Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Members of the LegislativeAssembly
Speaker
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MGr.GtSlelnAbernethy Hon.SandyLee Hon.MichaelMiltenberger( rea ave) (Range Lake) (Thebacha)
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Table of Contents
Prayer 679Ministers’Statements 67939-16(2):High PerformanceAthletes—Congratulations 67940-16(2):Homelessness Initiatives (Lafferty) 679Members’Statements 680Recognizing HayRiver ElementarySchool Students(Groenewegen) 680Assemblyof First Nations National Dayof Action(Bromley) 681Access to Government Services (Hawkins) 681Privatization of Services at Stanton Territorial Hospital (Ramsay) 682Assemblyof First Nations National Dayof Action(Menicoche) 682Closure of Arctic Tern Young Offender Faci l ity(McLeod) 683Programs,Services and Infrastructure Concerns in Tu Nedhe Comm unities (Beaul ieu) 683Assemblyof First Nations National Dayof Action(Krutko) 684Reportsof StandingandSpecialCommittees 684
RecognitionofVisitorsintheGal lery 691OralQuestions 691214-16(2):Minister’s AdvisoryPanel on the Eco’nomy(Groenewegen) 691215-16(2):Road Paving in the Communityof N di lo(Bromley) 692216-16(2):Poverty Issues Affecting Aboriginal People(Krutko) 693217-16(2):El iminating Government Red Tape(Hawkins) 694218-16(2):Privatization of Services at Stanton Territorial Hospital (Ramsay) 695219-16(2):Deficit at Beaufort-Delta Health Board(Krutko) 696220-16(2):Criteria Governing the Closure of Public Institutions (McLeod) 697221-16(2):Cost-of-Living Issues in NunakputCommunities (Jacobson) 698222-16(2):Declining Graduation Rates in Aurora Col lege Nursing Program(Abernethy) 698223-16(2):Status of Stanton Territorial Health Board(Hawkins) 699224-16(2):Youth Criminal Justice Act (Ruled Outof Order) (McLeod)225-16(2):Deliveryof Mental Health Programs in Beaufort-Delta(Krutko) 700226-16(2):Proposed Amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (McLeod) 701Recognition of Visitors in the Gal lery(Reversion) 702RepliestoBudgetAddress 702Reply1-16(2) 702Tablingof Documents 705Noticesof MotionforFirstReadingof Bil ls 705Bi l l 10-AnActtoAmendthePharmacyAct 705ConsiderationinCommitteeoftheWholeof Bi llsandOtherMatters 705MainEstimates2008–2009DepartmentofHumanResources 705
Committee Motion 10-16(2): (Ruled Outof Order)
MainEstimates2008–2009DepartmentofJustice 708CotmhmAitdteve nMotimonn1t2-f1D6(2v): lToti DneDleite$16i1 n,000CfrommmDittepaMrtmtei nnt oCf Jruristdice,Services to Government, for 7e a ce e o e ou o scusso s ( o ee o o a e ) 13CoJmumstiitcteeLMeotaiol Anid13-C1o6m(2m): iTtteoeRMeointsiotanteCa$r9r1ie,0d00 for Four Court Worker Positions in Department of, g ( ) 715CoCmomuirtteSeeMvoicteiosnP1o4s-it1i6o(n2s):TComDmelietttee$M94o2tio,0n00Cfarorrmiedthe Department of Justice Courts for Ten Additional 7( ) 20CoOmfmf ittdee MoFtionil it15C-16(2): iTtto RMeintsi tateCFuni dding in the Amount of$613,000 forthe ArcticTern Youngen ers ac y( omm ee o on arre ) 722Reportof CommitteeoftheWhole 723OrdersoftheDay 724
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Members Present
Mr McLeod,Mr Menicoche,Hon Michael Mi ltenberger,Mr Ramsay,Hon Norman Yakeleya
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MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON
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