Nunavut.

• Author: Baldwin, Alex
• Position: Legislative Reports

House Proceedings

The spring 2015 sitting of the 2nd Session of the 4th Legislative Assembly convened on May 26, 2015. The 2nd Session was prorogued on June 1, 2015. The 3rd Session was opened on June 2, 2015. The Opening Address was delivered by Deputy Commissioner Nellie Kusugak.

Three substantive motions were adopted on the first sitting day of the 3rd Session. Quttiktuq MLA Isaac Shooyook moved a motion to modify the terms of reference for the Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts to "explicitly address the integration of Inuit Societal Values and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit into the laws, policies, programs and services of the Government of Nunavut, including the holding of public hearings on the annual reports of the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Katimajiit and the annual reports on the status of Inuit culture and society that are prepared under Article 32.3.4 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement."

Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak moved a motion to refer the first annual report tabled in the Legislative Assembly under the Collaboration for Poverty Reduction Act to the Committee of the Whole for detailed consideration during the upcoming fall 2015 sitting of the House. Minister of Family Services Jeannie Ugyuk will appear before the Committee of the Whole to respond to Members' questions and interventions.

Tununiq MLA Joe Enook moved a motion to refer the Nunavut Housing Corporation's Agreement for the Management and Administration of Local Housing Organization Programs to the Committee of the Whole for detailed consideration during the upcoming fall 2015 sitting of the House. Minister Responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation George Kuksuk will appear before the Committee of the Whole to respond to Members' questions and interventions.

The fall 2015 sitting will convene on October 21, 2015.

Committee activities

A number of televised hearings have been held in recent months by standing and special committees of the Legislative Assembly.

On May 5,2015, Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson appeared before the Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts, which is chaired by Iqaluit-Tasiluk MLA George Hickes, on the occasion of its consideration of the Auditor General's 2015 Report on Corrections in Nunavut. The Standing...