Brendan Bell was first elected to the 14th Legislative Assembly on December 6th, 1999. Born on August 17th, 1971 Brendan has lived in the NWT since 1980. He now lives in Yellowknife with his wife Jill and their daughter Emily.
Prior to his election to the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bell was a business owner and also worked for a management-consulting firm in Yellowknife for several years. Brendan has Bachelor of Commerce and Masters in Business Administration degrees.
In the 14th Assembly Brendan was appointed Chair of Standing Committee on Social Programs, Chair of Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures, and Chair of Special Committee on Conflict Process. He also served as a member of both the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight and the Special Committee on the Review of the Official Languages Act.
Yellowknife South
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I do have them, if you can believe it, Madam Chair, in my other chair. So if I can go to my other chair and read the comments, I will do that and come back. Thank you.
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Madam Chair, thank you. It does require that we develop some new regulations. We think we can do that before the end of this calendar year. Thank you.
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Sorry; just before we go, Mr. Chairman, I wanted to make the point on the record that we looked at a number of other jurisdictions. I talked about the best case scenario where we would have enough private bar lawyers doing this type of work. We did look at some other jurisdictions that have similar models. I was hoping that maybe Mr. Aitken could provide some insight into the draft of this legislation and which of the jurisdictions we looked at.
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I would, thank you.
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Mr. Chairman, I am not sure how the Law Society handled the consultation with their own membership. We brought it to their attention and presumably they took it to their membership. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, May 14, 2007, I will move that Bill 11, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the lawyers representing both parties would be from separate offices, the files are separate. Obviously, we need them physically separated. We need to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest. The employer would still be the Legal Services Board or the GNWT, but we do feel it’s important to have that separation, that physical separation. That’s how it currently exists today. We are going even further to make sure that administration is separated from the local clinics as well, so there is a further barrier and no file sharing.
Mr. Speaker, I would propose that I could meet with the NWTT to talk about this. They have identified the segment as outdoor adventure. I think, in their minds, this includes ecotourism. If there are some specific nuances here or references here to programs internationally that have been successful, that’s certainly something that I’d like to learn more about. I could talk to the Member. I’m also, Mr. Speaker, in the process of trying to plan for a trip south of the lake to both Hay River and Fort Smith and when I have some acceptable dates identified, I will come back to the Members of those...
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Thank you. We’ll have Lucy Austin, who’s the executive director of Legal Services Board, joining us and Mark Aitken, as well. Thank you.
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Mr. Speaker, I’d like to raise awareness of a couple of issues, Mr. Speaker, and acknowledge the presence of Arlene Hache, who is in the gallery today. We talked about the Bailey House and local advocates who’ve really raised this issue of homelessness. I want to thank Arlene for her work in this regard.
I’d also like to acknowledge Mike Olson, who’s already been mentioned, but he is emceeing a trade show or a fashion show at the trade show that a number of MLAs are involved in. We’ll be modelling some of the Arctic Winter Games clothing. As many of you know, Mike’s very active in the chamber...
