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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 6th Session Day 1 14th Assembly HANSARD Thursday, October 31, 2002 Pages 1 – 22 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 Rich Archer Mr. Charles Thompson Sue Ireland 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.........................................................................................................................................................................................1 OPENING ADDRESS.....................................................................................................................................................................1 MINISTERS' STATEMENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................1 1-13(6): FISCAL UPDATE (LEE) ..............................................................................................................................................2 2-14(6): JOINT MEETING OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS (KAKFWI).........................................................3 3-14(6): QUEEN'S JUBILEE MEDAL RECIPIENTS (KAKFWI) ................................................................................................4 4-14(6): DEVOLUTION NEGOTIATIONS (KAKFWI) ................................................................................................................4 5-14(6): IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEM (MILTENBERGER) ...............................................5 6-16(6): MINISTER ABSENT FROM THE HOUSE (KAKWI)....................................................................................................6 MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................6 SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (DELOREY)...................................................................................6 TRIBUTE TO MICHEL PAPER (HANDLEY).............................................................................................................................7 YELLOWKNIFE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (BRADEN) .......................................................................................................7 PASSING OF WALLY RING (GROENEWEGEN).....................................................................................................................8 BEST WISHES TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY COLLEAGUES (MILTENBERGER) ..............................................................8 TIMING OF THE FINANCE MINISTER'S FISCAL UPDATE (KRUTKO) ..................................................................................8 A REASONED APPROACH TO THE KYOTO PROTOCOL (NITAH) ......................................................................................9 TRIBUTE TO JONAS KAKFWI (KAKFWI) ................................................................................................................................9 CHANGES REQUIRED TO CABINET AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY (LAFFERTY)..................................................9 COMMENTS ON THE KYOTO PROTOCOL (NITAH)............................................................................................................10 COMMENTS ON THE FISCAL OUTLOOK (ROLAND) ..........................................................................................................11 QUESTIONABLE VALIDITY OF IMPACT BENEFIT AGREEMENTS (MCLEOD)..................................................................11 ATTENDING REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES (LEE) ........................................................................................................12 QUALITY AND TIMING OF INFORMATION RECEIVED BY REGULAR MEMBERS (BELL)................................................12 BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN (STEEN).....................................................................................13 BEST WISHES TO CONSTITUENTES OF INUVIK TWIN LAKES (ALLEN)..........................................................................13 REFLECTIONS ON REMEMBRANCE DAY (OOTES) ...........................................................................................................13 ORAL QUESTIONS......................................................................................................................................................................14 REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES ........................................................................................................16 TABLING OF DOCUMENTS........................................................................................................................................................17 NOTICES OF MOTION ................................................................................................................................................................17 NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR FIRST READING OF BILLS .......................................................................................................17 MOTIONS .....................................................................................................................................................................................18 FIRST READING OF BILLS.........................................................................................................................................................18 SECOND READING OF BILLS....................................................................................................................................................18 ORDERS OF THE DAY................................................................................................................................................................20 October 31, 2002 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HANSARD Page 1 YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Thursday, October 31, 2002 Members Present Honourable Roger Allen, Mr. Bell, Mr. Braden, Mr. Delorey, Mr. Dent, Mrs. Groenewegen, Honourable Joe Handley, Honourable Stephen Kakfwi, 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 invested in our Territory, our communities and our people to ensure that the benefits for this development will be fully -- Singing of O Canada realized and, in recent months, you have formally begun devolution talks with the federal government. SPEAKER (Hon. Tony Whitford): Please remain standing. I will invite our honoured chaplain, Major Karen Hoeft to say the This week I have followed the events of your last session with opening prayer. great interest. I listened keenly to your comments in defence of consensus government and I was pleased yesterday with your ITEM 1: PRAYER decision to complete the mandate given to you by the people of the Northwest Territories. PASTOR KAREN HOEFT: Shall we pray. Creator God, we stand before You today acknowledging that all good gifts come Our Territory is on the brink of taking its place as a strong, from You. We thank You for all that You have given to us; life, unified and self-reliant leader in our nation. family, community, freedom. I pray that Your spirit would dwell in this room, that You will give wisdom and guidance to those As I prepare to open the Sixth Session of the 14th Legislative people who serve the people of the Northwest