want their personal address on there. I would share the other comments raised, that, really, anyone who is making a donation to a political party or to a political candidate or wants to participate in the political process should be able to do so without necessarily having their personal residential address made public, which doesn't take away from the need to gather that information, but the need to publish the information. I'm grateful that committee has undertaken these considerations and is including the original motion, and I'm grateful for the support that I'm hearing on the proposed amendment. Thank you.

Thank you. To the motion to amend.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.

---Carried

To the motion as amended.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. O'Reilly.