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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories NORTHWEST TERRITORIES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 3rd Session Day 36 14th Assembly HANSARD Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Pages 1331 – 1396 The Honourable Tony Whitford, Speaker i TABLE OF CONTENTS PRAYER..............................................................................................................................................................................1331 MINISTERS’ STATEMENTS................................................................................................................................................1331 65-14(3): PERSONAL PROPERTY REGISTRY SYSTEM (ANTOINE) .......................................................................................... 1331 MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS.................................................................................................................................................1331 PROVISION OF PUBLIC WEATHER FORECASTS (DELOREY) ................................................................................................... 1331 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LOG HOME CONSTRUCTION (LAFFERTY) ............................................................................ 1332 ELIGIBILITY FOR FUEL COST REBATE (ROLAND) .................................................................................................................. 1332 PENSION LEGISLATION (DENT)........................................................................................................................................... 1332 IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF NORTHERN VOLUNTEERS (MILTENBERGER)......................................................................... 1333 MUNICIPAL FUNDING FORMULA INEQUITIES (MCLEOD)......................................................................................................... 1333 HEART AND STROKE MONTH (BELL)................................................................................................................................... 1334 ACHIEVEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NWT POWER CORPORATION (BRADEN)......................................................... 1334 APPREHENSION OF CHILDREN BY CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES (KRUTKO)............................................................................ 1335 2000 STUDENT SUPPORT NEEDS ASSESSMENT (NITAH)...................................................................................................... 1335 SUPPORT FOR THE HIGHWAY INVESTMENT STRATEGY (LEE) ................................................................................................ 1335 RETURNS TO ORAL QUESTIONS .....................................................................................................................................1336 ORAL QUESTIONS.............................................................................................................................................................1336 FIRST READING OF BILLS ................................................................................................................................................1348 CONSIDERATION IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF BILLS AND OTHER MATTERS................................................1348 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ..............................................................................................................1395 ORDERS OF THE DAY .......................................................................................................................................................1395 ii February 28, 2001 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HANSARD Page 1331 YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2001 Members Present Honourable Roger Allen, Honourable Jim Antoine, Mr. Bell, Mr. Braden, Mr. Delorey, Mr. Dent, Honourable Jane Groenewegen, Honourable Joe Handley, Mr. Krutko, Mr. Lafferty, Ms. Lee, Honourable Stephen Kakfwi, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. Nitah, Honourable Jake Ootes, Mr. Roland, Honourable Vince Steen, Honourable Tony Whitford. ITEM 1: PRAYER • Northerners will have remote access from their own offices; -- Prayer • manual searches will be eliminated as the system is SPEAKER (Hon. Tony Whitford): Thank you, Mr. phased in; Miltenberger. Assez vous. Bonjour, mes amis. It is the nice weather. It takes one's mind off legislative business. Speaking • searches in respect of certain items, such as motor of legislative business, item 2, Ministers' statements. vehicles, may be conducted by serial number; Déclarations de ministres. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Justice, Mr. Antoine. • users will have access to the system beyond normal office hours; ITEM 2: MINISTERS’ STATEMENTS • the system will provide improved security of Minister’s Statement 65-14(3): Personal Property Registry information; System (Antoine) • direct input of information by the users will improve HON. JIM ANTOINE: I am pleased to inform the House about the accuracy of the records; and the progress the Department of Justice has made to implement a new computerized personal property registry system for the • the new system brings the Northwest Territories and Northwest Territories. Nunavut in line with other Canadian provinces. It will also allow Northerners to search and register -- Applause personal property in several other jurisdictions. This past December, the Governments of the Northwest Mr. Speaker, the implementation of this new system requires a Territories and Nunavut signed agreements with Unisys great deal of planning and consultation with stakeholders. In Canada to implement new computerized personal property the next few months, the Department of Justice and Unisys registry systems for each territory. The system that has been Canada will be in touch with regular users of the registry chosen is already being used in Atlantic Canada. It has proven system. Through presentations, training and the regular to be reliable and secure in those jurisdictions. Northerners will distributes of the newsletter, PPR News, users will be kept up- be able to use this new system with confidence. to-date on the progress of this project. I would encourage individuals or businesses that have further questions on the This new registry system will allow us to proclaim the Personal project to contact the legal registries office here in Yellowknife. Property Security Act in force. We will start training users as Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. early as next month and it is projected that the system will be available by the end of April. Northerners who subscribe to the -- Applause service will soon be able to start registering and searching security interests at their convenience from home or from their MR. SPEAKER: Merci, Mr. Antoine. Déclarations de ministres. business. Item 2, Ministers’ statements. Déclarations de députés. Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Hay River A personal property registry allows various types of financing North, Mr. Delorey. agreements to be registered. For example, Mr. Speaker, if you were interested in buying a used truck, you could search the ITEM 3: MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS registry to see if anyone else had a claim on that vehicle. Member’s Statement on Provision of Public Weather The current registry system is located at an office in Forecasts (Delorey) Yellowknife. Individuals or businesses that want to record or to search financial interests in property have to come in during MR. DELOREY: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise business hours and search the paper documents by hand. This today to address an issue that has been raised by a constituent system is time-consuming and inefficient for the government of mine. The issue I am referring to, Mr. Speaker, is the and for users. provision of public weather forecasts by community aerodome radio stations. Mr. Speaker, this issue has wide-ranging Mr. Speaker, when fully implemented, the new personal implications for many residents of the Northwest Territories, property registry system will be a major improvement over the especially those whose livelihoods are heavily impacted by current paper-based system: present and future weather conditions. Page 1332 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HANSARD February 28, 2001 Mr. Speaker, public weather forecasts and up-to-date weather -- Applause information was previously provided to the general public by Nav Canada. Mr. Speaker, on June 28, 2000, community MR. SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Item 3, Members’ aerodrome radio stations, or CARS as they are referred to, statements. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lakes, Mr. commenced operations in Hay River under contract to Nav Roland. Canada. Member’s Statement on Eligibility for Fuel Cost Rebate Mr. Speaker, in Hay River, for example, CARS has a three-year (Roland) contract in place from Nav Canada with a two-year extension MR. ROLAND: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just option. CARS is mandated only to assist in the safe operation returning from my constituency, I have had the opportunity to of air traffic. This does not include weather forecasts. hear from a number of constituents, and the concerns being raised regarding the Fuel Rebate Program that has been Mr. Speaker, I have a concern that the safety of hunters, discussed in this House and raised by a number of Members. trappers, fishermen and outfitters that are out on the land and water on a regular basis may be compromised. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, my constituents, hearing that there is this rebate, their safety depends on reliable, accurate weather forecasts. are concerned as to how and who would qualify. A particular These forecasts can only
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