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
Statements in Debates
Debates of
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The Member is correct, Madam Chair.
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Madam Chair, as I stated in my comments, currently the exemption is $300, plus a further $100 per adult, $80 per child. This proposed amendment raises that to 30 percent of net salaries and wages. As I have indicated as well, this is something we took from other jurisdictions. This is where the bar sits in a number of other jurisdictions. Thank you.
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Madam Chair, for the record, we agree with the Member. She has made, what we think, is a reasoned argument. We know that we need to go to the judges, at any rate, to have the rules of court changed, so I would propose that what I do is direct my officials to sit down with the judges and propose that this be changed to allow this to happen, and I'm prepared to do that. So I think that's how we can best deal with this. The rules of court need to be changed. As the Member said, notice served to employees, the fact that another jurisdiction equals being served to the employee and I think we...
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I want to thank the committee again for their support in this, and thank the Member for her personal interest in this. Obviously her operational experience in the court system probably was behind a number of the suggestions that she was bringing forward in committee. I do believe that they have improved the bill and I think that that's good to see. I look forward to her questions and any other committee questions. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, October 25th, 2006, I’ll move that Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Jury Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, again just to be clear, I've toured the old facility with the Member in Sachs Harbour. Obviously it needs to be replaced. It's outdated; it wouldn't work today. We do have a residence there that's currently being occupied by a teacher. I think we could make arrangements. So in terms of capital, we need new capital. The feds have made that commitment. The O and M to see bodies on the ground is a shared responsibility between ourselves and the federal government. The federal government has committed; it's now up to us in the upcoming budget process. So I...
Mr. Speaker, I can’t make that commitment on behalf of the RCMP. Obviously we don’t provide them direct operational advice. We can’t indicate to them where they have to put their resources, but I will raise this with the RCMP. I will come to the community and I will give the commitment to the Member in this House that we will work to find a solution. I know this is a need in the community and I do appreciate the region’s support in this regard. So we will work with the region to try to address this problem. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 8, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Member for the question. This is an issue the Member has raised a number of times. We’ve had discussion in committee about the challenge. I think it’s particularly heightened in the Tlicho region where there are many unilingual speakers. We want to make sure they have access to the RCMP. So it is something we have raised with the RCMP. I am prepared and have indicated to the Member that we would go into the community and talk about policing issues, along with the Minister of MACA. We will be doing that shortly after session. I think we need to propose a...
