Robert C. McLeod

I believe a lot of the work done on the rent scale review goes a long way in addressing some of the concerns that have been raised by Members of the Legislative Assembly and folks across the Territories. I think folks, for the most part, will be pleased with some of the information that will be coming out.

Again, because it’s such a major decision and one that requires a little more work, I think it would be best if it were put into a transition document as part of the 17th Legislative Assembly, and they can have a look at it and determine how early they want to roll this thing out. But most...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have with me today to my left, Mr. Mike Aumond, deputy minister of Municipal and Community Affairs; Ms. Bev Chamberlin, director of lands administration; and, Mr. Mark Aitken, director of legislation division with the Department of Justice. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a former constituent of Inuvik Twin Lakes who is also the returning officer. She didn’t move out of the riding; they actually moved the line. So welcome Juanita Bourque. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, I am here to present Bill 7, Community Planning and Development Act. This new legislation was developed in response to requests from municipal governments, the Northwest Territories Association of Communities, the Local Government Administrators of the Northwest Territories, and professional community planners.

I would like to acknowledge the hard work of representatives of the NWT Association of Communities and the professional planners on our Peer Review Group, who all made important contributions at various stages to the development of this bill.

Community planning can be simple...

I’m not quite sure of what’s in the contents of the agreement-in-principle as far as that is, but I can assure the Member that when we communicate and when we start making progress with devolution, that we’ll do what we can to ensure that all costs to clean Crown land are included. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 7-16(5), Report on the Review of Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Dog Act.”

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we close out another sitting of the Legislative Assembly, I think that we’ve all come to realize that the work we do here is quite important. We all have some challenges in that, but usually at the end of the day I like to think we come to a common conclusion and that we’re here to do the best for the people of the Northwest Territories.

We heard yesterday Mr. Roland saying that he was not intending to run again and I just wanted to use this opportunity to thank him for his mentorship. I remember when I first came in, in 2004, Floyd was the Finance Minister. At our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don’t really have the information, so until I can gather it, I’ll take the question as notice.

We see the meeting this morning with Prosperous Lake Association as part of the consultation process. As for an actual schedule, I would have to commit to the Member that I don’t have the actual schedule with me, and how they’re going to go about it and where they’re going to go. I will commit to the Member that I’ll get that information and I’ll share it with him.