Debates of February 9, 2023 (day 135)

February
9
2023
Session
19th Assembly, 2nd Session
Day
135
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, Mr. Edjericon, Hon. Julie Green, Mr. Jacobson, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Martselos, Ms. Nokleby, Mr. O’Reilly, Ms. Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Rocky Simpson, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Ms. Weyallon Armstrong.
Assembly Members
Topics
Committee Motion 348-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2), Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Mandatory Approved Closure and Reclamation Plans, Carried
Committee Motion 349-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2), Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Closure and Reclamation Tools, Carried
Committee Motion 350-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Alginment and Community-Based Monitoring and Surveillance Programs, Ca
Committee Motion 351-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Regulatory Decision-Making and Inspection Capacity, Carried
Committee Motion 352-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Expansion of Approach to Contaminated Sites Guidance Document, Carried
Committee Motion 353-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Early Warning System to Prevent Liabilities, Carried
Committee Motion 354-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites –Remediation and Reclamation Timelines, Carried
Committee Motion 355-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Northwest Territories Model of Saskatchewan Institutional Control Prog
Committee Motion 356-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Departmental Coordination of Securities, Carried
Committee Motion 357-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Legislative Requirements for Financial Security, Carried
Committee Motion 358-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Absolute Liability Caps Increases, Carried
Committee Motion 359-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Public Access to Financial Security Information, Carried
Committee Motion 360-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Enhanced Reporting on GNWT Environmental Liabilities Dashboard, Carrie
Committee Motion 361-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Support for Community Management of Landfills, Carried
Committee Motion 362-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Partnerships for Landfill Managers in Training, Carried
Committee Motion 363-19(2): Committee Report 39-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Prevention and Management of Contaminated Sites – Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
Member’s Statement 1314-19(2): Safer Communities Legislation
Member’s Statement 1315-19(2): Outfitters Licenses
Member’s Statement 1316-19(2): Lack of Consultation with Hunters and Trappers
Member’s Statement 1317-19(2): Frank Channel Bridge Expiration in 2024
Member’s Statement 1318-19(2): Opioid/Illicit Drug Related Deaths
Member’s Statement 1319-19(2): Arctic Winter Games 2023
Member’s Statement 1320-19(2): Interoperability of Government of the Northwest Territories Systems
Member’s Statement 1321-19(2): Emergency Services in the Communities
Member’s Statement 1322-19(2): Electric Bikes
Member’s Statement 1323-19(2): Francophone Education
Member’s Statement 1324-19(2): Arctic Winter Games 2023
Member’s Statement 1325-19(2): Eulogy for David Horesay
Minister’s Statement 298-19(2): Sessional Statement – February 2023
Question 1328-19(2): Safer Communities Legislation
Question 1329-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Position on Federal Bill C-21
Question 1330-19(2): Outfitter Licensing Regulations
Question 1331-19(2): Arctic Winter Games Participants
Question 1332-19(2): First Responders
Question 1333-19(2): Interoperability of Government of the Northwest Territories Systems
Question 1334-19(2): Electric Bikes Support
Question 1335-19(2): Frank Channel Bridge
Question 1336-19(2): Digital Integrated Information Management System
Question 1337-19(2): Francophone Education
Question 1338-19(2): Outfitter Business Licenses
Question 1339-19(2): Frank Channel Bridge
Tabled Document 821-19(2): Aurora College Annual Report 2021-2022
Tabled Document 822-19(2): Bill 7-15(6): Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act
Written Question 56-19(2): Municipal Infrastructure Gap
Written Question 57-19(2): Payments for Leased Space
Statements

Question 1338-19(2): Outfitter Business Licenses

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the ENR Minister. There are no clauses in the wildlife business regulations citing confidentiality requirements for outfitter licenses.

Can the Minister explain this rationale and identify where the department is bound by confidentiality on this matter? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Minister responsible for Environment and Natural Resources.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I have told the Member in the email, it's a privacy issue. We reached out to Justice and we got the information that way. So we can't be sharing that information. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, has the Department of ENR ever suspended an outfitting license because of inactivity? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For that detail, I'll have to get back to the Member. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain what ENR's rationale is with issuing an outfitters license to a local harvesting committee but not issue the license directly to an Indigenous NWT resident? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there's seven licenses and then there's ten. So there's seven licenses we give out, then the local harvesting committee there's ten. So they can reach out to the local harvesting committee and get the license or apply through it that way. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary. Member for Thebacha.

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister commit that ENR will examine the wildlife business regulations and provide more clarity around the areas I've identified today? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No. Mr. Speaker, we've been looking at this. We look at it all the time. So are we going to spend a lot of time going through the regulations that we've already developed and looked at? No. We have other issues that we got to deal with right now. But thanks to the Member bringing it toward. We have been looking at this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Monfwi.