Nunavut.

• Author: Baldwin, Alex
• Position: Legislative Report

House Proceedings

The winter 2015 sitting of the 2nd Session of the 4th Legislative Assembly convened on February 24, 2015. Finance Minister Keith Peterson delivered his seventh consecutive Budget Address on February 25, 2015.

The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole during the winter 2015 sitting of the House were dominated by the consideration of the Government of Nunavut's proposed 2015-2016 main estimates and departmental business plans.

On February 24, 2015, the Legislative Assembly adopted a motion to recommend the re-appointment of Elaine Keenan Bengts as Nunavut's Information and Privacy Commissioner under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Ms. Keenan Bengts also serves as the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.

Eleven bills received Assent during the winter 2015 sitting:

Bill 1, Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan Act;

Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Corrections Act;

Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Tobacco Tax Act;

Bill 13, An Act to Amend the Vital Statistics Act;

Bill 14, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 3, 2014-2015;

Bill 15, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 2, 2014-2015;

Bill 16, Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, 2015-2016;

Bill 17, Write-Off of Assets Act, 2012-2013;

Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2015-2016 ;

Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act; and

Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act.

The Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Act establishes the legislative framework for the continuation of the Northern Employee Benefits Services plan as a multi-employer, multi-jurisdictional pension plan for employees of approved public sector employers in northern Canada. A piece of mirror legislation, Bill 12, had been introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories on February 26, 2014.

On October 27, 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut adopted a motion to extend the period...