Nunavut.

• Author: Baldwin, Alex
• Position: Legislative Reports

House Proceedings

The fall 2018 sitting of the 2nd Session of the 5th Legislative Assembly convened on October 23, 2018 and concluded on November 8, 2018.

The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole during the fall 2018 sitting were dominated by the consideration of the government's proposed 2019-2020 capital estimates.

Six bills received Assent during the fall 2018 sitting:

Bill 2, Chartered Professional Accountants Act;

Bill 9, Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2019-2020;

Bill 10, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 2, 2018-2019;

Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 4, 2017-2018;

Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Qulliq Energy Corporation Act; and

Bill 14, An Act to Amend Certain Acts Respecting the Terms of Office of Independent Officers of the Legislative Assembly.

The winter 2019 sitting of the 2nd Session of the 5th Legislative Assembly is scheduled to convene on February 19, 2019.

Filling of Cabinet Vacancy

On October 25, 2018, Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak announced her resignation from the Executive Council. Aivilik MLA Patterk Netser was subsequently acclaimed by the Nunavut Leadership Forum to fill the vacancy on the Executive Council. Mr. Netser, who had previously served as both a Regular MLA and a Minister during the 1st and 2nd Legislative Assemblies, was later appointed Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation and Minister responsible for the Nunavut Arctic College by Premier Joe Savikataaq.

Committee Activities

From September 27, 2018, to October 2, 2018, the Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts held televised hearings on the most recent annual reports of the Qulliq Energy Corporation and the Legal Services Board. Committee Chairperson and Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main subsequently presented a report on the televised hearings during the fall 2018 sitting of the House.

Canadian Radio-Television and Tele-communications Commission Renewal of Mandatory Distribution Order for the Broadcast Services of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

On August 22, 2018, Nunavut Speaker Joe Enook and Northwest Territories Speaker Jackson Lafferty jointly issued an announcement welcoming the decision of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to renew the mandatory distribution order for the broadcast services of the Nunavut...