Charles Dent

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Status of Women Council of the NWT 2003-2004 Annual Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On my right I have Mr. Mark Cleveland, deputy minister of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. On my left is Rebecca Veinott, who is legislative counsel, Department of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to look into whether or not we could accommodate that request. If it's something that could be done easily by e-mail, then certainly we could use it as an opportunity to contact students and remind them, for instance, that it's time to get their names in for employment in the summer. There are a number of reasons that we may want to contact students; but reminding them, too, that any change that they may have made to their program, if they haven't been successful, may impact on their qualification for funds, would also be a good idea....

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Bill 12 is An Act to Amend the Education Act.

The key objective of the amendment to the act is to clarify and confirm the authority of education bodies to hire and employ superintendents of education outside the public service. This bill includes a consequential amendment to the Public Service Act.

The changes proposed to the act will support provisions of the Education Act originally intended when the act came into force in 1996, namely the education bodies would be allowed to hire and employ superintendents outside of the public service. In fact, the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the expectation is that a student embarked on a post-secondary career will have read the application form, understand what the requirements are, and be aware that any changes in their situation may impact on whether or not they owe money back to the department, or whether they will be considered in the future. The department does not actively follow up to see whether or not somebody has been successful in the first semester. The expectation is that the student, as part of their process, will make sure that they stay in compliance with the rules and...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, they couldn’t do it before under their municipal legislation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we are aware now that RWED has advised us that there are no economic agreements currently under the auspices of this act, and it is unlikely that any would be made in the future. So I am not sure when the last agreement would have concluded, but the understanding is there would be a totally different kind of arrangement if this sort of economic development activity were undertaken in the future.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I have Mr. Mark Aitken from the Department of Justice with me.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of Bill 8, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, is to amend various statutes of the Northwest Territories for which minor changes are proposed or errors or inconsistencies have been identified.

In order for an amendment to be included in the bill, it had to meet the following criteria: a, it must not be controversial; b, it must not involve the spending of public funds; c, it must not prejudicially affect the rights of persons; and, d, it must not create a new offence or subject a new class of persons to an existing offence.

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Yes, Mr. Chairman, please.