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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

Members of the LegislativeAssembly

Speaker

HoHna.PRaiuelrDNeorltohrey

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MGr.GtSlelnAbernethy Hon.SandyLee Hon.MichaelMiltenberger( rea ave) (Range Lake) (Thebacha)

Officers

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Mr Tim Mercer

DeputyClerk PriCnomipaml iCttleerskof O erPartiinocnispaCl lerk LawClerks

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Table of Contents

Prayer 1301Ministers’Statements 130168-16(2):National Publ icService Week(B McLeod) 130169-16(2):Summer HighwayConstruction 2008(Yakeleya) 1301Members’Statements 1302High EnergyCosts (Menicoche) 1302High Costof Living in Smal l Communities (Beaul ieu) 1303High EnergyCosts (McLeod) 1303Investments in Youth and Physical Activity(Bisaro) 1304High EnergyCosts (Krutko) 1304Supportfor Language Diversity(Bromley) 1305Sexual Health(Groenewegen) 1305Tiered Vehicle Registration System(Abernethy) 1306Governmentof Canada Residential School Apology(Jacobson) 1306Format of Infrastructure Acquisition Plan(Hawkins) 1307RecognitionofVisitorsintheGal lery 1307Acknowledgements 13076-16(2):JessicaHopkinsHighSchoolAwardRecipient 1307OralQuestions 1308339-16(2):Single Rate Zone for Power Rates(Menicoche) 1308340-16(2):High Energy Costs(Krutko) 1309341-16(2):Sexual Health(Groenewegen) 1309342-16(2):Tiered Vehicle Registration System(Abernethy) 1310343-16(2):Cost-of-Living Concerns (Beaulieu) 131 1344-16(2):General Rate Appl ication Procedures (McLeod) 131 1345-16(2):Efforts to Avoid Beluga Whales Being Stranded in HuskyLake(Jacobson) 1312346-16(2):Format of Infrastructure Acquisition Plan(Hawkins) 1313347-16(2):Accountabi lityof the Languages Commissioner (Ruled Out of Order) (Bromley) 1314348-16(2):Territorial Power Support Program(Groenewegen) 1314349-16(2):Territorial Power Support Program(McLeod) 1315Written Questions 131625-16(2):Cost of Regional Office Operations (Hawkins) 131626-16(2):Cost of NWT PC Operations (Hawkins) 1316ReturnstoWrittenQuestions 1316Tablingof Documents 1316NoticesofMotionfor FirstReadingof Bi lls 1317Bi l l 18-SupplementaryAppropriation Act,No 1 ,2008–2009 1317FirstReadingof Bills 1317Bi l l 9-SupplementaryAppropriation Act,No 4,2007–2008 1317Bi l l 13-AnActtoAmendtheLegalProfessionAct 1317Bi l l 14-AnActtoAmendtheIncomeTaxAct 1317

Bi l l 15-AnActtoAmendtheWorkers’CompensationAct 1317Bi l l 16-Write-off of Debts Act,2008–2009 1317Bi l l 17-Forgiveness of Debts Act,2008–2009 1317SecondReadingof Bil ls 1317Bi l l 9-SupplementaryAppropriation Act,No 4,2007–2008 1317ConsiderationinCommitteeoftheWholeof Bi llsandOtherMatters 1318MainEstimates2008–2009LegislativeAssembly 1318Bi l l 1 1 -AnActtoAmendtheLegislative AssemblyandExecutiveCounci lAct 1325Bi l l 9-SupplementaryAppropriation Act,No 4,2007–2008 1326

Co2m0m08it–te2e00R9epDorartft5M-1a6in(2E):sStitmanadteinsg Committee on GovernmentOperations Reporton the Review of the 1

Co2m0m09itteDeraRfteMpaoint E6s-1t6im(2a)t:esStanding Committee on Social Programs Report on the Review of the 2008–13

CotmhmRitteei Repfotrht7-21060(28–):2S0t0a9ndDingftCMomi mEittetie ont Economic Developmentand Infrastructure Reporton 1e evewo e ra an smaes 339Reportof CommitteeoftheWhole 1340OrdersoftheDay 1340

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MEMBER’SSTATEMENT ON

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