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Yukon Legislative Assembly 2nd Session 34th Legislature Cumulative Index to HANSARD April 20, 2017 to June 13, 2017 YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 Spring Sitting SPEAKER — Hon. Nils Clarke, MLA, Riverdale North DEPUTY SPEAKER and CHAIR OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE — Don Hutton, MLA, Mayo-Tatchun DEPUTY CHAIR OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE — Ted Adel, MLA, Copperbelt North CABINET MINISTERS NAME CONSTITUENCY PORTFOLIO Hon. Sandy Silver Klondike Premier Minister of the Executive Council Office; Finance Hon. Ranj Pillai Porter Creek South Deputy Premier Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources; Economic Development; Minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and the Yukon Energy Corporation Hon. Tracy-Anne McPhee Riverdale South Government House Leader Minister of Education; Justice Hon. John Streicker Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Minister of Community Services; Minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate; Yukon Liquor Corporation and the Yukon Lottery Commission Hon. Pauline Frost Vuntut Gwitchin Minister of Health and Social Services; Environment; Minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corporation Hon. Richard Mostyn Whitehorse West Minister of Highways and Public Works; the Public Service Commission Hon. Jeanie Dendys Mountainview Minister of Tourism and Culture; Minister responsible for the Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board; Women’s Directorate GOVERNMENT PRIVATE MEMBERS Yukon Liberal Party Ted Adel Copperbelt North Paolo Gallina Porter Creek Centre Don Hutton Mayo-Tatchun OFFICIAL OPPOSITION Yukon Party Stacey Hassard Leader of the Official Opposition Scott Kent Official Opposition House Leader Pelly-Nisutlin Copperbelt South Brad Cathers Lake Laberge Patti McLeod Watson Lake Wade Istchenko Kluane Geraldine Van Bibber Porter Creek North THIRD PARTY New Democratic Party Liz Hanson Leader of the Third Party Whitehorse Centre Kate White Third Party House Leader Takhini-Kopper King LEGISLATIVE STAFF Clerk of the Assembly Floyd McCormick Deputy Clerk Linda Kolody Clerk of Committees Allison Lloyd Sergeant-at-Arms Doris McLean Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Karina Watson Hansard Administrator Deana Lemke Published under the authority of the Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly Second Session, 34th Legislature Index 2017 Spring Sitting ADEL, TED Questions, oral: Government e-services, ............................................................................................. 883 Speaks on: Bill No. 2 - National Aboriginal Day Act: Second Reading, ............................................ 79 Bill No. 201 - First Appropriation Act, 2017-18: Second Reading, ............................... 150 Motion No. 11 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, .......................... 21 Motion No. 23 - Re support for Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, .................................................................................................234, 494 Motion No. 78 - Re order of reference for the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments to conduct a special study on building standards and inspections, .... 594 ADJOURNED DEBATES Bill No. 2 - National Aboriginal Day Act: Second Reading (Time expired), ................................. 79 Bill No. 201 - First Appropriation Act, 2017-18: Second Reading (Hassard), ................................................................................................................. 133 (Kent), ....................................................................................................................... 171 (White), ..................................................................................................................... 207 Motion No. 9 - Re exemption for Yukon from the carbon tax (Time expired) (Kent), ................. 114 Motion No. 11 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (Time expired) (McPhee), 43 Motion No. 23 - Re support for Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio- economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (Time expired) (Cathers), .......................................................................................................... 243 Motion No. 55 - Re developing health curriculum on the dangers of prescription opioid abuse (Time expired) (McPhee), ................................................................................................ 374 Motion No. 79 - Re taking action against distracted driving (Time expired) (Cathers), ............. 606 ASSENT TO BILLS Commissioner Doug Phillips Bill No. 2 - National Aboriginal Day Act, ..................................................................... 293 Bill No. 3 - Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017, ............................................ 937 Bill No. 4 - Act to Amend the Supreme Court Act (2017), ............................................ 937 Bill No. 5 - Act to Amend the Human Rights Act and the Vital Statistics Act (2017), .... 937 Bill No. 200 - Second Appropriation Act, 2016-17, ...................................................... 937 Bill No. 201 - First Appropriation Act, 2017-18, ........................................................... 937 i Second Session, 34th Legislature Index 2017 Spring Sitting BILLS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT BILLS No. 1 - Act to Perpetuate a Certain Ancient Right (Adel) Introduction and First Reading, .......................................................................................... 6 CATHERS, BRAD Questions, oral: Agriculture funding, ........................................................................................................ 252 Budget estimates and spending, .................................................................... 142, 213, 549 Building inspections, ...................................................................................................... 486 Cannabis regulation in Yukon, ....................................................................................... 853 Carbon tax, ............................................................................................. 380, 574, 609, 916 Financial Advisory Panel, ............................................................................................... 815 Fiscal management, ....................................................................................................... 881 Highway safety, .............................................................................................................. 756 Land development, ......................................................................................................... 695 Liberal Party ethical standards, .................................................................................. 16, 49 Montessori education, .................................................................................................... 347 School calendar, .............................................................................................................. 90 Whistle Bend continuing care facility, ............................................................................ 182 YESAA process, ............................................................................................................. 517 Speaks on: Bill No. 3 - Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017: Second Reading, ................. 671 Bill No. 4 - Act to Amend the Supreme Court Act (2017): Second Reading, ................. 552 Bill No. 5 - Act to Amend the Human Rights Act and the Vital Statistics Act (2017): Second Reading, .................................................................................................... 455 Bill No. 200 - Second Appropriation Act, 2016-17: Second Reading, ........................... 295 Bill No. 201 - First Appropriation Act, 2017-18: Second Reading, ................................. 162 Ministerial statements: Recent deaths in Whitehorse (Dendys), ............................................................. 12 Yukon emergency response to earthquake (Streicker), ................................... 140 Motion No. 6 - Re tendering seasonally dependent contracts, ................................ 98, 106 Motion No. 15 - Re developing communications infrastructure in rural Yukon, 598, 601, 603 Motion No. 23 - Re support for Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, ..................................................................................................... 242, 488 Motion No. 52 - Re post-traumatic stress disorder or injury (PTSD or PTSI) legislation, . 354 ii Second Session, 34th Legislature Index 2017 Spring Sitting CATHERS, BRAD (continued) Speaks on: Motion No. 78 - Re order of reference for the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments to conduct a special study on building standards and inspections, .................... 588, 595 Motion No. 79 - Re taking action against distracted driving, ................................. 605, 819 CHAIR'S RULINGS Re relevance of debate, .............................................................................................................. 390 Re use of "deliberately misconstrued," ....................................................................................... 861 Re uttering a deliberate falsehood, ..................................................................................... 388, 466 CHAIR'S STATEMENTS Re avoiding