Debates of June 4, 2021 (day 80)

June

2021

Session

19th Assembly, 2nd Session

Day

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. O'Reilly, Ms. Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek

Assembly Members

Topics

Bill 25: An Act to Amend the Education Act

Bill 33: National Indigenous Peoples Day Act

Bill 35: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022

Bill 35: Supplementary Appropriations Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022

Committee Motion 134-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories - Performance Measur

Committee Motion 135-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Annual Reporting

Committee Motion 136-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Indigenous Langu

Committee Motion 137-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Inclusive School

Committee Motion 138-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Equitable Learni

Committee Motion 139-19(2): Committee Report 15-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2020 Audit of Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the Northwest Territories – Government Respo

Committee Motion 140-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Access to Titled Land, Carried

Committee Motion 141-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Policy and Program Barriers, Carried

Committee Motion 142-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Access to Financing, Carried

Committee Motion 143-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Supportive Rental Housing for Vulnerable Populations, Carried

Committee Motion 144-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Preventative Maintenance Program for Homeowners, Carried

Committee Motion 145-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Repair Program, Carried

Committee Motion 146-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Homeownership Programs with Person Centered Case Management, Carried

Committee Motion 147-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Interdepartmental Policy Barriers for Rental Accommodation Allowance

Committee Motion 148-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Rental Allowance Portability, Carried

Committee Motion 149-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Interdepartmental Policy Barriers for Homeowners, carried

Committee Report 150-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Access to Homeowners Insurance, Carried

Committee Report 151-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Home Insurance Benefit Allowance, Carried

Committee Report 152-19(2): Committee Report 16-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Housing Phase One: Needs for NWT Homeowners and Private Landlords – Government Response to Recommendations, Carried

Member's Statement on 2021 Graduating Class

Member's Statement on Current Events and End of Session

Member's Statement on Eulogy for Stephen Squirrel

Member's Statement on Graduation and Session Reflections

Member's Statement on Graduation in Hay River

Member's Statement on Intimate Partner Violence

Member's Statement on Northwest Territories Art Sector

Member's Statement on Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Member's Statement on Staffing Appeal Process

Minister's Statement 173-19(2): Update on Community Access Program

Minister's Statement 174-19(2): Senior Citizens Month and World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15

Minister's Statement 175-19(2): Community Housing Support Program

Minister's Statement 176-19(2): Mining Week 2021 and Initiatives

Minister's Statement 177-19(2): Dene National Memorial Walk

Motion 37-19(2): Creation of a Northwest Territories Food Security Strategy, Carried

Motion 38-19(2): Extended Adjournment of the House to October 14, 2021, Carried

Oral Question 766-19(2): Intimate Partner Violence

Oral Question 767-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories – NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines Working Group

Oral Question 768-19(2): Hay River School Bus Service

Oral Question 769-19(2): Staffing Appeal Process

Oral Question 770-19(2): NWT Arts Council

Oral Question 771-19(2): Income Assistance Emergency Allowance

Oral Question 772-19(2): Human Resources Issues

Oral Question 773-19(2): Northwest Territories Arts Program

Oral Question 774-19(2): Hay River Homeless Shelter

Recorded Vote

Tabled Document 431-19(2): Funding Support for Airlines

Tabled Document 432-19(2): Plain Languages Summary for Bill 33, National Indigenous Peoples Day Act

Tabled Document 436-19(2): Summary of Members Absences of the Period February 3, 2021 to May 26, 2021

Statements

Tabled Document 436-19(2): Summary of Members Absences of the Period February 3, 2021 to May 26, 2021

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Government House Leader. Tabling of documents. Colleagues, pursuant to Section 40.232 of the Public Service Act, I wish to table the "20192020 Annual Report of the Equal Pay Commissioner for the Northwest Territories." I also wish to table a document, provided for information purposes, by the Equal Pay Commissioner entitled "Addressing the Gender Wage Gap, Proactive Pay, and Equity Legislation, a publication of the Pay Equity Division of the Canadian Human Rights Commission". Tabling of documents.

Members, I wish to table the "Terms of Reference for the Electoral Boundaries Commission 2021." Thank you. Tabling of documents.