Debates of October 29, 2025 (day 70)

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Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. Committee, that concludes our consideration of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Thank you, committee, and thank you to the Minister. And Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the chambers.

Thank you. Members, we will return to the Department of Infrastructure, which is deferred. Members may pose questions on the departmental total but please keep in mind that the activity summaries have been concluded.

The Minister responsible for Strategic Infrastructure, Energy and Supply Chains will be seated at the witness table and has indicated that she does not wish to bring in witnesses to the chamber. Does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. Thank you, Members. Please turn to the Department of Infrastructure summary found on page 54. Are there any questions or comments from the committee? Thank you, Members. Are there any further questions? Seeing none. Seeing no further questions, I will call the Department total.

Infrastructure, 2026-2027 Capital Estimates, $228,994,000. Does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. Committee, that concludes our consideration of the Department of Infrastructure. Thank you, committee, and thank you, Minister. You can now return to your desk.

Committee, we have concluded consideration on all items in Tabled Document 385-20(1), 2026-2027 Capital Estimates. Does the committee agree that you have concluded consideration in Tabled Document 385-20(1), 2026-2027 Capital Estimates, Members?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Committee Motion 84-20(1): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 385-20(1): 2026-2027 Capital Estimates, Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 385-20(1), 2026-2027 Capital Estimates, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 385-20(1) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay. Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Tabled Document 385-20(1) will be reported as ready for consideration in formal session through the form of appropriation bill.

---Carried

Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 386-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2024-2025; Tabled Document 387-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026; and Tabled Document 388-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026.

We have previously considered these documents, and final consideration of each was deferred. We will return to these tabled documents in order in which they were originally considered starting with Tabled Document 386-20(1). The Minister of Finance will be seated at the witness table and has indicated that she does not wish to bring in witnesses into the chambers. Does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. Committee, we have agreed to forego opening comments and general comments. We will return to the details.

Committee, please turn to Tabled Document 386-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2024-2025. We have previously considered all details of this tabled document. Do you agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 386-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2024-2025? I am going to go to -- does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Committee Motion 85-20(1): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 386-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2024-2025, Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 386-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2024-2025, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 386-20(1) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay. And thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Consideration of Tabled Document 386-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2024-2025, will be reported as ready for consideration in a formal session through the form of an appropriation bill.

Committee, this concludes our consideration of Tabled Document 386-20(1) and will now proceed to the next tabled document.

Please turn to Tabled Document 387-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026. Committee, after we reviewed the detail of this document on October 20th, 2025, it was noted in Hansard that an error was made in calling the total for the Department of Environment and Climate Change. To ensure the record is accurate, we will call this item again.

Please turn to Page 7.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, Department of Environment and Climate Change, capital investments and expenditure, total department, not previously authorized, $850,000. Does committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. Does the committee agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. We have now concluded all details within the tabled document. Committee, do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 387-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures); do you agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Okay, thank you. I would like to go back to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Committee Motion 86-20(1): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 387-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 387-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 387-20(1) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Consideration of Tabled Document 387-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, will be reported as ready for consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill.

Committee, this concludes our consideration of Tabled Document 387-20(1), and we will now proceed to the next tabled document.

Committee, please turn to Tabled Document 388-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026. We have previously considered all details of this tabled document. Do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 388-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026? Again, committee, do you agree?

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Agreed.

Thank you. I'll go back to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Committee Motion 87-20(1): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, Carried

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 388-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 388-20(1) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Consideration of Tabled Document 388-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026, will be reported as ready for consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill.

Committee, this concludes our consideration of Tabled Document 386-20(1). Thank you, committee, and thank you to the Minister of Finance.

I am going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move the chair rise and report progress.

There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? Thank you. The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress. Thank you.

Report of Committee of the Whole

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 385-20(1), Tabled Document 386-20(1), Tabled Document 387-20(1), Tabled Document 388-20(1), and would like to report progress with four motions carried. Consideration of Tabled Documents 385-20(1), 386-20(1), 387-20(1), and 388-20(1) is concluded and that the House concurring in those estimates as amended and that an appropriation bill to be based on thereon be introduced without delay. And, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe. Can I have a seconder? Let's go to Range Lake. To the motion.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Question.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? We had two opposed, but motion has passed.

Orders of the Day

Speaker: Mr. Harjot Sidhu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Orders of the day for Thursday, October 30th, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

Prayer or Reflection

Ministers’ Statements

Members’ Statements

Motions

Motion 64-20(1), Name of the 50th Street Affordable Housing Complex

Returns to Oral Questions

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Acknowledgements

Oral Questions

Written Questions

Returns to Written Questions

Written Question 21-20(1), Changes to Child and Youth Counselling Services

Replies to the Commissioner’s Address

Petitions

Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

Tabling of Documents

Notices of Motion

Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

First Reading of Bills

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Bill 34, Trespass to Property Act

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Bill 35, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act

Second Reading of Bills

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Bill 33, Technical Safety Statutes Amendment Act

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Committee Report 29-20(1), Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Committee Project: Housing as a Human Right

Report of Committee of the Whole

Third Reading of Bills

Orders of the Day

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Thursday, October 30th, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

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The House adjourned at 4:50 p.m.