Northwest Territories: Session.

• Date: 22 September 2020
• Author: Rutland, Glen

The second Session of the 19th Legislative Assembly resumed on May 26, 2020, as scheduled, after the Winter sitting was adjourned early on March 16, 2020 ,due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Assembly sat until June 12, 2020, and is adjourned until October 15, 2020.

The main item of business was the resumption of review of the 2020-2021 Main Estimates in Committee of the Whole. Before adjourning early in March 2020, the Assembly passed an Interim Appropriation Act, prior to completing its review of the Main Estimates.

The Assembly resumed with all 19 Members in attendance, in a modified chamber, which included extra rows of seats added to the Chamber, and directional flow control. At the beginning of each sitting day, Members would assemble in the Great Hall and then be led into the Chamber in the order of their seats to avoid Members having to pass in front of or behind each other. The Assembly operated with two table officers, rather than three, and had a third table officer monitoring from...