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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

Members of the LegislativeAssembly

Speaker

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MGr.GtSlelnAbernethy Hon.SandyLee Hon.RobertMcLeod( rea ave) (Range Lake) (InuvikTwin Lakes)

Officers

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Mr Tim Mercer

DeputyClerk PriCncomipaml iCttleerskof PrOinceipratl ioCnlesrk, LawClerks

Mr Doug Schauerte Ms Patricia Russell Ms Gai l Bennett Ms SMhseiSlaaMraahcPKaherson

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Table of Contents

Prayer 1519Ministers’Statements 151983-16(2): Increasing Driving Fines and 2007 Coll ision Statistics (M McLeod) 151984-16(2):Chief AlbertWright School Opening(Lafferty) 152085-16(2):Wood Pel let Fair (Mi ltenberger) 152086-16(2):Backto School 2008(Lafferty) 1521Members’Statements 1521Fundraising forRun forOurLives BreastCancerResearch(Bisaro) 1521EnergyAlternatives forResidents of Tu Nedhe(Beaulieu) 1522Impactof Rising Costof Living on Elders (Jacobson) 1522Rising Energy Costs (Hawkins) 1522Payrol l Taxon Income Earned in NWT(McLeod) 1523Health Services in HayRiver (Groenewegen) 1523Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement (Ramsay) 1524Dental Surgery Service at Stanton Territorial Hospital (Abernethy) 1524Acknowledging Weledeh Artists(Brom ley) 1525Service Levels atthe Joe Greenland Elders Centre in Aklavik(Krutko) 1526Acknowledging Retirement of Larry McNei l l (Roland) 1526RecognitionofVisitorsintheGal lery 1527OralQuestions 1527410-16(2):Dental Surgery Services at Stanton Territorial Hospital (Abernethy) 152741 1-16(2):Capital Investment in Joe Greenland Centre in Aklavik(Krutko) 1528412-16(2):Health Services in HayRiver (Groenewegen) 1530413-16(2):EnergyAlternatives forResidents of Tu Nedhe(Beaul ieu) 1531414-16(2):Proposed Devolution and Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement (Ramsay) 1531415-16(2):Proposed Devolution and Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement (Bromley) 1533416-16(2):GNWT Print Advertising Pol icy(Bisaro) 1534417-16(2):Payrol l Taxfor Migrant Workers (McLeod) 1535418-16(2):Fuel Price Regulation(Hawkins) 1536419-16(2):Payrol l Taxon Southern Employers (Groenewegen) 1537Tablingof Documents 1538Noticeof MotionforFirstReadingof Bi lls 1538Bi l l 20-SupplementaryAppropriation ActNo 2,2008–2009 1538ConsiderationinCommitteeoftheWholeof Bi llsand OtherMatters 1538Minister’s Statement80-16(2):SessionalStatement 1538Reportof CommitteeoftheWhole 1538OrdersoftheDay 1539

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Members Present

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residents cannot afford to heat their homes al,l RISINGENERGYCOSTS

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but I can only afford occasional bags of groceries hopeful lyel iminate price poaching

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Twin Lakes,Mr Robert McLeod

MEMBER’SSTATEMENT ON

MEMBER’SSTATEMENTON HEALTHSERVICESINHAYRIVER

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