R.J. Simpson

Thank you. There's been no change to the budget. Thank you.

Yes. Thank you.

Thank you. So under the previous capital standards, gyms were included once a school hits a certain number of students. If the school did not have that base number of or that number of students, then there would be no gym, and the gym that the school would get once they hit that number of students was small and it would gradually get bigger as the population got bigger. What we've done with the new capital standards is included gyms in all schools and increased the sizes according to the enrolment. So I know there are some schools with very, very small gyms, and we won't be seeing those...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 48, Arbitration Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote.

Thank you. So the new capital standards, which were approved in 2020, include provisions for child care spaces in a school facility if the spaces are warranted. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am here today to present Bill 48, Arbitration Act. The current Arbitration Act was enacted decades ago and has had few amendments since that time. The Arbitration Act establishes the default terms of an arbitration agreement made between two parties. Many powers that an arbitrator possesses in other jurisdictions are not currently available in the Northwest Territories meaning arbitration is currently a less attractive dispute resolution mechanism in this jurisdiction.

This bill is based substantially on the Uniform Arbitration Act, which was adopted in 2016 by the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, we can sit here and say that, you know, we can't predict this and we can't predict that. But if we do nothing, then I know we won't be able to predict anything. But we have to make some educated decisions. We have to use, you know, Indigenous knowledge and, you know, if we're going to move ahead in trying to, you know, lessen the impact of the damages caused by flooding.

So, Mr. Speaker, has the Minister initiated any discussions with the Alberta government, or any Hay River Basin management organizations south of the border, to talk about what can...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that Bill 48 be amended by deleting clause 76 and substituting the following:

76:

The Public Service Act is amended by this section;

The following provisions are amended by striking out Arbitration Act and substituting Arbitration Act RSNWT 1988, c A5

A. Subsection 40.5(2)

B. Subsection 41.02(9);

The following provisions are amended by striking out "Arbitration Act" and substituting "Arbitration Act RSNWT 1988, c A5

A. Subsection 41.02(8)

B. Section 43.

Thank you

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that Bill 48 be amended by adding the following immediately before the heading "Community Planning and Development Act, Arbitration Act, RSNWT 1988, c A5"

73.1:

The Arbitration Act RSNWT 1988, c A5 is amended by this section;

The title is repealed and the following is substituted: Arbitration Act 1988;.

Sections 2 and 3 are repealed and the following is substituted:

2. This Act applies to an arbitration under the Public Service Act or the Education Act;

3. For the purposes of arbitral proceedings to which this Act applies, a reference in an arbitration agreement to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that subclause 3(5) of Bill 48 be amended:

By deleting the "or" at the end of the English version of paragraph A;

By deleting the period at the end of paragraph B and substituting "or"; and,.

By adding the following after paragraph B, "C. An arbitration under the Public Service Act or the Education Act."

Thank you.