Yukon.

• Date: 22 March 2022
• Author: Kolody, Linda
• Published date: 22 March 2022
• Author: Kolody, Linda

2021 Fall Sitting

The 2021 Fall Sitting of the First Session of the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly began on October 7 and concluded on December 2, after 31 sitting days.

Bills assented to

On the final day of the Sitting, eight government bills were assented to by Yukon's Commissioner, Angelique Bernard:

* Bill No. 4, Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act (2021) --Nils Clarke;

* Bill No. 5, Act to Amend the Territorial Lands (Yukon) Act (2021)--John Streicker;

* Bill No. 6, Act to Amend the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (2021)--Tracy-Anne McPhee;

* Bill No. 7, Act to Amend the Family Property and Support Act (2021)--Ms. McPhee;

* Bill No. 8, Workers' Safety and Compensation Act --Richard Mostyn (Note: the modernized act replaces the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Workers' Compensation Act.);

* Bill No. 9, Act to Amend the Cannabis Control and Regulation Act (2021)--Ranj Pillai;

* Bill No. 10, Act to Amend the Territorial Court Judiciary Pension Plan Act (2021)--Ms. McPhee; and

* Bill No. 202, Second Appropriation Act 2021-22 Sandy Silver.

One government bill remains on the Order Paper: Bill No. 3, Act to Amend the Assessment and Taxation Act and the Municipal Act (2021). As detailed in its explanatory note, the bill seeks to create a program that can be utilised to retrofit buildings to increase their...