Debates of June 3rd, 2015

This is page numbers 6391 – 6418 of the Hansard for the 17th Assembly, 5th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library.

The word of the day was services .

Topics

Members Present

Prayer

2015 Premier’s Awards For Excellence

NWT Transportation Strategy

Private Sector Aerial Fire Suppression Fleet

Northern Residents Deduction

Income Assistance Issues

Morel Mushroom Harvest Concerns

Funding Long-Term Care

Premier’s Award Recipient Peter Clarkson

Basic Guaranteed Income

Great Bear Lake Watershed Management Plan

Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Link Concerns

Premier’s Award Recipients

Public Housing Needs

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

Motion To Receive Committee Report 18-17(5) And Move Into Committee Of The Whole

Tabled Document 260-17(5): Environment And Natural Resources Framework For Action 2012-2016 December 2014 Status Update

Tabled Document 263-17(5): Public Performance Measures Report 2015 – NWT Health And Social Services System

Tabled Document 266-17(5): Agriculture Products Marketing Council 2014-2015 Annual Report

Tabled Document 268-17(5): Results Report (2014-2015) – 20/20: A Brilliant North – NWT Public Service Strategic Plan

Tabled Document 269-17(5): GNWT Response To Motion 35-17(5), Lobbyist Registry

Tabled Document 270-17(5):

Summary Of Members’ Absences For The Period February 4, 2015, To May 26, 2015

Bill 59: Estate Administration Law Amendment Act

Bill 60:

An Act Amend The Motor Vehicles Act, No. 2

Bill 61:

An Act To Amend The Public Airports Act

Bill 62:

An Act To Amend The Coroners Act

Bill 63:

An Act To Amend The Victims Of Crime Act

Bill 64:

An Act To Amend The Co-Operative Associations Act

Bill 65:

An Act To Amend The Safety Act

Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

Bill 56: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015

Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Bill 44, Hospital Insurance And Health And Social Services Administration Act, Comprehensive Response To Report Within 120 Days

Bill 47,

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act, Comprehensive Response To Report Within 120 Days

Report of Committee of the Whole

Bill 37: Financial Administration Act

Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

Bill 44:

An Act To Amend The Hospital Insurance And Health And Social Services Administration Act

Orders of the Day

Members Present

Hon. Glen Abernethy , Hon. Tom Beaulieu , Ms. Bisaro , Mr. Blake , Mr. Bouchard , Mr. Bromley , Mr. Dolynny , Mrs. Groenewegen , Mr. Hawkins , Hon. Jackie Jacobson , Hon. Jackson Lafferty , Hon. Bob McLeod , Hon. Robert McLeod , Mr. Menicoche , Hon. Michael Miltenberger , Mr. Moses , Mr. Nadli , Hon. David Ramsay , Mr. Yakeleya

The House met at 1:29 p.m.

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Prayer

Prayer

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Good afternoon, colleagues. Item 2, Ministers’ statements. Honourable Premier , Mr. McLeod.

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Minister's Statement 214-17(5): 2015 Premier’s Awards For Excellence

Ministers’ Statements

Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, earlier today I had the opportunity to recognize award recipients within the Government of the Northwest Territories and their collaborative partners from outside the public service with the Premier ’s Awards for Excellence and Collaboration in a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Legislative Assembly.

These innovative, engaged staff are essential in providing the best possible service to the people of the Northwest Territories, and I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Premier ’s Awards.

Award for Excellence – Individuals:

• Dr. Sarah Cook with the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority.

Award for Excellence - Employee Teams:

• The Government of the Northwest Territories Deline Final Self-Government Agreement Ratification Team; the Incident-free Highway 3 Forest Fire Traffic Management 2014 Team; the Wellness Court Program Implementation Team; and the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Link Project Development Team.

Award for Collaboration:

• The Lutselk’e Dictionary Project; and the Education Renewal Innovation Education Partners.

Dave Ramsden Career Achievement Award:

• Sabrina Broadhead with the Department of Health and Social Services.

Government service officers from across the Northwest Territories were also recognized for the

important work they do in providing day-to-day services to our residents in the communities. Recently they, as part of the Single Window Service Centre model, were the recipients of the Bronze Award in the Federal/Provincial/Territorial category of the national IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Award for 2014.

Also presented this morning was the Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. This new award was created by the Northwest Territories Regional Group of IPAC, with the Commissioner as its patron. Each year it will recognize a public sector practitioner whose career exhibits the highest standard of excellence, dedication and accomplishment. The first-ever recipient of this award was the deputy minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Peter Vician. Thank you to IPAC NWT for establishing this new award celebrating excellence in public service and for recognizing a very deserving recipient.

Mr. Speaker, as we near the end of our term, I invite Members to join with me in thanking our public service employees for a job well done. Their energy, drive and commitment to implement and achieve our priorities are evident throughout the entire public service and together we have accomplished much. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Minister's Statement 214-17(5): 2015 Premier’s Awards For Excellence

Ministers’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Honourable Minister of Transportation , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Minister's Statement 215-17(5): NWT Transportation Strategy

Ministers’ Statements

Tu Nedhe

Tom Beaulieu

Minister of Transportation

Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to announce that later today I will table an updated territory-wide, multi-modal Transportation Strategy, entitled “Connecting Us: Northwest Territories Transportation Strategy 2015-2040.” This important document will guide further development of our integrated air, road, rail and marine systems over the next 25 years. With this strategy, the Department of Transportation will work towards a vision of “Northerners connected to opportunities,” based on three key strategic objectives.

The first, Strengthening Connections, represents the department’s dedication to continuing to improve the existing transportation system. The second objective is Capturing Opportunities, signaling the department’s intensions to expand the system. The third objective is Embracing Innovation, through which the department strives to improve its operations and the way it delivers its services to the public.

Our strategy was developed with substantial public and stakeholder input. Over the last year, staff with the Department of Transportation worked to ensure this strategy reflects the priorities identified by residents and users of the NWT transportation system.

Mr. Speaker, these objectives support the goals identified by Members of this Assembly. Supporting a diversified economy while providing communities with opportunities through better connections is necessary for a prosperous future for our territory.

The department anticipates the release of two additional documents related to the strategy this fall. A transportation report card, the evaluation framework for the strategy, will include statistics that provide a benchmark to measure the department’s success. In addition, the department will develop a four-year action plan for implementation beginning in 2015-16.

Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank all those who participated in the development of the NWT Transportation Strategy by providing their input. The department will continue working hard to meet your expectations and to deliver an enhanced transportation system in the NWT over the next 25 years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Minister's Statement 215-17(5): NWT Transportation Strategy

Ministers’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Item 3, Members’ statements. Member for Hay River South , Mrs. Groenewegen .

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Private Sector Aerial Fire Suppression Fleet

Members’ Statements

Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up to my statement yesterday, my theory about trends coming forward in this government, the private sector is taking a hit at the hands of this government. Yesterday I talked about including stakeholders in private industry who have been on the front line of these sectors for years. Today I want to offer my observations about our government’s latest direction in fighting forest fires.

Buffalo Airways has been involved in that industry for 45 years. Twenty of those 45 years with the CL-215s, named the ducks, and you only have to see them parked on the tarmac to see why they are called the ducks.

Over those 45 years, Buffalo Joe has done everything from smoke patrol, Single Otter water bombing, helicopter water bombing, 10 years of birddogging and 20 years with the 215s. Based on that history, let me go out on a limb here and suggest this is a person and a company that may know a bit about aircraft and a bit about fighting fires.

We heard in Committee of the Whole, the last time we considered the capital infrastructure, all of the things that are wrong with the 215s such as access to avgas, an aging fleet, the turnaround time if they’re too far from a sufficiently sized body of water. We heard that the new proposed fleet of 802s would be the ideal solution for fighting fires here in the North.

A government-owned solution grounding a fleet of privately owned aircraft, we made every argument we could think of to dissuade this government and this Minister from dismantling this tried and proven fleet in our northern arsenal from fighting fire. We even suggested a hybrid approach: add the 802s but keep the 215s, as each aircraft has a very different capability and application. But no, this Minister will hear nothing of it.

Fast forward one year and already Alberta has lost two 802s. Two accidents, two planes down. One fatality in these single-manned 802s with floats that were never intended for the task of fighting a big fire with smoke updrafts and the restricted maneuverability of adding floats to an aircraft designed for fair-weather crop dusting, short hauls and small fires. But the 215s, like the DC3s and DC4s, are flying tanks meant for heavy payload and can fly into the kind of atmospheric conditions that are created by a large fire.

I want to ask if anyone else sees a trend here, Mr. Speaker.

I’d like to seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement, please.

---Unanimous consent granted

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Private Sector Aerial Fire Suppression Fleet

Members’ Statements

Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

I want to ask if anyone else sees a trend here. This disregard for a private sector company with years of experience and knowledge to bring to the costly and complicated science of fighting fires. This is the mindset of a government bent on increasing government while throwing out the private sector with potentially dire and irreversible consequences.

I pose the question: How does that jibe with the GNWT is open for business? The Northwest Territories is open for business investment and we travel all over the world with that message. How do these actions jibe with that? Mr. Speaker, there’s only 173 days left in this Assembly and all I can say is thank God.

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Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen . Member for Range Lake , Mr. Dolynny .

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Northern Residents Deduction

Members’ Statements

Daryl Dolynny

Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With another tax season behind us, I’m reminded that the northern residents deduction has not changed since 2008 when it went up a paltry 10 percent. A lot of things have changed through the years, particularly the cost of living in the country, and this is one thing that seems to go up and never seems to come down. To think about it, taxes often defy gravity in the same way.

Yes, I know our Finance Minister is not responsible for the federal taxes we pay, nor can he increase northern residents deduction on his own, but he could use his persuasive power to sway his federal colleagues. I will offer a few good reasons why he should do just that.

Increasing the northern residents deduction would keep more dollars in the NWT economy, benefiting northern residents’ businesses. The northern residents deduction was implemented to stimulate growth in the Northwest Territories by helping compensate for the high cost of living. It is not delicious irony that the deduction has not kept up with inflation, not even close. If we want to increase our population, raising the northern residents deduction should be part of our plan.

We know the cost of living is a big problem, so let’s put a little bit more cash in Northerners’ pockets. Businesses will be on side. Boosting the northern residents deduction helps northern employers, including big employers, such as the mines and our own government, to attract the skilled people we so desperately need. We do compete in other jurisdictions for people, and even some of our own students go work down south. So let’s turn that around.

These are just a few reasons, and I can go on and on, but I bring this because the Finance Minister has not mentioned northern residents deduction when he talks about our government strategy for growing our population. Our government seems pretty shy about taking the case to the federal government, but this is an election year, a time for opportunity, for persuading our federal politicians to do the right thing and I hope the Minister is listening. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Northern Residents Deduction

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny . Member for Hay River North , Mr. Bouchard .

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Income Assistance Issues

Members’ Statements

Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to talk about a subject that I’ve been seeing difficulties with over my term as MLA. We as MLAs get concerns from all kinds of industry, all kinds of individuals, all kinds of groups, but some individuals come to us with a concern. I’ll talk to you about some of the income assistance clients that I’ve seen over the last year who have come to me and talked to me about an injustice.

These income assistance individuals receive some sort of small payment – a GST cheque, income from RWED for fur – and these are small amounts of dollars. We’re talking about $40, or $80. Because they receive this amount of money and they don’t declare that money, then their income assistance for that month is docked. They lose all the income for their family for that whole month.

I’ve brought it to the attention of the department and staff. Normally, staff are able to help me out and say, “Yes, there’s flexibility here. Maybe we could deal with it this way.” But they said, “The act is clear; this act doesn’t allow us to just deduct that amount from the next payment,” so that that family has income for the month, they don’t have to beg or borrow money to survive for that month.

We need to change this act that allows us, as a government, to be responsive to our citizens and say, “Yes, you received a $40 GST cheque and we understand you didn’t recognize it. We’re going to just deduct that from your next income.” That’s a reasonable approach.

The unreasonable approach is that we remove all that income from that family for the whole month. I’ve discussed it with the Minister today, and we may not have questions today because of time, but I know the Minister here is listening and I know the Minister has committed to me to looking into changing inequality in our system. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Income Assistance Issues

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard . Member for Deh Cho , Mr. Nadli .

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Morel Mushroom Harvest Concerns

Members’ Statements

Michael Nadli

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mahsi. As we all know, last year’s fires signalled a bumper crop of morel mushrooms for this year. Our public information sessions have been extremely popular and people are eager to get involved and get picking.

One Fort Providence resident, Ms. Jessica Minoza, even won a $5,000 prize for her smart start-up: training local people in ethical picking, keeping profits in the NWT. But we’re still facing challenges and it seems like some of them we didn’t anticipate.

First, morels need warm, wet weather to grow. Our hot, dry weather keeps the pickers waiting, potentially straining the resources of small communities. Dry weather also increases fire risks. Morels may thrive on burned land, but fires can also destroy new growth, sending money up in smoke.

Second, the NWT is Canada’s prime spot for morels, but prices fluctuate based on harvests around the world. Experts suggest that this year’s prices could be as much as 50 percent lower than last year. That’s five to eight dollars per pound. Past projections from government had hinted at revenues of $10 million, but we don’t know how much would stay in the NWT.

With the rush of prospective pickers, there are also risks for people who are unfamiliar with the land. One picker was lost for nine hours.

I hope that the government will work with the Deh Gah Got’ine Dene First Nations’ recommendation, and that is to establish local monitors that should be appointed to improve safety and to enhance the current enforcement plan.

Because right now morel regulations are still being developed, leaving a “hands-off” approach for this season, this means that the government must be vigilant, making sure that each buyer has the required business licence and that all commercial pickers have the correct permits. Rules like these make sure that all pickers and buyers are on a level playing field and protect the land that produces morels.

I hope to see the morel season pick up and I wish all pickers and buyers the best, reminding them to consult the public handbook, take safety precautions, stay fire smart and keep the land clean. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

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Morel Mushroom Harvest Concerns

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Nadli . Member for Frame Lake , Ms. Bisaro .

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Funding Long-Term Care

Members’ Statements

Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We hear a lot about our financial situation from the government every year almost every time the House sits, and it’s all doom and gloom. “We have no money,” we keep hearing.

I’m all for being fiscally prudent and I compliment the Finance Minister and staff for their ability to keep us financially solvent, but I’m also a firm believer in searching for new revenues and thinking outside the box to find them. We haven’t done much of either in my years in the Assembly.

Towards the end of the 16th Assembly, action was taken to look at supplementary health benefits. A working group spent many hours considering possible changes which might reduce the cost of the program. When word of potential changes got out into the public, there was a great hue and cry and change was abandoned. But it’s time to again consider new approaches to how we provide health care services to our residents.

I have no illusions. Asking people to pay for something that has always been free does not go over well. But it is time to look at means testing for residents using one specific service, and that would be long-term or extended care, the most expensive of all of our seniors’ housing options.

Our senior population is growing and it will continue to grow. Many more seniors are retiring in the North. As they age in the North, they will eventually require long-term or extended care.

A good portion of our northern retirees have pretty good pensions. They can well afford to pay actual costs for their long-term or extended care housing. Most importantly, many seniors are willing to pay for that kind of accommodation.

But Health and Social Services and Cabinet seem unwilling to rock the boat, to even think about such a change. Say "means testing" and "qualify for a program" in the same breath and people treat you like a pariah. But I believe it’s time to rip the band-aid off, as they say, and reopen the conversation from four years ago. It is time we started charging realistic rent for long-term care for those who can afford it. Thank you.

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Funding Long-Term Care

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro . Member for Inuvik Boot Lake , Mr. Moses .

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Premier’s Award Recipient Peter Clarkson

Members’ Statements

Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I made a couple of statements in this House about some of the great people that we have in Inuvik and today I want to continue that kind of a trend of Member’s statements that I have been doing over the last couple of weeks.

I too was able to attend the Premier ’s Award of Excellence this morning and I would like to congratulate all individual and team award recipients. I want to state that their contribution to the government, to the residents of the North and to our culture is much appreciated.

I would like to recognize and appreciate one person in particular. This morning I was very glad to see that Mr. Peter Clarkson was recognized. He wasn’t recognized for only one award, he was actually recognized for two different types of programs that we have been pushing and have been priorities of this government and have been doing really great things.

First off, he was recognized as a recipient for the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Link Project Development Team, of which we have been hearing really good things and has been very innovative and is going to bring us up to speed on how the Northwest Territories does business, not across Canada but across the world.

The second award that he was recognized for is the single window service centres. That in itself has come a long way in helping people in the remote and the small communities get the help, get the support that they need by educating and training these individuals to help our elders, to help those who might have learning disabilities and to help people in the small communities. I just want to recognize Mr. Peter Clarkson for being a reward recipient today of two awards. I am not sure if there is anybody in the past that has been recognized for two different occasions.

A little bit about Peter is he is a very strong community advocate. He has helped with the building, the structure of the Children First Centre and the Midnight Sun Recreation Centre. He has also helped organize the film and photo festival that goes on every year. He is very involved in the community on various levels. At one point he was a councillor and the mayor of Inuvik, and I was very glad to serve with him in my tenure as a town councillor when he was serving as our mayor.

Not only that but he does have a compassion for the people in the community, a strong compassion for our elders in long-term care and in the community. He has been known to provide traditional foods to people in the community of Inuvik.

I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

---Unanimous consent granted

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Premier’s Award Recipient Peter Clarkson

Members’ Statements

Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Although Peter wasn’t here to receive his awards today, I want to recognize him nonetheless. I know he would have loved to be here but I know he’s doing some work. His commitments to his work have made him not be here today.

Currently Peter is our public administrator for the Inuvik region and he is doing a very great job with all the departments that we have under government. He also does a really great job coordinating visits when government comes to town, or any other ambassadors, whether from across Canada, international or from the GNWT.

I would like the Members to join me in recognizing Mr. Peter Clarkson, two time recipient of the Premier ’s Award of Excellence today. Thank you.

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Premier’s Award Recipient Peter Clarkson

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Moses . Member for Weledeh , Mr. Bromley .

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Basic Guaranteed Income

Members’ Statements

Bob Bromley

Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This government has chosen to pursue a focus on helping people lift themselves out of poverty. Unfortunately, the welfare-based system we now have in place has proven unsuccessful. It is complex, intrusive and inefficient and administration is too costly. Not enough dollars are getting through to the people who need them. Instead they are chewed up by an increasingly expensive bureaucracy. Positive outcomes are few and far between and the cycle of poverty deepens.

Economists of all political stripes, both right and left, agree that a better and more effective tool is the basic guaranteed income. Automatically topping up the incomes of people living in poverty using direct automatic payments through the existing tax system has many benefits. It allows families to keep their assets, get off and stay off social assistance, and it negates the need for an expensive bureaucracy to oversee a system of applications, monitoring, and a continuous justification on the part of the recipients.

The system encourages people to find work by giving them the security of an income guarantee without the fear of being worse off by working, unlike the current system with its clawbacks for extra income.

The idea of a guaranteed annual income is gaining traction. In Finland, the Pro-Basic Income Party won the recent national election. Calgary Mayor Nenshi, at the National Poverty Reduction Summit last month in Ottawa, called for a “brave step” toward a basic income guarantee. Edmonton mayor Iveson spoke in favour of it, suggesting that Alberta’s two largest cities should pilot it towards poverty solutions that work.

The premier of PEI is on record as supporting a guaranteed income. Groups are sprouting up all over Canada and an international movement towards poverty reduction based on a guaranteed income is growing worldwide.

We in the NWT have the dubious distinction of having the greatest income disparity in Canada. Rather than pursuing the same hopeless techniques for poverty reduction, we need to do something different. It’s time to give a new idea a chance, and the new idea that is most likely to be successful is a basic income guarantee. Where is the pilot study on this potential? We have nothing to lose but poverty. Let’s at least look into it and include it on our transition papers.

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Basic Guaranteed Income

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bromley . The Member for Sahtu , Mr. Yakeleya .

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Great Bear Lake Watershed Management Plan

Members’ Statements

Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As all Members know, the community of Deline has for years been concerned about the waters of Great Bear Lake. It has worked hard to ensure that the development proceeds in a way that does not do undue harm to the environment, the cultural integrity of the lake and its watershed. The community has been a leader in the field of sustainable development and engaged fully in the negotiations which resulted in the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement and the land use planning process which resulted in the Sahtu Land Use Plan.

It led the development of the Great Bear Lake Watershed Management Plan and recently successfully concluded the Deline Final Self-Government Agreement. Deline has been supportive and part of a Devolution Agreement which has been another incident of self-government.

In recognition of Deline’s leadership, a nomination for international recognition in sustainable development has been submitted to the United Nations education council and cultural organization Man and the Biosphere Program. This designation, if approved by UNESCO, would be the first such designation north of 60 anywhere. It would firmly endorse the use of northern tools and ensuring responsible economic development proceeds in the context of sound environmental stewardship.

It will place a spotlight on Deline and the Northwest Territories as a place where sustainable development is actively practiced and led by Northerners. The designation is entirely consistent with the principles embedded in the Land Use and Sustainability Framework, the Sustainable Development Policy and in our regulatory system. In effect, the Premier ’s Award of Excellence at an international scale.

The designation would fully endorse the northern tools promoted by the Government of the Northwest Territories, including the land claims, the Sahtu Land Use Plan and the Great Bear Lake Watershed Management Plan. It celebrates the success of those tools and confirms the importance on an international scale.

My question to the government: Is this government supporting Deline’s nomination?

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya . The Member for Nahendeh , Mr. Menicoche .

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Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Link Concerns

Members’ Statements

Kevin A. Menicoche

Nahendeh

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. My observation is that our current government prides itself on thinking big but often forgets its duty to also think small. All too regularly our small communities are an afterthought when this government plans its big projects such as the Mackenzie Valley fibre optic line. My colleagues across the floor sold this 80-some million dollar project to me and other Members partly on the benefit it would bring to the small communities along the route such as Wrigley.

There were promises that a fibre optic line would serve those communities with faster and cheaper Internet, better service and health centre and better learning in our schools. Yet, even as this line is being dug into the ground in the Mackenzie Valley, the government has not publicly laid out its plan for small communities along the route. I haven’t heard about any construction opportunities for them either.

Communities in my riding are concerned about this lack of planning and communication, in particular Wrigley. It’s a sensitive matter. I suggest the government be proactive. In April, Wrigley’s leadership announced withdrawal of their support for the fibre optic line. Land claim issues and lack of progress on the Dehcho Process are big factors in that, but it is a much easier decision to pull support when the government does not see the benefits of this fibre optic project.

Of course, “big picture” interests do see the benefits: the European space industry, federal government departments, big companies like Ledcor, which is building the line, and NorthwesTel. I would like to see some small thinking and see it very soon.

Let’s see some business opportunities and jobs in the small communities along the route of the fibre optic line. Let’s see the details on how the line will serve our health centres, schools, local governments, businesses and homes. Think small.

Like Highway No. 7, this will be my next favourite two words to this government: think small. The result might be bigger than they think. Thank you very much.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche . The Member for Mackenzie Delta , Mr. Blake .

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Premier’s Award Recipients

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Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Premier mentioned that this morning we had a number of awards here at the Legislative Assembly today. Of those recognized of the single window service centres, I have three constituents out of those 22 people. Ms. Shandel McLeod, Ms. Diane Koe and Mrs. Maureen Cardinal-Clark were the three GSOs who we have in our communities.

They do a lot of work on our behalf, going visiting elders and people who cannot come out to the offices. They’re a great help to our communities and I hope that as we move forward that this program continues. Thank you.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Blake . The Member for Yellowknife Centre , Mr. Hawkins .

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Public Housing Needs

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Robert Hawkins

Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To my surprise when I opened up page 3 of the Yellowknifer today, I saw and I counted 194 families still in need of some type of shelter.

What it is, is a cry to this government for more housing, more emergency shelters, more transitional space. These shouldn’t be numbers that anyone should be proud of. This government itself should be hanging its head in shame.

Last year the government built just over one house per 33 communities. The actual stat was 1.15, when you do the math. This government has allowed 19 percent of the NWT houses to still have core need. The poverty list isn’t getting any shorter. It continues to go unaddressed, and while housing solutions are being ignored by the lackluster investment, we only have no further to look to either the McLeod government or to the Minister R.C. McLeod and start to wonder where they are fighting at the Cabinet table for more money in housing.

There has never been a session that has gone by that I have not heard “we need more housing.” There is not a week that doesn’t go by when I hear from somebody in our community that needs more housing in Yellowknife, and I know that cry is equal, if not worse, in the smaller communities. People need housing solutions.

I never hear about how people are fighting at the Cabinet table about let’s find more money for housing. I just hear about nothing else at all. As a matter of fact, the fact is that they’re all worried about their own little projects. I wish somebody would take housing on as their individual project and become the champion of it.

So, what we see and what we hear is the defence of the status quo. We hear how CMHC, oh boo hoo, no more money. Well, the fact is I’m sick and tired of hearing that. Why don’t we find new solutions? If we keep blaming CMHC, eventually we’re not going to have anyone to blame but ourselves. Well, I certainly hope that we get to that solution a lot faster.

Better yet, if we wanted to do something, this government could show some real brass leadership by leaning forward and saying, “We’re going to build 20 new homes in every community. Now, we don’t need the money immediately, but we could come up with a plan.” Plans such as it would create a jobs boom; we could re-orientate some of our income support money; we could re-orientate some of our housing money; and there are a lot of other types of ways. We could challenge the private sector to say, “We need 20 new units in that community. How can you step up to the challenge?” Money wouldn’t be needed immediately, but it would be over a trend of a couple years as we did payments.

As my time runs out, I certainly hope the enthusiasm of this government doesn’t run out on this problem. Thank you.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins . Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery, Mr. Dolynny .

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Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Daryl Dolynny

Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Through you, I have the great honour and privilege today to introduce a special group from Range Lake North School, a Grade 6 class of social studies. I got to know this class over the year and they’re an incredible group of students, so it’s my pleasure to have them in the House today here and I’d like to introduce each and every one of them.

I have Mathieu Durnford, Matthew Broadis, Genesis Saturos, Rayyane Awan, Ethan Aumond, Naba Osman, Stephanie Walsh, Sarah Campbell, Hannah Downes, Aishah Mohammed, Abbey Newberry and I’ve got Drew Wolfe, and unfortunately, two of their colleagues aren’t here today. I know that they’re very enthusiastic, I got to meet them many times, and that’s Elle Mitchener and Bailey Johnston. I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank their teacher, who’s very politically inclined to learn a lot about that and she teaches a lot of this stuff in her classroom, and that’s Josiane Asselin. Thank you.

Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank my good constituency assistant, Mr. Grant Pryznyk, for coordinating all this. You know, Mr. Speaker, before I leave, these students definitely are our future, and if they are, I can tell you our future is really bright. Thank you. Thanks for coming.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny . Mr. Ramsay .

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I hosted the first ever Mining Industry Advisory Board meeting here in Yellowknife. This was a key recommendation from our Mineral Development Strategy and it certainly is an honour here today to welcome four of the six members of that board with us today, so I wanted to recognize them: Mr. Don Bubar of Avalon Rare Metals; Mr. John Kearney, Canadian Zinc; Ms. Leni Keogh of Olivut Resources; Mr. Rod Brown of Discovery Mining Services. Not able to be with us today and I should mention the chair of the advisory board is Mr. Brendan Bell from Dominion Diamond Corp, and also Mr. Darrel Beaulieu from DEMCo. I also wanted to recognize the

ex officio

members, Brooke Clements, president of the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines, and with Brooke is Mr. Tom Hoefer, executive director of NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to thank them for all of their commitment to the Northwest Territories and advancing the interests of mining here in the Northwest Territories.

I also wanted to recognize, if I could, a couple of Pages that I have in the Assembly: Marionne Gacayan from Weledeh School and Umairah Mutoola from Weledeh School as well. I also wanted to thank all of the Pages for all of the hard work they put in for Members during this sitting of the House. Thank you.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay . The honourable Premier , Mr. McLeod.

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Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m pleased to recognize two presenters who assisted with the awards. One was Matt Young from NWT IPAC and also Charles Perron from Canadian Public Sector Leader, Deloitte, for the awards that were awarded this morning. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Beaulieu .

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a couple of people in the Gallery also. I’d like to first recognize Don Bubar, president of Avalon Rare Metals. I’m hoping that someday there might be a rare metals mine in Tu Nedhe. That’ll be good for the workers of Tu Nedhe, both Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e.

Also, I would like to recognize Tom Hoefer, executive director of the NWT Chamber. Tom and I actually worked together in the ‘70s. That is hard to believe, but true.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . That’s only 40 years ago. Mr. Yakeleya .

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to recognize Tom Hoefer. Mr. Hoefer gave me a picture of one of our most respected elders in the Sahtu and I want to thank Tom for that picture. It means a lot to me. Thank you, Tom, and congratulations to the new board on mining development.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya . I would like to welcome everybody here in the public gallery. Thank you for taking an interest in our proceedings.

Item 6, acknowledgements. Item 7, oral questions. Item 8, written questions. Item 9, returns to written questions. Item 10, replies to opening address. Item 11, petitions. Item 12, reports of standing and special committees, Mr. Moses .

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your Standing Committee on Social Programs would like to read in our report on Bill 47,

An Act to amend the Child and Family Services Act. Thank you.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Moses . Proceed, Mr. Moses .

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Standing Committee on Social Programs is pleased to provide its Report on the Review of Bill 47 :

An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act and commend it to the House.

Introduction

Bill 47,

An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act , makes enhancements to the Child and Family Services Act. The bill is a long-awaited response to the statutory review by the Standing Committee on Social Programs in 2010.

The bill proposes to expand services offered to youth, require Aboriginal organizations to be notified in advance of child-apprehension hearings or youth-protection hearings, require the director of child and family services to advise clients of their right to legal counsel, provide for mediation processes, require an application for an apprehension order to include a statement of alternatives that were considered, require a review of the act every five years, include involvement in prostitution as grounds for a child or youth needing protection, and adjust time limits for temporary custody depending on the child’s age.

Bill 47 was referred to the committee on March 3, 2015. The public hearing with the Minister was held on April 20, 2015. The clause-by-clause review was held on June 1, 2015. With the Minister’s agreement, five motions to amend the bill were passed at the clause-by-clause review. These amendments are discussed below.

In its review of Bill 47 , the committee heard from many stakeholders, including the family law

section of the Northwest Territories branch of the Canadian Bar Association; the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner; the Yellowknife Seniors’ Society; UNICEF; the Canadian Equal Parenting Council; the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission; the Greenland family in Aklavik; social workers, including government employees and those in private practice; community advocates; and dozens of residents from across the Northwest Territories.

The committee held public meetings in Yellowknife, Ndilo, Hay River, K’atlodeeche First Nation, Fort Simpson, Behchoko, Deline, Inuvik and Aklavik. Poor weather prevented the committee from flying to Fort Liard and Tuktoyaktuk as planned. During the two-week itinerary, Members also heard from residents about Bill 44,

An Act to Amend the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act. While there was broad support for the bill’s provisions, numerous ideas for improvements were raised. In addition, scores of stakeholders and private residents pointed out deficiencies in the child and family services system. These matters are addressed in the remainder of the report. The concluding

section is devoted to recommendations for additional courses of action.

Echoes of the 2010 Report

The department’s poor track record in the area of child and family services cast a dark shadow over the committee’s review of Bill 47 . The 2010 report served as a ready reference document and the bleak results of the 2014 report of the Auditor General of Canada were fresh in the minds of Members, including the report’s conclusion that the department had been failing to meet key legislative requirements. While Members are pleased to see a number of recommendations from the 2010 report reflected in the bill, they noted that nearly five years have elapsed.

This lack of urgency demonstrates that the child and family services occupy a low priority status on the government’s agenda. Indeed, many stakeholders are pessimistic about the bill resulting in meaningful change.

In a similar vein, some stakeholders stated that the amendments of the act will not address the core issues at hand because legislation and policies are only as good as the infrastructure, the programs and staff that are in place in the communities.

In keeping with the core findings in the 2010 report, dozens of residents and community advocates called for greater compassion from child protection workers and the system in general. It also called for a collaborative approach for dealing with family members as opposed to an adversarial approach.

Noting the legacy of the residential school system and the loss of so many children due to child protection concerns, numerous stakeholders requested a stronger focus on prevention and early intervention strategies, including parenting skills and help for families who are healing from the impact of trauma, addictions, and intergenerational abuse.

The widespread lack of resources was another prevalent theme. One long-time foster parent said, “When I look around at what services are available, I see nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.” Dozens of respondents complained about a lack of resources across the board from the lack of funding for respite care to give foster parents occasional relief from the duties to the lack of resources for FASD children and their families and the high rates of staff turnover, which lead to patchy and inadequate service delivery.

Several social workers described their heavy caseloads, noting that the volume, complexity and intensity of work in the North poses greater demands on them than their southern peers. Along with a number of private residents, these overworked social workers called for more effective interdepartmental collaboration, especially in small communities where resources are thin on the ground.

It is worth noting that the Tlicho Community Services Agency reported a number of positive changes flowing from the department’s action, which was developed in response to the Auditor General’s 2014 report.

Mediation

During the review of Bill 47 , scores of stakeholders and residents called for a stronger mediation process as an alternative to the adversarial court process. Members recalled this is one of the core recommendations from the committee’s 2010 report, and commended the Minister for including a mediation provision in the bill. However, Members agreed with the stakeholders who asked for the provision to be fleshed out. The committee saw merit in the submission from the family law

section in the NWT branch of the Canadian Bar Association and agreed with a number of its recommendations. Accordingly, the committee brought forward three motions:

1. A motion was passed to ensure that the parties entering into mediation jointly agree on who will serve as a mediator.

2. A motion was developed to ensure that communications and evidence gathered during any mediation process will be treated as confidential and not used in court proceedings.

The Minister agreed with these two motions.

1. A motion was developed to authorize a judge to order parties to engage in mediation and to set the terms for such a process and to direct the child and family services to cover the cost of the mediation.

The Minister did not concur with that motion. As it is unlikely that parents involved in child protection proceedings will be able to afford the cost of such mediation, Members urged the department to reconsider its position. The committee noted that mediation support of child protection concerns is very successful in other Canadian jurisdictions. With the help of trained and neutral mediators, parents are brought together with social workers, children, grandparents and extended family members, as well as band representatives, legal counsel and others to identify joint solutions.

Successful mediations typically result in agreements about such matters as who will care for the child, who will have access to a child in care, how parents can participate in support services, and how the plan of care will unfold. Mediations build trust through collaboration, and thus foster less adversarial relationships between the parties. Indeed, parents who have participated in successful mediations often report that the process enabled them to “find a voice” and feel empowered to make positive changes.

The committee believes that greater use of mediation will, in the long run, result in cost savings by virtue of earlier resolution of matters.

It is worth noting that, in the midst of the review, the committee inquired about the department’s capacity to provide mediation services in each of the 33 communities of the Northwest Territories. In its correspondence, the committee noted that a number of mediators are based in Yellowknife but that capacity would likely need to be developed to ensure that child protection matters can be mediated in the communities where they occur. Regrettably, the Minister did not provide a formal reply to this query.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to pass the report on to my colleague Ms. Bisaro . Thank you.

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Moses . Ms. Bisaro .

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Moses .

Alternatives to Apprehension

The committee commends the Minister for including a new provision requiring an application for an apprehension order to be accompanied by a sworn statement listing the alternatives to apprehension that were considered. The provision is meant to curb the frequency of apprehensions and to ensure that child protection workers have availed themselves of the least intrusive measures. All too often in the Northwest Territories, families lose their children instead of getting help.

The committee approached the department about an additional provision which would clearly identify the measures taken to facilitate kinship care, including any provision of financial support, and why those measures proved insufficient to prevent an apprehension. The Minister concurred with this motion at the clause-by-clause review.

In addition, responding to a query from a front-line worker, the committee confirmed that any statement listing alternatives to apprehension would be supplied by affidavit and that the rules of evidence would apply.

Kinship Care

During the committee’s public hearings, residents stated repeatedly their desire for a “family first” approach that will give extended family members, especially grandparents, the right of first refusal whenever a child is in need of protection or care. A companion request was for extended family members to receive financial compensation when they care for children on an informal or temporary basis. According to one wearied grandmother who has fostered several grandchildren, “I’m tired and I’m angry. This government is actually going backward. When are things going to change for the better?”

In a similar vein, community residents strongly and repeatedly expressed their desire to see more children remaining in their families and communities of origin and within their cultures. To this end, the committee noted

Section 2(

f) of the act, which states that child protection measures must promote family and community integrity wherever possible, and

Section 3(

c) of the act, which states that determining the best interests of the child must include consideration of the child’s cultural, linguistic and spiritual upbringing and ties.

In an attempt to address residents’ concerns within the scope of Bill 47 , the committee sought an amendment to the provision that requires an application for an apprehension order to include a statement of alternatives that were considered. The amendment will require that the statement also include a list of any financial supports provided to extended family members to help maintain the child. It is the committee’s hope that this provision will, in appropriate cases, result in the courts rejecting the application and ordering financial support be provided to family members who are willing to care for the child.

Recognizing that this amendment does not mandate the provision of financial support for kinship care, the committee noted that these statements will have extra weight because they must be supplied by affidavit.

The committee feels it cannot overstate the degree of concern over perceived deficiencies of the current arrangements, especially when grandparents step in to care for grandchildren and find themselves drained of their personal and financial reserves. Indeed, the discussion surrounding kinship care led Members to conclude that the Child and Family Services Act should be completely revised in the 18th Assembly. Specifically, Members want to see comprehensive new provisions to address kinship care and family-preservation strategies. Potential amendments could include revisions to the

preamble so that kinship care is given a prominent place throughout the act. Another example would be a new provision authorizing the court to place a child with a member of the extended family as an alternative to temporary custody.

Youth Services

The committee recalled one of its core findings in 2010: that young people aged 16 to 19 are disadvantaged in our system, to the point where their human rights are compromised. The gap in services for this age group was first raised in 1977 and remains to this day. The changes proposed in Bill 47 allow the director of child and family services to offer the same services to youth as are offered to children, and to extend the director’s parental responsibility for permanent wards to the age of 23.

Like many stakeholders, the committee was pleased to see new provisions for youth services. However, the committee notes, the provisions are largely discretionary. Members are therefore unconvinced that the department will actually follow through on the provision of these services. As a case in point, a number of discretionary provisions to provide youth services already exist in the act and yet these services have largely been denied to young people as they age out of the system.

The committee noted that youth who have been through the child protection system are at a much higher risk of becoming homeless, developing addictions and mental health issues, becoming involved in crime and committing suicide. Accordingly, Members would like to see a much broader range of services offered to these youth. Multi-departmental teams should be set up to support these high-risk youth, and the teams should be comprised of experts in areas such as psychiatry and mental health, literacy and career counselling, nutrition and crime prevention.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to pass the reading of the report to my colleague Mr. Yakeleya . Thank you.

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Child and Family Services Committees

The committee’s 2010 report included a core recommendation to set up and fund child and family services committees in every community, as set out in the act. Only one community, Fort McPherson, has ever had a child and family services committee, although provisions were first made for them in the act nearly twenty years ago. The lone Fort McPherson experiment was fragile and short-lived.

During the public review, the Minister clarified that these expanded roles in communities would be performed on a voluntary and unpaid basis. Members were uniformly displeased to hear this and their dismay was shared by scores of private residents. The committee concludes that the unpaid and voluntary status of child and family services committees would be an impediment to laypeople’s involvement and would not make the committees more viable.

In the midst of the review, the committee wrote to the Minister and asked if serious consideration had been given to allocating meaningful resources toward this important community-based work. Regrettably, no reply was received. Concluding that the proposed provision to expand roles is empty of substance, the committee prepared a motion to eliminate it. The motion received the concurrence of the Minister.

The committee wishes to note that the motion to eliminate an expansion of duties for child and family services committees was initially a gesture of protest. Upon further deliberation, however, Members concluded that the model has never proven to be viable. The committee is therefore urging the department to introduce a separate bill to remove all provisions pertaining to child and family services committees in the act and, further, urging the department to investigate viable alternatives for involving community members in the child protection process.

The committee notes, for example, that New Zealand and a number of Canadian jurisdictions have had success in their use of family group conferences.

Notifying Aboriginal Organizations

Bill 47 includes a new provision which requires Aboriginal organizations to be notified in advance of an apprehension hearing or youth protection hearing. While the Information and Privacy Commissioner expressed concerns about the privacy implications of this provision and called for tighter restrictions, the committee did not agree, noting that companion provisions already exist in the act.

A number of representatives from Aboriginal organizations expressed confusion over the purpose of the notification provisions and, specifically, what they are expected to do with the information once it is received.

The committee therefore urges the department to establish a protocol with Aboriginal organizations for handling sensitive information. The goal should be to strike a balance between the rights of Aboriginal governments to know what is happening to their children, on the one hand, and the privacy rights of children and family members, on the other hand.

Right to Legal Counsel

The committee commends the Minister for the new provision requiring the director of child and family services to inform clients of their right to legal counsel. However, the committee wanted to see stronger obligations. The Minister agreed to a motion to amend which places a positive obligation on the director of child and family services to facilitate clients’ access to legal counsel and, where appropriate, the services of an interpreter. In the committee’s view, this additional provision merely codifies what should already be happening in practice.

Mr. Speaker, I will now turn the report over to Mrs. Groenewegen .

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act

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Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Recommended Actions

The Standing Committee on Social Programs recommends the following courses of action:

1. that the Department of Health and Social Services completely rewrite the Child and Family Services Act in the 18th Assembly, with renewed emphasis on kinship care and strategies oriented toward mediation, prevention, early intervention and family preservation;

2. that the Department of Health and Social Services take stronger measures to keep children within their families and communities of origin, including devoting additional funding for prevention, early intervention and family-preservation strategies;

3. that the Department of Health and Social Services move swiftly and assertively to build capacity in the area of mediation across the Northwest Territories;

4. that the Department of Health and Social Services cover the cost of hiring and training mediators in order to facilitate more collaborative and favourable outcomes;

5. that the Department of Health and Social Services establish a protocol with Aboriginal organizations for handling sensitive information, striking a balance between the rights of Aboriginal organizations to know what is happening to their children and the privacy rights of children and family members;

6. that the Department of Health and Social Services act immediately to introduce a bill to remove all provisions pertaining to child and family services committees in the act;

7. that the Department of Health and Social Services investigate viable alternatives to child and family services committees that will promote community involvement in the child protection process;

8. that the Department of Health and Social Services investigate the approach whereby the problem parent is removed from the home instead of apprehending the child;

9. that the Department of Health and Social Services provide community-based workshops and healing camps to parents and families as a cost-effective alternative to sending people out for treatment or counselling;

10. that the Department of Health and Social Services work toward building people’s capacity to parent effectively and competently; and

11. that the Government of the Northwest Territories engage in discussions with UNICEF to examine whether this jurisdiction is doing to enough to recognize and promote children’s human rights.

Recommendations

Recommendation 1

That the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a comprehensive response to this report within 120 days.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I pass the reading of the report over to Mr. Moses .

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Committee Report 18-17(5): Report On The Review Of Bill 47:

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

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Conclusion

The Standing Committee on Social Programs thanks all stakeholders who provided comments on Bill 47 or attended the public hearings.

The committee advises that it supports Bill 47 as amended and reprinted and presents it for consideration to Committee of the Whole.

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Motion To Receive Committee Report 18-17(5) And Move Into Committee Of The Whole, Carried

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Mr. Speaker, that concludes the presentation of our report; therefore, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake , that Committee Report 18-17(5), Report on the Review of Bill 47 :

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Motion To Receive Committee Report 18-17(5) And Move Into Committee Of The Whole, Carried

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 100(4) to have Committee Report 18-17(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs Report on the Review of Bill 47 :

An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Tabled Document 260-17(5): Environment And Natural Resources Framework For Action 2012-2016 December 2014 Status Update

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Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following three documents, entitled “Growing the Northwest Territories: Supporting Population Growth of the Northwest Territories,” “Background Research: Growing the Northwest Territories - Supporting Population Growth of the Northwest Territories” and “Environment and Natural Resources Framework for Action 2012-2016, December 2014 Status Update.” Thank you.

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Tabled Document 263-17(5): Public Performance Measures Report 2015 – NWT Health And Social Services System

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Glen Abernethy

Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following three documents, entitled “Northwest Territories Community Wellness Initiatives Annual Report for 2013-2014,” “NWT Health and Social Services Performance Measurement Framework” and “Public Performance Measures Report for 2015 NWT Health and Social Services System.” Thank you.

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Tabled Document 266-17(5): Agriculture Products Marketing Council 2014-2015 Annual Report

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following three documents, entitled “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 10-17(5), Report on the Review of 2013-2014 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories,” “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 13-17(5), Report on the Review of Bill 42,

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Tabled Document 268-17(5): Results Report (2014-2015) – 20/20: A Brilliant North – NWT Public Service Strategic Plan

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document, entitled “Northwest Territories Transportation Strategy 2015-2040” crafted with the input of our stakeholders. The Department of Transportation Strategy provides direction for the development of a multi-modal transportation system for the next 25 years.

Also, Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled “Results Report, 2014-2015, 20/20: A Brilliant North - NWT Public Service Strategic Plan.” The Public Service Strategic Plan guides our efforts to enhance and develop the capacity and effectiveness of our public service. Thank you.

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Tabled Document 269-17(5): GNWT Response To Motion 35-17(5), Lobbyist Registry

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document, entitled “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 35-17(5), Lobbyist Registry.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Tabled Document 270-17(5):

Summary Of Members’ Absences For The Period February 4, 2015, To May 26, 2015

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Summary of Members’ Absences for the Period February 4 to May 26, 2015.

Item 15, notices of motion. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. Item 18, first reading of bills, Mr. Ramsay .

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Bill 59: Estate Administration Law Amendment Act

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Kam Lake

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Bill 60:

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Bill 65:

An Act To Amend The Safety Act

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Jackson Lafferty

Monfwi

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake , that Bill 65,

An Act to Amend the Safety Act , be read for the first time.

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Bill 65:

An Act To Amend The Safety Act

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Thank you, Mr. Lafferty . The motion is in order. To the motion.

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Bill 65:

An Act To Amend The Safety Act

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

First Reading of Bills

Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake , that Bill 66,

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act , be read for the first time.

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South , that Bill 67, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016 , be read for the first time.

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Bill 56: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015

Second Reading of Bills

David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave , that Bill 56, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 , be read for the second time.

This bill corrects inconsistencies and errors in the statutes of the Northwest Territories. The bill also deals with matters of a minor, noncontroversial and uncomplicated nature in the statutes.

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Bill 56: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay . The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

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Bill 56: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South , that Bill 67, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016 , be read for the second time.

This bill makes supplementary appropriations for operations expenditures for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Bill 67: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

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Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

I seek consent to proceed with the second reading of Bill 66,

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act , today.

---Consent granted

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

Second Reading of Bills

Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

Mr. Speaker, I move seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake , that Bill 66,

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act , be read for the second time.

Bill 66 amends the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act so that the definition of child includes a child who is dependent upon the Member because of mental or physical impairment. The bill also makes adjustments to the definition of recipient so that the same terminology is used in each act.

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Bill 66:

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

Second Reading of Bills

Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 74(2) and have Bill 66,

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act , moved into Committee of the Whole.

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Bill 66:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

Second Reading of Bills

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Bill 66 is moved into Committee of the Whole.

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 47,

An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act ; Bill 66,

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act ; Committee Report 17-17(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs Report on the Review of Bill 44 :

An Act to Amend the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act; and Committee Report 18-17(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs Repot on the Review of Bill 47 :

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

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Daryl Dolynny

Good afternoon, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro .

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We would like to deal with Committee Report 17-17(5), Bill 47 , Committee Report 18-17(5) and Bill 66 .

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

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Thank you, Ms. Bisaro . Does committee agree?

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. Committee, we have before us here still left outstanding Committee Report 17-17(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs, we have a report of the review of Bill 44 , Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act. With that, I believe we’ll go to Mr. Moses . Mr. Moses .

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Committee Motion 121-17(5): Bill 44, Hospital Insurance And Health And Social Services Administration Act, Comprehensive Response To Report Within 120 Days, Carried

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have a committee motion. I move that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a comprehensive response to this report within 120 days.

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Committee Motion 121-17(5): Bill 44, Hospital Insurance And Health And Social Services Administration Act, Comprehensive Response To Report Within 120 Days, Carried

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Moses . T