Debates of May 21, 2025 (day 56)

May

2025

Session

20th Assembly, 1st Session

Day

Speaker

Shane Thompson

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Members Present

Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Edjericon, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Jay Macdonald, Hon. Vince McKay, Mr. McNeely, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Hon. Lesa Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Mrs. Yakeleya

Assembly Members

Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Monfwi

Sheryl Yakeleya

Dehcho

Topics

Bill 17: Municipal and Community Affairs Statutes Amendment Act

Bill 18: An Act to Amend the Partnership and Business Names Act

Bill 26: An Act to Amend the Public Service Act

Committee Report 22-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Public Accounts, carried

Member’s Statement 618-20(1): Congratulations to Rebecca Alty, New Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories

Member’s Statement 619-20(1): Support for 2SLGBTQIAA+ Rights and Transgender Healthcare

Member’s Statement 620-20(1): Substance Abuse Crisis

Member’s Statement 621-20(1): State of the Economy of the Northwest Territories

Member’s Statement 622-20(1): Barging Conditions for 2025 Sailing Season

Member’s Statement 623-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Relief for Territorial Diamond Mines

Member’s Statement 624-20(1): Regulatory Regime for Counsellors and Psychotherapists

Member’s Statement 625-20(1): Administration of and Plans for the Hamlet of Enterprise

Member’s Statement 626-20(1): Housing Programs in the Northwest Territories

Member’s Statement 627-20(1): Nunakput Constituency and 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly’s Vision

Member’s Statement 628-20(1): Celebration of Life for Dr. Earl Covert

Member’s Statement 629-20(1): Celebration of Life for Vincent Moses

Question 660-20(1): Senior Envoy to the Northwest Territories

Question 661-20(1): Relief Measures for Territorial Diamond Mines

Question 662-20(1): Relationship between Alberta and the Northwest Territories

Question 663-20(1): Funding of Housing Programs in the Northwest Territories

Question 664-20(1): Access to Transgender Healthcare

Question 665-20(1): Administration of the Hamlet of Enterprise

Question 666-20(1): Northwest Territories Legal Aid Commission Capacities

Question 667-20(1): 2025 Mackenzie River Sailing Season

Question 668-20(1): Staff to Patient Ratios Review at Stanton Territorial Hospital

Question 669-20(1): Regulatory Regime for Counsellors and Psychotherapists

Question 670-20(1): Measles Vaccination Mandate for Education Body Staff

Question 671-20(1): Unauthorized Disclosures of Personal Information

Question 672-20(1): Advocating for Support for Housing Programs in the Northwest Territories

Question 673-20(1): Modernization of Section 41 of the Public Service Act

Question 674-20(1): Caribou Harvesting and Wastage

Return to Oral Question 530-20(1): Senior Envoy to the Government of Canada

Return to Oral Question 607-20(1): Coverage Exemptions for Uninsured Medical Procedures

Return to Oral Question 645-20(1): Senior Envoy to the Government of Canada

Return to Written Question 14-20(1): Operating Rooms at Stanton Territorial Hospital

Tabled Document 324-20(1): Note to File Mackenzie Valley Review Board Meeting with Government of the Northwest Territories Staff

Tabled Document 326-20(1): Additional Information for Written Question 16-20(1): Environmental Liabilities

Tabled Document 328-20(1): Additional Information for Return to Written Question 14-20(1): Operating Room Activities for Stanton Territorial Hospital

Tabled Document 330-20(1): College and Association of Nurses – Northwest Territories and Nunavut: Nursing Collective Agreement & Association Function Survey

Tabled Document 332-20(1): List of Deceased Northwest Territories World War ii Veterans

Statements

Bill 26: An Act to Amend the Public Service Act

Shauna Morgan

Yellowknife North

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, May 23rd, 2025, I will present Bill 26, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife North. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters. Reports of Committee of the Whole. Third reading of bills.