Rocky Simpson

Rocky Simpson
Hay River South

Statements in Debates

Committee Motion 56-19(2): Tabled Document 217-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No.2, 2020-2021 – Deletion of $5,000,000 from Department of Health and Social Services COVID Secretariat, Defeated
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2020-2021, Municipal and Community Affairs, regional operations not previously authorized, $5,728,000. Member for Yellowknife North.

Member's Statement on Non-Renewable Resource
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The NWT's non-renewable resource economy has experienced many changes over that last several decades. The NWT has witnessed the development and closure of gold mines around Yellowknife, an oil and gas boom that we eventually saw slowly fade away and give way to diamond exploration and production which appears to also be moving in the same direction.

Madam Speaker, all these non-renewable industry activities provide the residents of this great territory with hope: hope of moving away from reliance on government as the economic driver; hope for well-paying jobs; hope for...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Can we proceed to a clause-by-clause review of the bill?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

All those opposed to the motion, please stand.

Committee Motion 56-19(2): Tabled Document 217-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No.2, 2020-2021 – Deletion of $5,000,000 from Department of Health and Social Services COVID Secretariat, Defeated
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Committee Motion 57-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 217-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2020-2021, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Thank you. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? Motion carried.

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Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Thank you, committee. Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Corrections Act, is now ready for third reading. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Corrections Act?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 48)

Committee, we will now consider the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, page 8. I will now open the floor to general comments on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. If there are no further comments, does the committee agree to proceed to the detail contained in the tabled document?