Nunavut.

• Author: Baldwin, Alex
• Position: Legislative Reports

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The 2012 winter sitting of the Legislative Assembly convened on February 21, 2012 and adjourned on March 8, 2012. Minister of Finance and Cambridge Bay MLA Keith Peterson delivered his fourth Budget Address on February 22, 2012. The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole during the winter sitting of the House were dominated by the consideration of the Government of Nunavut's proposed 2012-2013 main estimates and departmental business plans.

On May 2, 2012, the House held a special sitting to confirm the selection of a new member of the Executive Council of Nunavut. Iqaluit West MLA Monica Ell had been selected to serve on Cabinet at a meeting of the Nunavut Leadership Forum held earlier that morning. Ms. Ell was subsequently appointed Minister of Human Resources, Minister responsible for Homelessness and Minister responsible for the Status of Women.

The 2012 spring sitting of the Legislative Assembly convened on May 29, 2012 and adjourned on June 8, 2012. The Legislative Assembly's 500th formal sitting took place on June 6, 2012, an occasion which was marked with reflections from the Chair by Speaker Hunter Tootoo, who is the longest-serving Member of the Legislative Assembly. He said:

Being the only member of the current House who served in the first Legislative Assembly, this milestone brings back numerous memories, some fond and some not so fond. For those of you who aspire to being in this House on the occasion of the next milestone, its 1,000th sitting day, you have my best wishes.

The 3rd Session of the 3rd Legislative Assembly will reconvene on October 23, 2012. It is anticipated that the proceedings of the fall sitting will be dominated by the consideration of the Government of Nunavut's proposed 2013-2014 capital estimates.

The fourth biennial Speaker's Youth Parliament is scheduled to be held from November 19-23, 2012.

Legislation

A total of seventeen bills received Assent during the Legislative Assembly's 2012 winter and spring sittings:

* Bill 19, Family Support Orders Enforcement Act;

* Bill 21, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, No. 3;

* Bill 24, Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, 2012-2013;

* Bill 25, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 6, 2010-2011;

* Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2011-2012;

* Bill 27, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2012-2013;

* Bill 28, Write-Off of Assets Act...