Yukon.

• Author: Kolody, Linda
• Position: Legislative Reports

Sitting Dates

The 2018 Spring Sitting of the Second Session of the 34th Legislative Assembly began on March 1, and concluded on the 30th sitting day, April 24.

Bills

The following government bills were introduced and assented to during the 2018 Spring Sitting:

Bill No. 15, Cannabis Control and Regulation Act

Bill No. 16, Technical Amendments Act, 2018

Bill No. 17, Gender Diversity and Related Amendments Act

Bill No. 18, Order of Yukon Act

Bill No. 204, Third Appropriation Act 2017-18

Bill No. 205, Interim Supply Appropriation Act 2018-19

Bill No. 206, First Appropriation Act 2018-19

Commissioner of Yukon

As noted in Yukon's preceding Legislative Report, outgoing Commissioner Doug Phillips' term concluded on January 31, 2018. On March 9, Governor General Julie Payette, on the advice of the Prime Minister, appointed Angelique Bernard as Yukon's new Commissioner. The appointment is for a five-year term. On March 12, Ms. Bernard was sworn-in as Commissioner in Whitehorse at the Commissioner's office, Taylor House, by the Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon, Justice Ron Veale. Ms. Bernard, Yukon's first francophone Commissioner, moved to Yukon in 1995. For seven years, Ms. Bernard was president of the Association franco-yukonnaise, and at the time of her appointment as Commissioner, was serving as the association's vice-president.

On March 18, Commissioner Bernard appeared in the Chamber for the first time, to grant assent to three bills that had passed the House: Bill No. 18, Order of Yukon Act, Bill No. 204, Third Appropriation Act 2017-18, and Bill No. 205, Interim Supply Appropriation Act 2018-19.

Administrator of Yukon

The federal Yukon Act gives the Administrator the authority to act in place of the Commissioner when the latter is absent or ill, and when there is no Commissioner. From the expiration of Commissioner Phillips' term at the end of January until the March 9 expiration of the Administrator's Governor in Council appointment, Gerald Isaac had fulfilled that additional role.

On March 9, Adeline Webber, a member of the Teslin Tlingit...