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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories NORTHWEST TERRITORIES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 6th Session Day 27 14th Assembly HANSARD Monday, June 9, 2003 Pages 863 - 898 The Honourable Tony Whitford, Speaker Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Members of the Legislative Assembly Speaker Hon. Tony Whitford (Kam Lake) Hon. Stephen Kakfwi Hon. Joseph L. Handley Mr. Bill Braden (Sahtu) (Weledeh) (Great Slave) Premier Minister Responsible for Energy and Executive Council Hydro Secretariats Mr. Paul Delorey Minister Responsible for Minister of Finance (Hay River North) Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Responsible for the Financial Minister Responsible for the Status of Management Board Women Minister Responsible for the Northwest Mr. Charles Dent Territories Power Corporation (Frame Lake) Hon. Jim Antoine Minister of Transportation (Nahendeh) Minister Responsible for the Workers' Mrs. Jane Groenewegen Compensation Board Deputy Premier (Hay River South) Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Responsible for the Hon. J. Michael Miltenberger Mr. David Krutko Intergovernmental Forum (Thebacha) (Mackenzie Delta) Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Minister of Health and Social Services Economic Development Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities Mr. Leon Lafferty Minister Responsible for Seniors (North Slave) Hon. Roger T. Allen (Inuvik Twin Lakes) Minister of Justice Hon. Jake Ootes Ms. Sandy Lee Minister Responsible for NWT (Yellowknife Centre) (Range Lake) Housing Corporation Minister of Education, Culture and Minister Responsible for Public Employment Mr. Michael McLeod Utilities Board (Deh Cho) Minister Responsible for Youth Hon. Vince R. Steen (Nunakput) Mr. Steven Nitah Minister of Public Works and Services (Tu Nedhe) Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Mr. Floyd Roland (Inuvik Boot Lake) Mr. Brendan Bell (Yellowknife South) Officers Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Mr. David M. Hamilton Deputy Clerk Clerk of Committees Law Clerks Sergeant-at-Arms Editors of Hansard Mr. Doug Schauerte Mr. Dave Inch Ms. Katherine R. Peterson, Q.C. Ms. Nicole Latour-Theede Michele Vanthull Mr. Charles Thompson Janet Stewart Box 1320 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Tel: (867) 669-2200 Fax: (867) 920-4735 Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0784 http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca Published under the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories TABLE OF CONTENTS PRAYER.............................................................................................................................................................................................863 MINISTERS' STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................................863 51-14(6) - DELINE SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT-IN-PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................863 52-14(6) - HAY RIVER FLOOD RESPONSES....................................................................................................................................863 53-14(6) - UPDATE FROM CMEC MEETINGS..................................................................................................................................863 54-14(6) - DIAMOND ROUNDTABLE................................................................................................................................................864 55-14(6) - SAFE DRINKING WATER................................................................................................................................................865 MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS ...............................................................................................................................................................865 MR. NITAH ON CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION IN THE NWT .................................................................................................................865 MR. KRUTKO ON TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MIKE ZUBKO ........................................................................................................................865 MR. DELOREY ON ALARMING IMPACTS OF BREAST CANCER..............................................................................................................866 MS. LEE ON SENIORS' "WALK FOR MEMORIES" IN YELLOWKNIFE .......................................................................................................866 MR. MCLEOD ON COMMERCIAL FISHING AUTHORITY ON GREAT SLAVE LAKE.....................................................................................867 MR. LAFFERTY O FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE GNWT CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS .............................................................................867 MR. DENT ON RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY ...............................................................................867 MR. ROLAND ON NEED FOR AN EFFICIENT REGULATORY REGIME......................................................................................................868 MR. BRADEN ON IMPACT OF MAD COW DISEASE ON NWT OUTFITTING INDUSTRY .............................................................................868 MR. BELL ON NWT RECREATION AND SPORT BOARD REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS ..........................................................................868 MR. STEEN ON ACHIEVEMENTS OF NUNAKPUT STUDENTS.................................................................................................................869 MR. MILTENBERGER ON AURORA OPEN CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT IN FORT SMITH.......................................................................870 MR. ANTOINE ON THOMAS SIMPSON SCHOOL GRADUATES IN FORT SIMPSON ....................................................................................870 RECOGNITION OF VISITORS IN THE GALLERY............................................................................................................................870 ORAL QUESTIONS............................................................................................................................................................................871 REPLIES TO OPENING ADDRESS ..................................................................................................................................................881 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON THE REVIEW OF BILLS ............................................................................................................883 TABLING OF DOCUMENTS..............................................................................................................................................................883 NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR FIRST READING OF BILLS .............................................................................................................883 BILL 29 - NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION ACT ............................................883 CONSIDERATION IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF BILLS AND OTHER MATTERS............................................................883 REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE....................................................................................................................................896 ORDERS OF THE DAY......................................................................................................................................................................896 June 9, 2003 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HANSARD Page 863 YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Monday, June 9, 2003 Members Present Honourable Roger Allen, Honourable Jim Antoine, Mr. Bell, Mr. Braden, Mr. Delorey, Mr. Dent, Mrs. Groenewegen, Honourable Joe Handley, Mr. Krutko, Mr. Lafferty, Ms. Lee, Mr. McLeod, Honourable Michael Miltenberger, Nr. Nitah, Honourable Jake Ootes, Mr. Roland, Honourable Vince Steen, Honourable Tony Whitford ITEM 1: PRAYER Reserve during the flood of the Hay River, which occurred in both communities beginning on April 30th. ---Prayer I visited both communities on May 1st, where I met with SPEAKER (Hon. Tony Whitford): Please be seated. Good evacuated residents and viewed the damage caused by afternoon. Item 2, Ministers’ statements. The honourable flooding. Seeing the affected areas in the West Channel area Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Antoine. on Vale Island and in the Old Village on the reserve, showed me the difficult situation emergency workers faced evacuating ITEM 2: MINISTERS' STATEMENTS the affected residents when it was realized the area would flood. Minister's Statement 51-14(6): Deline Self-Government Agreement-In-Principle Mr. Speaker, the town and the Hay River Reserve’s emergency response teams are familiar with responding to flood HON. JIM ANTOINE: Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to report emergencies during the spring breakup period. However, every to this Legislative Assembly that negotiations on the Deline emergency response requires coordinated and speedy action. self-government agreement-in-principle were completed on May 17, 2003. The GNWT Chief negotiator, along with the Both emergency teams worked effectively together monitoring chief negotiators for Deline and the Government of Canada, the flood, responding to the flood and organizing and carrying plan to initial the agreement-in-principle at a ceremony in out the evacuation. Each community’s follow-up with the Deline later this month. Following that, the GNWT, Deline and residents, while they were displaced from their homes, ensured the Government of Canada plan to formally sign the Deline all were provided
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