Jackson Lafferty

Mr. Speaker, it is a territorial-wide challenge with some of these older facilities. So those are the areas that we need to highlight and my department has been working closely with the school boards to identify those areas barrier-free and try to identify some areas of funding, if that is required, working closely with the school boards. There are also parental advisory committees that we work closely with as well. Apparently there is funding allocated as well. Those are the areas that we need to discuss as a group. We will certainly talk further on this particular item. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the report that is before us is a comprehensive report and I certainly do appreciate all the hard work and input from the Members and also from the general public. I think it is something that we can certainly work with. It consists of recommendations brought forward for government to act on. So those are the discussions that we will certainly be having, Mr. Chair.

When I looked over the recommendations, some of the recommendations that we have worked on in the past, we continue to make improvements in our program delivery. So I would look at it as enhancing our...

I’d like to recognize a couple of young ladies here with us today from my Department of Justice: Rebecca Petrie, community justice intern, and also Dawn Anderson, who is seconded as manager of community justice program and projects. Thanks for coming.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I have Mark Aitken, director of legislation, and Gary MacDougall, director of legal registries. Mahsi, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to appear before the committee today to review Bill 2, Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act. The purpose of the bill is to provide for adoption in the Northwest Territories of the Convention on the Settlement on Investment Disputes between States and National of Other States. The convention established the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, an institution of the World Bank, in the belief that the centre would promote international investment, especially in developing countries where people are fearful of investing because...

Certainly part of the long-term plans that we talked about within our department and also with the board of governors with Aurora College is strengthening our program delivery through Aurora College. The three campuses that we have here in the Northwest Territories, we need to strengthen that and make it exposed to all the students that are here in the Northwest Territories. Also, we have students from outside the Northwest Territories that attend our college as well. It has been a northern college recognition also going on to national recognition as a college. We do offer university courses...

I do believe I answered the Member’s question on the college itself, the university that he is referring to. As I stated, we are still…It’s all preliminary right now. We’re working with the facts that we have before us. As the Member alluded to, previous Ministers have been discussing this. It was a discussion item at that time. We are working on that with the communities, with the board of governors as well. Because we can, certainly on that portion on our end alone, we continue to strive to make that part of the capital plans for the next few years.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I have Mark Aitken, director of legislation, and Gary MacDougall, director of legal registries. Mahsi, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am pleased to be here to talk about Bill 12, Securities Transfer Act.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a set of rules for the transfer and holding of securities, in particular the transfer of securities by electronic means across provincial, territorial and international borders consistent with the rules across North America.

Several years ago, it was recognized that Canadian law relating to the transfer and creation of interest in shares and other securities had become outdated. The law did not reflect changes in securities market practices that had...