Nunavut.

AuthorBaldwin, Alex
PositionLegislative Reports

House Proceedings

The fall 2015 sitting of the 3rd Session of the 4th Legislative Assembly convened on October 21, 2015. The last sitting of the calendar year was held on November 9, 2015.

The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole during the fall 2015 sitting were dominated by the consideration of the Government of Nunavut's proposed 2016-2017 capital estimates.

Nine bills received Assent during the fall 2015 sitting:

* Bill 1, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2014-2015;

* Bill 2, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2015-2016;

* Bill 3, Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2016-2017;

* Bill 4, Write-Off of Assets Act, 2014-2015;

* Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Safety Act;

* Bill 6, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 3, 2015-2016;

* Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Labour Standards Act (Minimum Wage);

* Bill 8, Legislative Assembly Statutes Amendment Act; and

* Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Nunavut Elections Act and the Plebiscites Act.

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Amittuq MLA George Qulaut appeared before the Committee of the Whole on the occasion of its clause-by-clause consideration of Bills 8 and 9.

Among other measures, Bill 8 amended the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act to halt the accrual of pensionable service during the period in which a Member is suspended from the Legislative Assembly. Bill 8 also changed the length of the term of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut, an independent officer of the Legislative Assembly, from four to five years. A majority of independent officers of the Legislative Assembly have statutorily-prescribed terms of five years.

Among other measures, Bill 9 provides the Legislative Assembly's Management and Services Board with broader regulation-making powers in respect of elections and plebiscites, in addition to repealing the prohibition on the sale of liquor on election day.

The Legislative Assembly's winter 2016 sitting convened on February 24, 2016.

Mid-Term Leadership Review of the Executive Council

On November 7, 2015, the Mid-Term Leadership Review of the Executive Council was conducted under the auspices of the Nunavut Leadership Forum. The Forum is an informal body consisting of all Members of the Legislative Assembly. By convention, its decisions concerning such matters as the selection of the Speaker, Premier and Cabinet Ministers are ratified by way of...

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