Debates of October 22, 2024 (day 31)

October
22
2024
Session
20th Assembly, 1st Session
Day
31
Speaker
Shane Thompson
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Members Present
Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Edjericon, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Jay Macdonald, Hon. Vince McKay, Mr. McNeely, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Mr. Nerysoo, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Hon. Lesa Semmler, Hon R.J. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Mrs. Yakeleya
Assembly Members
Topics
Bill 7: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2024, Carried
Bill 8: An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, Carried
Committee Motion 39-20(1): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 200-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Carried
Committee Motion 40-20(1): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 201-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025, Carried
Committee Report 10-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner, deemed read, received, and adopted. Response from Government Requested, Carried
Committee Report 11-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Equal Pay Commissioner, received and adopted. Response from Government Requested, Carried
Committee Report 12-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission, deemed read, received, and adopted. Response from Government Requested, Carried
Committee Report 13-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Official Languages Commissioner, received and adopted. Response from Government Requested, Carried
Committee Report 14-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Office of the Ombud, deemed read, received, and adopted. Response from Government Requested, Carried
Member’s Statement 354-20(1): Paramedics
Member’s Statement 355-20(1): Premier and Minister of Housing Constituency Tour
Member’s Statement 356-20(1): Congratulations to Mayor and Council of Inuvik
Member’s Statement 357-20(1): Regional Energy Resource Tables
Member’s Statement 358-20(1): Social Promoting in Schools
Member’s Statement 359-20(1): All-Season Road to Gameti
Member’s Statement 360-20(1): Need for Improved Respite Services
Member’s Statement 361-20(1): Primary Care System Frustrations
Member’s Statement 362-20(1): Deh Cho Bridge
Member’s Statement 363-20(1): Child and Youth Safety Concerns
Member’s Statement 364-20(1): Celebration of Life – Stephanie Squirrel
Minister’s Statement 65-20(1): Mental Wellness Supports
Minister’s Statement 66-20(1): Cost of Energey in the Northwest Territories
Minister’s Statement 67-20(1): Capital Delivery Status Update
Question 335-20(1): Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Legislation
Question 336-20(1): Child and Youth Safety Concerns
Question 337-20(1): Paramedicine in Rural and Remote Communities
Question 338-20(1): Inuvik Long-Term Care Project
Question 339-20(1): Regional Energy Resource Tables
Question 340-20(1): Supported Living Review and Recommendations
Question 341-20(1): Social Passing in Schools
Question 342-20(1): Primary Care Reform
Question 343-20(1): Impacts of Climate Change on Winter and Ice Roads
Question 344-20(1): Deh Cho Bridge
Question 345-20(1): Child and Youth Safety Concerns
Question 346-20(1): Restoring Balance Financial Sustainability Plan
Question 347-20(1): Physician Workforce Plan
Recorded Vote
Tabled Document 201-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025
Tabled Document 202-20(1): A Ladder of Citizen Participation, Sherry R. Arnstein, 1969
Statements

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 7, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2024, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I requested a recorded vote. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

The Minister of Justice has asked for a recorded vote. All those in favour, please stand -- oh, question first. To the motion.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: Mr. Glen Rutland

The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Deh Cho. The Member for Sahtu. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Mackenzie Delta. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Thebacha. The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Kam Lake.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. All those in favour, 18. Those opposed, zero. Abstentions, zero. The motion has passed. Bill 7 has had its third reading.

---Carried

Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for the Sahtu, that Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: Mr. Glen Rutland

The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Mackenzie Delta. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Thebacha. The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Deh Cho. The Member for Sahtu.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. All those in favour, 18. Opposed, zero. Abstentions, zero. Bill No. 8 has now passed.

---Carried