Yukon Legislative Assembly

1st Session 34th Legislature

Cumulative Index to HANSARD

January 12, 2017

YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 Spring Sitting SPEAKER — Hon. , 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. Klondike Minister of the Executive Council Office; Finance Hon. 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. 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. Vuntut Gwitchin Minister of Health and Social Services; Environment; Minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corporation Hon. 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 Ted Adel Copperbelt North Paolo Gallina Don Hutton Mayo-Tatchun OFFICIAL OPPOSITION Leader of the Official Opposition Official Opposition House Leader Pelly-Nisutlin Copperbelt South Lake Laberge Patti McLeod Watson Lake

Wade Istchenko Kluane THIRD PARTY Liz Hanson Leader of the Third Party Whitehorse Centre 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

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BILLS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT BILLS No. 1 - Act to Perpetuate a Certain Ancient Right (Gallina) Introduction and First Reading, ...... 3

CLARKE, NILS (see SPEAKER)

CLERK OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Conducts election of Speaker, ...... 1 Reads Proclamation, ...... 1 Reads report on members elected, ...... 1

COMMISSIONER Delivers Speech from the Throne, ...... 3 Responds to Address of Speaker, ...... 2

COMMITTEES, REPORTS OF STANDING Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees, Standing Committee on 23rd report tabled (dated August 10, 2016) (Sessional Paper No. 5) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 Members’ Services Board 1st report tabled (dated June 29, 2016) (Sessional Paper No. 6) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7

DIVISIONS Motion No. 2 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, ...... 6

FILED DOCUMENTS 1. Takhini River Bridge on the North Klondike Highway, letter re (dated January 10, 2017) from Brad Cathers, Member for Lake Laberge to Hon. Sandy Silver, Premier (Cathers), .8 2. Civic Addressing for the Mayo Road and Hotsprings Areas, letter re (dated December 19, 2016) from Brad Cathers, Member for Lake Laberge to Hon. John Streicker, Minister of Community Services (Cathers), ...... 8

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GOVERNMENT MOTIONS No. 5 - Re appointments to Members' Services Board (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 9 No. 6 - Re appointments to Standing Committee on Public Accounts (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 10 No. 7 - Re appointments to Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 10 No. 8 - Re appointments to Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 10 No. 9 - Re appointments to Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 10

HASSARD, STACEY Speaks on: Motion No. 2 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, ...... 5

MOTIONS (see GOVERNMENT MOTIONS, MOTIONS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, MOTIONS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT MOTIONS, MOTIONS RE APPOINTMENT OF HOUSE OFFICERS, MOTIONS, WITHDRAWAL OF and PROCEDURAL MOTIONS)

MOTION RE ADDRESS IN REPLY TO SPEECH FROM THE THRONE No. 2 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (Silver) Moved, ...... 4 Debate, ...... 4–6 Motion Agreed to (Division), ...... 6

MOTIONS RE APPOINTMENT OF HOUSE OFFICERS No. 1 - Re election of Nils Clarke as Speaker (Silver) Motion agreed to, ...... 1

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MOTIONS RE APPOINTMENT OF HOUSE OFFICERS (Continued) No. 3 - Re election of Don Hutton as Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committee of the Whole (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 7 No. 4 - Re election of Ted Adel as Deputy Chair of Committee of the Whole (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 7

PAGES Introduction of (Speaker Clarke), ...... 3

PROCEDURAL MOTIONS Motion to engross Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 7 Special Adjournment Motion (McPhee) Motion agreed to, ...... 10

QUESTIONS - WRITTEN No. 1 - Re communication infrastructure (Kent) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 2 - Re convening legislative committees (Kent) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 3 - Re Yukon's agriculture sector (Cathers) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 4 - Re communications infrastructure (Cathers) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 5 - Re community safety, property crime, and illegal drug trade (Cathers) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 6 - Re reviewing the medical travel program (McLeod) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 7 - Re compensation for owners of placer and quartz mining claims (Kent) Filed at Table, ...... 12

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QUESTIONS - WRITTEN (Continued) No. 8 - Re carbon tax in Yukon (Hassard) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 9 - Re government transparency (Hassard) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 10 - Re health care transfers (Hassard) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 11 - Re emergency housing for Ross River (Hassard) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 12 - Re Yukon resource gateway project (Hassard) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 13 - Re national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (Van Bibber) Filed at Table, ...... 12 No. 14 - Re Yukon vision for education (Van Bibber) Filed at Table, ...... 12

SESSIONAL PAPERS 1. Speech from the Throne (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 2. Yukon Conflict of Interest Commission Annual Report to the Legislative Assembly for the Period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 (June 16, 2016) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 3. Shining a Light on Advocacy - 2015/2016 Annual Report - Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 4. Yukon Human Rights Commission - A Year in Review - 2015-2016 Annual Report and Yukon Human Rights Commission Financial Statements (March 31, 2016) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 5. Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees Twenty- third Report (August 10, 2016) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 6. Members’ Services Board First Report (June 29, 2016) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 7. Report from the Clerk of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on the Absence of Members from Sittings of the Legislative Assembly and its Committees (January 12, 2017) (Speaker Clarke), ...... 7 8. Yukon Public Accounts 2015-2016 (Silver), ...... 7 9. Yukon Development Corporation Annual Report 2015 (Pillai), ...... 7

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SESSIONAL PAPERS (Continued) 10. Yukon College 2015-2016 Annual Report and independent auditor’s report (December 10, 2016) (McPhee), ...... 7 11. Crime Prevention & Victim Services Trust Fund Annual Report 2015-2016 (McPhee), ...... 7 12. Yukon Liquor Corporation Annual Report - April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 (Streicker), ...... 7 13. Yukon Child Care Annual Report - April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016 (Frost), ...... 7 14. Yukon Hospital Corporation Consolidated Financial Statements (March 31, 2016), Chief of Medical Staff Annual Report 2015/16 and Yukon Hospitals - Year in Review 2015-16 (Frost), ...... 7 15. Yukon Housing Corporation Annual Report for the year ended March 31, 2016 (Frost), ...... 7 16. Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) Act Review Report (December 2016) (Mostyn), ...... 7 17. Annual Report 2015-2016 - Yukon Teachers Labour Relations Board (Mostyn), ...... 7 18. Annual Report 2015-2016 - Yukon Public Service Labour Relations Board (Mostyn), ...... 8 19. Heritage Resources Board Annual Report -April 1, 2015-March 31, 2016 (Dendys), ...... 8 20. Yukon Arts Centre 2015/16 Annual Report (Dendys), ...... 8 21. Yukon Health and Social Services Council 2015-2016 Annual Report (Frost), ...... 11

SILVER, SANDY Speaks on: Motion No. 2 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, ...... 4

SITTING DAYS No. 1 January 12, 2017 (Thursday), ...... 1–12

SPEAKER Address to the Assembly, ...... 1 Address to the Commissioner, ...... 2 Election of Nils Clarke (See Motion No. 1), ...... 1 Introductions Pages, ...... 3 Tables documents, ...... 7

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SPEECH FROM THE THRONE Address in Reply, ...... 4–6 Delivered (Commissioner Phillips), ...... 3 Motion to engross (McPhee), ...... 7 Tabled (See Sessional Paper No. 1), ...... 7 Unanimous consent to move a motion re Address in Reply (McPhee), ...... 3

UNANIMOUS CONSENT Re motion re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, ...... 3 Re moving without notice motions re appointments to standing committees, ...... 9

VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF Adel, Barb (Adel), ...... 8 Asp, Jerry (Dendys), ...... 8 Bailey, Devin (Adel), ...... 8 Barnes, Karen (Silver), ...... 8 Bedard, Jacqueline (Silver), ...... 8 Cameron, Kirk (Adel), ...... 8 Clark, Stu (Mostyn), ...... 8 Fairclough, Eric (Hutton), ...... 8 Fairman, Shane (Dendys), ...... 8 Fancie, Mike (White), ...... 9 Gallina, Peter (Gallina), ...... 8 Hanberg, Roger (Frost), ...... 8 Johnstone, Maureen (Dendys), ...... 8 King, Annette (Kent), ...... 8 Knutson, Russ (Pillai), ...... 9 Larocque, Maggie (White), ...... 9 Lassen, Jeane (Pillai), ...... 9 Laxton, David (Kent), ...... 8 Lewis, Mary Ann (White/Streicker), ...... 9 Lewis, Rob (White/Streicker), ...... 9

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VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Martin, Marie (Dendys), ...... 8 McLeod-McKay, Diane (Hassard), ...... 8 McPhee, Myke (McPhee), ...... 8 Middler, Anne (Streicker), ...... 9 Morrison, Wendy (Streicker), ...... 9 Njootli, Gary (Frost), ...... 8 Nordling, Monica (Pillai), ...... 9 Picard, François (White), ...... 9 Rhein, Werner (Streicker), ...... 9 Simpson, Susan (Gallina), ...... 8 Smith, Jonas (Kent), ...... 8 Stick, Jan (Kent), ...... 8 Thompson, Jessica (Silver), ...... 8 Van Bibber, Joyce (Hutton), ...... 8 Walton, Freda (Streicker), ...... 9 Weston, Brad (Pillai), ...... 9

WHITE, KATE Speaks on: Motion No. 2 - Re Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, ...... 6

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