Nunavut.

• Date: 22 March 2021
• Author: Baldwin, Alex

House Proceedings

On May 1, 2020, Speaker Paul Quassa announced that the spring 2020 sitting of the 2nd Session of the 5th Legislative Assembly, which had been scheduled to convene on May 26, 2020, would be cancelled as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House subsequently sat from September 21, 2020 to September 29, 2020. Seven bills received Assent during the sitting:

* Bill 44, Write-Off of Assets Act, 2019-2020;

* Bill 45, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 4, 2019-2020;

* Bill 46, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2020-2021;

* Bill 47, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2020-2021;

* Bill 48, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2020-2021;

* Bill 49, An Act to Amend the Labour Standards Act; and

* Bill 50, An Act to Amend the Liquor Act.

During the winter 2020 sitting of the House, a motion was adopted to refer the report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the conduct of the 5lh territorial general election to the Committee of the Whole for consideration. These deliberations subsequently took place during the September 29, 2020, sitting of the House. Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone moved a motion during the proceedings recommending that the Management and...