Bob Bromley

Question has been called.

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I believe once again that completes our business. Mr. Abernethy.

Greetings, committee. We have before us today Bill 11 and Committee Reports 1-16(6), 2-16(6), 3-16(6) and 4-16(6). What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question is being called.

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Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The motion to amend is on the floor and in order. To the motion.

Thanks to the Minister again. If I could just ask him to imagine if he feels chagrined at being treated as a stakeholder, what Members on this side of the House are feeling at not being consulted at all.

INAC’s arbitrary May 12th deadline for the MVRMA consultations has come and gone. The invitation to provide input was apparently even suspended by the department during the federal election, although no corresponding extension to the deadline was given. Committee and Assembly Members had no opportunity to provide their views during this consultation. The act itself actually has specified...

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. So, committee, no general comments? I’m not hearing any general comments, in which case we will move to recommendations in the form of motions. Committee, any motions on Committee Report 1-16(6), Report on the Review of the Report of the Auditor General on the Northwest Territories Deh Cho Bridge Project? Mr. Menicoche.

Question has been called.

---Carried

Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve received a copy of the recent e-mail from INAC’s Ottawa-based director of resource policy and programs updating agencies and groups on progress under the federal government’s May 2010 Action Plan to Improve the Northern Regulatory Regime. The memo refers to work on developing an NWT surface rights board act. I don’t recall committee receiving any information on this. Certainly I’ve heard nothing on any action that could redefine the jurisdiction of the NWT Water Board. I’m wondering if the appropriate Minister could tell me whether his department is aware of and/or...