Yukon.

AuthorKolody, Linda
PositionLegislative Reports

On May 16% the 2013 Spring Sitting of the First Session of the 33rd Legislative Assembly adjourned. The 32-day sitting, which had convened on March 21st, concluded with Assent being given in the Chamber by the Commissioner of Yukon, Doug Phillips.

Assent

During the course of the Fall Sitting, the following nine bills (all Government bills) received Assent from Commissioner Phillips:

* Bill No. 8, Third Appropriation Act, 2012-13

* Bill No. 9, Interim Supply Appropriation Act, 2013-14

* Bill No. 10, First Appropriation Act, 2013-14

* Bill No. 52, Act to Amend the Housing Corporation Act

* Bill No. 53, Act to Amend the Education Act

* Bill No. 54, Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act

* Bill No. 55, International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Aircraft Equipment) Act

* Bill No. 56, Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act

* Bill No. 57, Oil-Fired Appliance Safety Statutory Amendment Act

New Ombudsman and Information & Privacy Commissioner Appointed

Following Tim Koepke's February 7 announcement that he intended to resign as Yukon's Ombudsman and Information & Privacy Commissioner (see the Summer 2013 Legislative Report), the Members' Services Board on May 9th issued a news release announcing its recommendation that Diane McLeod-McKay be appointed as Yukon's next Ombudsman and Information & Privacy Commissioner.

On May 15, the House adopted Motion #461, which recommended that the Commissioner in Executive Council appoint Ms. McLeod-McKay as Yukon's next Ombudsman for a five- year term (effective June 10, 2013). The Speaker, David Laxton, conducted a division on the motion, as the Ombudsman Act requires that at least two-thirds of Yukon's MLAs support the appointment of the Ombudsman. Eighteen members (i.e., all MLAs save the Speaker, who votes only to break a tie) voted in favour of the motion.

On June 9, in a ceremony presided over by the Speaker in the Chamber, Ms. McLeod-McKay was sworn in as Ombudsman and Information & Privacy Commissioner by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Dr. Floyd McCormick. Prior to assuming her new role, Ms. McLeod-McKay was the Director of the Personal Information Protection Act in the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Alberta.

Auditor General's Report

On June 19% the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (chaired by the Official Opposition Leader, Liz Hanson) held a public hearing in the Chamber to consider a report released in February by the Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson. The...

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