Yukon Legislative Assembly. Cumulative Index to HANSARD

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1 Yukon Legislative Assembly 2nd Session 34th Legislature Cumulative Index to HANSARD October 3, 2017 to November 2, 2017

2 YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 Fall Sitting SPEAKER Hon. Nils Clarke, MLA, Riverdale North DEPUTY SPEAKER and CHAIR OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Don Hutton, MLA, Mayo-Tatchun DEPUTY CHAIR OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Ted Adel, MLA, Copperbelt North CABINET MINISTERS NAME CONSTITUENCY PORTFOLIO Hon. Sandy Silver Klondike Premier Minister of the Executive Council Office; Finance Hon. Ranj Pillai Porter Creek South Deputy Premier Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources; Economic Development; Minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and the Yukon Energy Corporation Hon. Tracy-Anne McPhee Riverdale South Government House Leader Minister of Education; Justice Hon. John Streicker Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Minister of Community Services; Minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate; Yukon Liquor Corporation and the Yukon Lottery Commission Hon. Pauline Frost Vuntut Gwitchin Minister of Health and Social Services; Environment; Minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corporation Hon. Richard Mostyn Whitehorse West Minister of Highways and Public Works; the Public Service Commission Hon. Jeanie Dendys Mountainview Minister of Tourism and Culture; Minister responsible for the Workers Compensation Health and Safety Board; Women s Directorate GOVERNMENT PRIVATE MEMBERS Yukon Liberal Party Ted Adel Copperbelt North Paolo Gallina Porter Creek Centre Don Hutton Mayo-Tatchun Stacey Hassard Brad Cathers Wade Istchenko Leader of the Official Opposition Pelly-Nisutlin Lake Laberge Kluane Liz Hanson Kate White OFFICIAL OPPOSITION Yukon Party THIRD PARTY Scott Kent New Democratic Party Patti McLeod Geraldine Van Bibber Leader of the Third Party Whitehorse Centre Third Party House Leader Takhini-Kopper King Official Opposition House Leader Copperbelt South Watson Lake Porter Creek North LEGISLATIVE STAFF Clerk of the Assembly Floyd McCormick Deputy Clerk Linda Kolody Clerk of Committees Allison Lloyd Sergeant-at-Arms Doris McLean Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Karina Watson Hansard Administrator Deana Lemke Published under the authority of the Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly

3 ADEL, TED Speaks on: Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Motion No Re creating solutions to promote aging in place and a full spectrum of care, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and nonindigenous people, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, ADJOURNED DEBATES Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading (Amendment to) (Time expired) (Mostyn), Motion No Re creating solutions to promote aging in place and a full spectrum of care (Time expired), Motion No Re ensuring that the RCMP have appropriate resources (Time expired) (Cathers), Motion No Re addressing climate change (Time expired) (Pillai), ASSENT TO BILLS Commissioner Doug Phillips No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017), No Third Appropriation Act, , BILLS (see BILLS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT BILLS and GOVERNMENT BILLS) CATHERS, BRAD Questions, oral: Agriculture policy, i

4 CATHERS, BRAD (Continued) Federal tax policies,...957, 994 Financial Advisory Panel, Mining legislation, , 1431 Procurement policy, Public airports legislation, , 1186 Takhini elk herd, Yukon Hospital Corporation funding, Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Third Reading, Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No. 9 - Act to Amend the Pounds Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Missing Persons Act: Second Reading, Bill No Legal Profession Act, 2017: Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Third Reading, Bill No Second Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Ministerial statements: Public Accounts , Motion No Re legalizing cannabis use in Yukon by summer of 2018, Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No Re developing and introducing homeowner protection legislation, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, , 1328, 1334 Motion No Re ensuring that the RCMP have appropriate resources, , 1079 Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, CHAIR'S RULINGS Re reading unnecessarily from a document, , 1289 ii

5 CHAIR'S STATEMENTS Re not commenting on rulings of the Chair, CLARKE, NILS (see SPEAKER) CLERK OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Reads bills for Assent, COMMITTEES, REPORTS OF STANDING Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees, Standing Committee on 4 th report tabled (dated August 8, 2017) (Sessional Paper No. 26) (Adel), th report tabled (dated October 30, 2017) (Sessional Paper No. 36) (Adel), Public Accounts, Standing Committee on 1 st report tabled (dated August 11, 2017) (Sessional Paper No. 26) (Hassard), nd report tabled (dated September 18, 2017) (Sessional Paper No. 27) (Hassard), Rules, Elections and Privileges, Standing Committee on 1 st report tabled (dated October 2, 2017) (Sessional Paper No. 25) (Gallina), COUNTS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Amendment to Clause 5 (negatived), Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Carrying Clause 11, Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Amendment to Clause 17, Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Clause 17, as amended (negatived), Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Amendment to Clause 21, DENDYS, JEANIE Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, , 1256 Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, , 1240 Bill No Missing Persons Act: Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Third Reading, Bill No Second Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, iii

6 DENDYS, JEANIE (Continued) Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, DIVISIONS Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading (amendment to), Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Third Reading, Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Hospital Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Second Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Motion No Re legalizing cannabis use in Yukon by summer of 2018 (Amendment to), Motion No Re legalizing cannabis use in Yukon by summer of 2018, Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No Re developing and introducing homeowner protection legislation, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax (amendment to), Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people,.1206 FILED DOCUMENTS 15. Federal small business tax measures, letter re (dated September 27, 2017) from Hon. Sandy Silver, Premier, to Hon. William Francis Morneau, Minister of Finance, Government of Canada (Pillai), Government of Yukon Interim Fiscal and Economic Update (Silver), Airport Improvement Fee, letter re (dated October 12, 2017) from Richard Mostyn, Minister of Highways and Public Works, to Joe Sparling, President, Air North, and Wendy Tayler, President, Alkan Air (Mostyn), iv

7 FILED DOCUMENTS (Continued) 18. Yukon Airports Act, letter re (dated October 11, 2017) from Glenn Priestley, Executive Director, Northern Air Transport Association, to Hon. Richard Mostyn, Minister of Highways and Public Works (Hassard), City of Whitehorse Infill Lot Development, letter re (dated August 10, 2017) from Scott Kent, Member for Copperbelt South, to Hon. Ranj Pillai, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Hon. John Streicker, Minister of Community Services (Kent), City of Whitehorse Infill Lot Development, letter re (dated September 8, 2017) from Hon. Ranj Pillai, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, to Scott Kent, Member for Copperbelt South (Kent), Yukon Aviation Advisory Group minutes of July 25, 2017 meeting (Mostyn), Public Airports Act, letter re (dated October 17, 2017) from Cheryl O Brien, President, Watson Lake Chamber of Commerce, to Hon. Richard Mostyn, Minister of Highways and Public Works (McLeod), Public consultation on proposed changes to the Pounds Act and Highways Act, letter re (dated August 10, 2017) from Brad Cathers, Member for Lake Laberge, to Hon. Ranj Pillai, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (Cathers), Siège à la Régie des hôpitaux, letter re (dated October 30, 2017) from André Bourcier, Président, Association franco-yukonnaise, to Hon. Sandy Silver, Premier (Hanson), FROST, PAULINE Speaks on: Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Third Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Health Act (2017): Second Reading, , 1007 Bill No Act to Amend the Hospital Act (2017): Second Reading, , 1411 Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Motion No Re creating solutions to promote aging in place and a full spectrum of care, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, v

8 GALLINA, PAOLO Speaks on: Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Second Reading, Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement,...962, 978 Motion No. 127 (Motion respecting Committee Report No. 1) - Re concurrence in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, GOVERNMENT BILLS No. 6 - Public Airports Act (Mostyn) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, , Amendment proposed (Hassard), Amendment negatived (Division), Division, Committee of the Whole, , , Amendment to Clause 5 proposed (Cathers), Amendment to Clause 5 negatived (Count), Amendment to Clause 17 proposed (Mostyn), Amendment to Clause 17 agreed to (Count), Amendment to Clause 17, as amended, proposed (Cathers), Amendment to Clause 17, as amended, negatived (Count), Amendment to Clause 21 proposed (Cathers), No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017) (Streicker) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Committee of the Whole, Unanimous consent re deeming all clauses and title read and agreed to, Reported without amendment, Third Reading, Division, Assent, vi

9 GOVERNMENT BILLS (Continued) No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017) (Dendys) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Division, Committee of the Whole, No. 9 - Act to Amend the Pounds Act (2017) (Pillai) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, No Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (2017) (Silver) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Division, Committee of the Whole, Unanimous consent re deeming all clauses and title read and agreed to, Reported without amendment, No Act to Amend the Health Act (2017) (Frost) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Committee of the Whole, , No Act to Amend the Hospital Act (2017) (Frost) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Division, No Missing Persons Act (McPhee) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Committee of the Whole, , Reported with amendment, No Legal Profession Act, 2017 (McPhee) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, vii

10 GOVERNMENT BILLS (Continued) No Third Appropriation Act, (Silver) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Committee of the Whole, Reported without amendment, Third Reading, Assent, No Second Appropriation Act, (Silver) Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Division, Committee of the Whole, HANSON, LIZ Questions, oral: Childcare services, Dawson City mining roads, Highway safety, Lobbying legislation, Oil and gas development, Post-traumatic stress disorder support, Radon testing, Sexual assault victims, , 1217 Whitehorse Correctional Centre inmates' mental health,...946, 1153 Workplace harassment, Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Health Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Missing Persons Act: Second Reading, viii

11 HANSON, LIZ (Continued) Bill No Legal Profession Act, 2017: Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Third Reading, Bill No Second Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Ministerial statements: Public engagement, Ministerial Statements: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Canadian leaders meeting in Ottawa (Silver), Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No. 127 (Motion respecting Committee Report No. 1) - Re concurrence in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges, Motion No Re developing and introducing homeowner protection legislation, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re extending the consultation period for review of the Societies Act, , 1341 HASSARD, STACEY Questions, oral: Canadian Free Trade Agreement, Cannabis regulation in Yukon, Federal tax policies,...943, 956 Mining legislation, , 1405 Mining sector development, Public airports legislation, , 1085, 1116, 1151, 1182 Ross River infrastructure, , 1349 Yukon Resource Gateway project, Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, ix

12 HASSARD, STACEY (Continued) Ministerial statements: Canadian leaders meeting in Ottawa (Silver), Public engagement, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re extending the consultation period for review of the Societies Act, HUTTON, DON (see DEPUTY SPEAKER, CHAIR OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE) Speaks on: Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Motion No Re legalizing cannabis use in Yukon by summer of 2018, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, , 1205 Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, ISTCHENKO, WADE Questions, oral: Budget estimates and spending, Clean water and waste-water fund, Housing programs, Permit hunt authorization, Social housing, , 1349 Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Ministerial Statements: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, , 1067 x

13 ISTCHENKO, WADE (Continued) Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re extending the consultation period for review of the Societies Act, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, KENT, SCOTT Questions, oral: Internet connectivity, Mining royalties, Mining within municipal boundaries, Procurement policy, , 1183 Public airports legislation, , 1021, 1052, 1086, 1117, 1219 Renewable energy, Ross River area resource management plan, Technology and innovation, YESAA process, Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, , 1257 Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Third Reading, Motion No. 127 (Motion respecting Committee Report No. 1) - Re concurrence in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, LEGISLATIVE RETURNS 51. Response to Written Questions No. 16 re Fox Lake local area planning process, No. 17 re Shallow Bay planning process, and No. 18 re Takhini Hot Springs application to subdivide and amend zoning (Pillai), Response to oral question from Mr. Kent re: after-school programming (Streicker), Response to oral question from Mr. Kent re: hazardous waste contract (Streicker), xi

14 LEGISLATIVE RETURNS (Continued) 54. Response to matter outstanding from discussion related to a letter received from Ms. White re: mobile homes (Streicker), Response to oral question from Ms. White re: recycling system and waste management strategy (Streicker), Response to oral question from Mr. Cathers re: helicopter training and policies (Streicker), Response to oral question from Ms. Hanson re: upgrade to road between Faro and Ross River (Mostyn), Response to matter outstanding from discussion related to general debate on Vote 54, Department of Tourism and Culture, in Bill No. 201 (Dendys), Response to oral question from Ms. McLeod re: EMS supervisor position in Watson Lake (Streicker), Response to oral question from Mr. Istchenko re: water and sewer upgrades in Haines Junction (Streicker), Response relating to matter outstanding from discussion with Mr. Kent re: National Aboriginal Day Junction (Streicker), Response relating to matter outstanding from discussion with Ms. White re: cost of living and minimum wage in Yukon (Streicker), Response to oral question from Ms. White re: minimum wage in Yukon (Streicker), Response to matter outstanding from discussion related to the supplementary estimates for for Health and Social Services (Frost), Response to oral question from Mr. Cathers re: Environics Analytics direct-award contract (Dendys), Response to matter outstanding from discussion with Mr. Cathers re: Bill No. 7, Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017) (Streicker), Response to oral question from Mr. Istchenko re: design work for the francophone high school project (McPhee), Response to oral question from Mr. Istchenko re: track and field and recreation site at F.H. Collins Secondary School (McPhee), Response to oral question from Ms. Van Bibber re: length of school day (McPhee), Response to oral question from Ms. Van Bibber re: school calendar (McPhee), Response to Written Question No. 19 re: infill lot development in Copperbelt South (Pillai), xii

15 LEGISLATIVE RETURNS (Continued) 72. Response to oral question from Ms. White re: off road vehicles (Pillai), Response to matter outstanding from discussion re: the appearance of witnesses from the Yukon Workers Compensation Health and Safety Board before Committee of the Whole on October 17, 2017 (Dendys), Response to oral question from Mr. Istchenko re: waitlist for housing (Frost), Response to oral question from Ms. Van Bibber re: wait times for alcohol and drug services (Frost), Response to oral question from Ms. Hanson re: highway safety (Mostyn), Response to oral question from Ms. White re: teacher staffing (McPhee), McLEOD, PATTI Questions, oral: Cannabis regulation in Yukon, Community emergency medical services, Community medical care services, Criminal justice workers support, Medical travel, Mental health services, Mental wellness strategy, RCMP funding, Wi-Fi access at community hospitals, Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Health Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Hospital Act (2017): Second Reading, Motion No Re creating solutions to promote aging in place and a full spectrum of care, Motion No Re legalizing cannabis use in Yukon by summer of 2018, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, xiii

16 McPHEE, TRACY-ANNE Speaks on: Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Third Reading, Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Missing Persons Act: Second Reading,...999, 1003 Bill No Legal Profession Act, 2017: Second Reading, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re ensuring that the RCMP have appropriate resources, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS Silver, Sandy (Premier) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Istchenko/Hanson), Canadian leaders meeting in Ottawa (Hassard/Hanson), Public Accounts (Cathers/White), Public engagement (Hassard/Hanson), MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED In remembrance of Chief Mike Smith, For those killed or injured in Las Vegas attack, MOSTYN, RICHARD Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, , 1145, 1251, 1262 Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No. 9 - Act to Amend the Pounds Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Third Reading, Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, xiv

17 MOSTYN, RICHARD (Continued) Motion No Re developing and introducing homeowner protection legislation, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, MOTIONS (see GOVERNMENT MOTIONS, MOTIONS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, MOTIONS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT MOTIONS, MOTIONS RESPECTING COMMITTEE REPORTS, MOTIONS OF URGENT AND PRESSING NECESSITY, MOTIONS, WITHDRAWAL OF and PROCEDURAL MOTIONS) MOTIONS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE No. 2 - Re appearance of witnesses from the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board (Dendys) Moved, Debate, Motion agreed to, No. 3 - Re appearance of witnesses from the Yukon Hospital Corporation (Frost) Moved, Debate, Motion agreed to, MOTIONS OF URGENT AND PRESSING NECESSITY No. 1 - Re Canada's proposed tax changes (Hassard) Unanimous consent requested (Not granted), MOTIONS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT MOTIONS No Re creating solutions to promote aging in place and a full spectrum of care (Adel) Notice, Debate, Debate adjourned (Time expired), No Re legalizing cannabis use in Yukon by summer of 2018 (Hutton) Notice, Debate, Amendment proposed (Cathers), xv

18 MOTIONS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT MOTIONS (Continued) Amendment negatived (Division), Motion agreed to (Division), No Re supporting the Paris Agreement (Gallina) Notice, Debate, Motion agreed to (Division), No Re developing and introducing homeowner protection legislation (White) Notice, Debate, Amendment proposed (Streicker), Amendment agreed to, Motion, as amended, agreed to (Division), No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year (Istchenko) Notice, Debate, Motion negatived (Division), No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax (Cathers) Notice, Debate, Amendment proposed (Adel), Amendment agreed to (Division), Motion, as amended, agreed to (Division), No Re ensuring that the RCMP have appropriate resources (Cathers) Notice, Debate, Amendment proposed (McPhee), Debate adjourned (Time expired) (Cathers), No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people (Hutton) Notice, Debate, Motion agreed to (Division), xvi

19 MOTIONS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT MOTIONS (Continued) No Re addressing climate change (White) Notice, Debate, Debate adjourned (Time expired) (Pillai), No Re extending the consultation period for review of the Societies Act (Hanson) Notice, Debate, Motion agreed to, No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments (Gallina) Notice, Debate, Amendment proposed (Cathers), Amendment negatived, Debate adjourned (Time expired) (Silver), MOTIONS RESPECTING COMMITTEE REPORTS No Re concurrence in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges (Gallina) Notice, Debate, Motion agreed to, MOTIONS, WITHDRAWAL OF Cathers Motion No. 29, Gallina Motion No. 100, Hutton Motion No. 35, Kent Motions No. 16 and No. 75, McLeod Motion No. 13, xvii

20 MOTIONS, WITHDRAWAL OF (Continued) White Motion No. 58, NOTICE OF GOVERNMENT DESIGNATED BUSINESS Motion re Committee report to be called as government-designated business for October 5, 2017 (McPhee), NOTICE OF PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS Government private members' business Order of business for October 4, 2017 (McPhee), Order of business for October 18, 2017 (McPhee), Order of business for November 1, 2017 (McPhee), Opposition private members' business Order of business for October 11, 2017 (Kent/White), Order of business for October 25, 2017 (Kent/White), PAGES Introduction of (Speaker Clarke), PETITIONS No. 1 - Re fully staffing Yukon's Community Health Centres Presented (White), Received, Response (Frost), PILLAI, RANJ Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, , 1253 Bill No. 9 - Act to Amend the Pounds Act (2017): Second Reading, , 1268 Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, xviii

21 PILLAI, RANJ (Continued) Motion No Re addressing climate change, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, POINTS OF ORDER Re abusive and insulting language (McPhee), Speaker's ruling, Re abusive and insulting language (White), Speaker's ruling, Re imputing false motives (Cathers), Speaker's ruling, Re imputing false or unavowed motives (Streicker), Speaker's ruling, Re imputing false or unavowed motives (Cathers), Speaker's ruling (defers ruling), Re imputing unavowed motives and using abusive or insulting language (Cathers), Speaker's ruling, Re insulting language (McPhee), Speaker's ruling, Re "justification" re Motion of Urgent and Pressing Necessity No. 1 (White), Speaker's ruling, Re personalizing debate (Cathers), Speaker's ruling, Re reading unnecessarily from a document (Silver), , 1289 Chair's ruling, , 1289 Re referring to a member by name (Cathers), Speaker's ruling, Re speaking to matters other than the amendment (Streicker), Speaker's ruling, Re speaking to matters other than the amendment (White), Speaker's ruling, Re speaking to matters other than the question under discussion (White), Speaker's ruling, Re speaking to matters other than the topic of debate (McPhee), xix

22 POINTS OF ORDER (Continued) Speaker's ruling (defers ruling), Re use of "rhetoric" (McPhee), Speaker's statement (defers ruling), Speaker's ruling, Re use of "rhetoric" (Silver), Speaker's ruling, Re uttering a deliberate falsehood (Cathers), Speaker's ruling, PRIVILEGE, POINTS OF PERSONAL Re correcting a statement made during Question Period regarding Members voting against an amendment (McPhee), QUESTIONS - ORAL Agriculture policy (Cathers), Alcohol and drug services (Van Bibber), Budget estimates and spending (Cathers), (Istchenko), (Van Bibber), Canadian Free Trade Agreement (Hassard), Cannabis regulation in Yukon (Hassard), (McLeod), Childcare services (Hanson), Clean water and waste-water fund (Istchenko), Community emergency medical services (McLeod), Community medical care services (McLeod), Community nursing (White), Community social services (White), Criminal justice workers support (McLeod), Dawson City mining roads (Hanson), xx

23 QUESTIONS - ORAL (Continued) École Émilie Tremblay closure (White), , 1470 Federal tax policies (Cathers),...957, 994 (Hassard),...943, 956 Financial Advisory Panel (Cathers), Greenhouse gas emissions (White), Highway safety (Hanson), (Van Bibber), Housing programs (Istchenko), Internet connectivity (Kent), Land use planning (White), Lobbying legislation (Hanson), Medical travel (McLeod), Mental health services (McLeod), (White), Mental wellness strategy (McLeod), Mining legislation (Cathers), , 1431 (Hassard), , 1405 Mining royalties (Kent), Mining sector development (Hassard), Mining within municipal boundaries (Kent), Mobile-homeowners (White), , 1379 Oil and gas development (Hanson), Opioid crisis (White), , 1249 Permit hunt authorization (Istchenko), Pharmaceutical costs (Van Bibber), Post-traumatic stress disorder support (Hanson), Procurement policy (Cathers), (Kent), , 1183 xxi

24 QUESTIONS - ORAL (Continued) Public airports legislation (Cathers), , 1186 (Hassard), , 1085, 1116, 1151, 1182 (Kent), , 1021, 1052, 1086, 1117, 1219 (Van Bibber), , 1152 Radon testing (Hanson), RCMP funding (McLeod), Renewable energy (Kent), Ross River area resource management plan (Kent), Ross River infrastructure (Hassard), , 1349 Salvation Army shelter and transitional housing (White), School calendar (Van Bibber), Sexual assault victims (Hanson), , 1217 Social housing (Istchenko), , 1349 Social inclusion and poverty reduction (White), Takhini elk herd (Cathers), Teacher staffing (White), Technology and innovation (Kent), Whitehorse Correctional Centre inmates' mental health (Hanson),...946, 1153 Wi-Fi access at community hospitals (McLeod), Workplace harassment (Hanson), YESAA process (Kent), Yukon Hospital Corporation funding (Cathers), Yukon Resource Gateway project (Hassard), QUESTIONS - WRITTEN No Re Infill lot development in Copperbelt South (Kent) Filed at Table, No Re: Respectful workplace office statistics for and (Hanson) Filed at Table, QUORUM COUNT Motion No. 174, xxii

25 RULES, ELECTIONS AND PRIVILEGES, STANDING COMMITTEE ON Notice of motion re concurrence in the First Report; Motion No. 127 (Motion Respecting Committee Report No. 1) (McPhee), Motion agreed to, SESSIONAL PAPERS 22. Conflict of Interest Commission Annual Report (Speaker Clarke), Report from the Clerk of the Yukon Legislative Assembly on the Absence of Members from Sittings of the Legislative Assembly and its Committees October 3, 2017 (Speaker Clarke), Yukon Liquor Corporation Annual Report April 1, March 31, 2017 (Streicker), Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges First Report (October 3, 2017) (Gallina), Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees Fourth Report (August 8, 2017) (Adel), Standing Committee on Public Accounts First Report (August 11, 2017) (Hassard), Standing Committee on Public Accounts Second Report (September 18, 2017) (Hassard), Yukon Arts Centre 2016/2017 Annual Report (Dendys), Yukon Development Corporation 2016 Annual Report (Pillai), Yukon Energy 2016 Annual Report (Pillai), Financial Accounting Report - Government of Yukon - for the period of April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 (Silver), /2017 Annual Report Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office Streamlining Advocacy (Speaker Clarke), Yukon Human Rights Panel of Adjudicators Annual Report (Speaker Clarke), Yukon Heritage Resources Board Annual Report - April 1, March 31, 2017 (Dendys), Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees Fifth Report (October 30, 2017) (Adel), Yukon Public Accounts (Silver), xxiii

26 SILVER, SANDY Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (2017): Second Reading, , 1096 Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, , 1035 Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Third Reading, , 1093 Bill No Second Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, , 1032 Ministerial statements: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, , 1280 Canadian leaders meeting in Ottawa,...954, 955 Public Accounts , , 1405 Public engagement, , 1375 Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No. 127 (Motion respecting Committee Report No. 1) - Re concurrence in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges, Motion No Re re-profiling unspent funds for projects in the fiscal year, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, SITTING DAYS No. 31 October 3, 2017 (Tuesday), No. 32 October 4, 2017 (Wednesday), No. 33 October 5, 2017 (Thursday), No. 34 October 10, 2017 (Tuesday), No. 35 October 11, 2017 (Wednesday), No. 36 October 12, 2017 (Thursday), No. 37 October 16, 2017 (Monday), No. 38 October 17, 2017 (Tuesday), No. 39 October 18, 2017 (Wednesday), xxiv

27 SITTING DAYS (Continued) No. 40 October 19, 2017 (Thursday), No. 41 October 23, 2017 (Monday), No. 42 October 24, 2017 (Tuesday), No. 43 October 25, 2017 (Wednesday), No. 44 October 26, 2017 (Thursday), No. 45 October 30, 2017 (Monday), No. 46 October 31, 2017 (Tuesday), No. 47 November 1, 2017 (Wednesday), No. 48 November 2, 2017 (Thursday), SPEAKER Introductions King, Annette, McKee, Lori, McLeod-McKay, Diane, Pages, Tables documents,...941, 942, 1181 Tributes Downie, Gordon, remembrance of, SPEAKER'S RULINGS Re abusive and insulting language, Re imputing false motives, Re imputing false or unavowed motives, Re "justification" re Motion of Urgent and Pressing Necessity No. 1, Re speaking to matters other than the amendment, Re speaking to matters other than the question under discussion, Re use of "rhetoric," Re uttering a deliberate falsehood, SPEAKER'S STATEMENTS Re confining debate to the topic of the amendment, Re disruption in the House, , 1326 xxv

28 SPEAKER'S STATEMENTS (Continued) Re proper identification of Members (using member "for" constituency not member "from" constituency), Re proper identification of Members using "the minister responsible for," Re use of "rhetoric" (defers ruling), STREICKER, JOHN Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, , 1260 Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Second Reading, , 1011 Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017): Third Reading, , 1102 Bill No. 8 - Act to Amend the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Act to Amend the Hospital Act (2017): Second Reading, Bill No Third Appropriation Act, : Third Reading, Bill No Second Appropriation Act, : Second Reading, Motion No Re supporting the Paris Agreement, Motion No Re developing and introducing homeowner protection legislation, Motion No Re not implementing a territorial sales tax, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, Motion No Re extending the consultation period for review of the Societies Act, Motion No Re Government of Yukon's priority commitments, TRIBUTES Aboriginal Sport Circle, Yukon, recognition of (Streicker), Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Frost/Van Bibber/White), Canadian Patient Safety Week, recognition of (Frost/McLeod/White), Downie, Gordon, remembrance of (Speaker Clarke), Duncan, Gordon, remembrance of (Silver/Van Bibber), Family Week, National (Gallina), Fire Prevention Week, recognition of (Streicker/Cathers/White), xxvi

29 TRIBUTES (Continued) Foster Family Appreciation Week, National, recognition of (Frost/McLeod/White), Girl Child, International Day of the (Dendys/McLeod/Hanson), Great Yukon ShakeOut earthquake drill, recognition of (Streicker), Greenaway, Jason, remembrance of (Mostyn/Cathers), Habitat Day, World (Frost/White), Karp, Joy, remembrance of (Mostyn), Learning Disabilities Awareness Month (Frost), Library Week, Yukon and Library Month, Canadian, recognition of (Streicker/Van Bibber/White), Local democracy, recognition of (Streicker/Hanson), MADD Canada s 30 th Project Red Ribbon campaign, recognition of (Streicker/Istchenko/White), Mental Illness Awareness Week (McLeod/Frost/White), Murray, David, remembrance of (Pillai/Cathers), Persons Day, recognition of (McPhee/Van Bibber/Hanson), Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, recognition of (Frost/McLeod/White), Small Business Week, recognition of (Pillai/Hassard/Hanson), Startup Canada Awards North, recognition of (Pillai), Sustainable Tourism for Development, International Year of (Dendys), Transportation Hall of Fame 2017 inductees, recognition of (Mostyn/Kent), United Way Yukon Month, recognition of (Pillai), Veteran's Week and the Royal Canadian Legion's poppy campaign, recognition of (Silver/Istchenko/White), Waste Reduction Week, recognition of (Streicker/Istchenko), Wolf Creek research basin, recognition of (Frost), Women's history month, recognition of (Dendys/Van Bibber/White), WorldSkills Competition, recognition of (McPhee), Yukon Brewing Company's 20th anniversary, recognition of (Streicker/Van Bibber/Hanson), UNANIMOUS CONSENT Bill No. 7 - Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act (2017) Re deeming all clauses and title read and agreed to, xxvii

30 UNANIMOUS CONSENT (Continued) Bill No Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (2017) Unanimous consent re deeming all clauses and title read and agreed to, Re motion of Urgent and Pressing Necessity No. 1 re Canada's proposed tax change (Not granted), VAN BIBBER, GERALDINE Questions, oral: Alcohol and drug services, Budget estimates and spending, Highway safety, Pharmaceutical costs, Public airports legislation, , 1152 School calendar, Speaks on: Bill No. 6 - Public Airports Act: Second Reading, Motion No Re endorsing reconciliation among indigenous and non-indigenous people, VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF Abercrombie, Shirley (Pillai),...940, 1465 Abrams, Christine (Streicker), Adamek, Kluane (Streicker), Adams, Travis (Hassard/White), (Pillai), Allen, Don (Streicker), Anderson, Landy (Frost), Anderson, Robin (Dendys), Anderson, Tracey (Pillai), Antepoler, Susan (Pillai), Atkinson, Bob (Dendys/Cathers), Austin, Lori (Mostyn), xxviii

31 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Baer, Kendyl (Mostyn), Baer, Leslie (Mostyn), Bailey, Devin (Dendys), (Pillai), (Silver), Bailey, John (Pillai), Bailey, Stephen (Silver), Ball, Matt (Pillai),...940, 1465 Barrault, Marcel (Pillai), Barrett, David (Frost), Barton, Brad (Pillai), Baxter, Bob (Streicker), Beacon, Kim (Kent), Bearisto, Colin (Pillai),...940, 1465 Bellmore, Cory (Streicker), Bergen, Pam (Silver), Bergen, Spencer (Silver), Bergen, Terry (Silver), Berry, Dennis (Dendys), Binger, Joe (Pillai), (Silver), Bishop, Jim (McPhee), Blake, Kimberly (Mostyn), Blisner, Barry (Dendys), Blum, Linnea (Dendys), Blysak, May (McPhee), Borgford, Jordan (Pillai), Bourman, Michael (Frost), Bower, Kevin (Pillai), Boyd, Tiffany (Silver), Brackenbury, Bryanna (Mostyn), xxix

32 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Bradet, Gil (Dendys), Brant, Rick (Streicker), Brown, Jim (Pillai), Buckway, Bev (Streicker),...989, 1213, 1278 Byram, Gwen (Mostyn), Byram, Jennifer (Mostyn), Byram, Keith (Mostyn), Cable, Dan (McPhee), Carlisle, Michael (Dendys), Charlie, Cheryl (Mostyn), Charlie, Lawrence (Mostyn), Christianson, Sue (White), Clark, Josh (Kent), (Silver), Clarke, Angus (Adel), Cooper, Bev (Adel), (Streicker), Corbin, Jailyn (Hanson), Cracknell, Gill (Mostyn), Crosby, Sam (Streicker), Cvitkovic, Michael (Streicker), Daffe, Lynn (McPhee), Dalziel, Bonnie (White), Davies, Kam (Pillai), Davignon, Joanne (Hassard), Davis, Paul (Streicker), Dawley, Alana (Frost), Dawson, Shirley (Frost), Deblar, Temesha (Pillai), DeJong, Tyler (Frost), Demers, Shauna (Mostyn), xxx

33 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Devost, Jesse (Pillai), Dickson, Heather (Pillai), Dieckmann, Kurt (Dendys), Dinn, Lyle (Pillai), Downing, MacKenzie (Dendys), Duncan, Becky (Silver), Duncan, Brandon (Silver), Duncan, Pat (Silver), Duncan, Suzanne (McPhee), Dunlop, Ian (Streicker), Duval, Kathy (Streicker), Edzerza, Ken (Dendys/Streicker), Elias, Darius (Silver), Elias, Tina (Dendys), Fairfield, Paul (Pillai), Ferbey, Justin (Pillai), Fox, John (Hassard), Frame, Marj (Pillai), Frost, Sandra (White), Furman, Marie (McPhee), Gallagher, Sarah (Streicker), Gee, Allan (Mostyn), Gee, Elaine (Mostyn), Gee, Gord (Mostyn), Gee, Lynn (Mostyn), Geick, Steve (Mostyn), (White), Germain, Pierre (Dendys), Gladish, Mike (Dendys), Gladwin, Shannon (Pillai), Gontard, Lily (Pillai), Greenaway, Gage (Mostyn), xxxi

34 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Greenaway, Kai (Mostyn), Greenlaw, Deb (Dendys), Gunter, Diane (Pillai), Guy, Stewart (Pillai), Hahn, Steve (Istchenko/Dendys), Haigo, Tomoko (Pillai), Hartland, Samson (Streicker), Hawco, Debbie (Streicker), Hodgson, Ted (Streicker), Hoyt, Lorraine (Hanson), Hunter, Harmony (Dendys), Inglangasuk, Rose (Streicker), Jacob, Rod (Pillai),...940, 1465 Janowicz, Ric (Frost), Jirousek, Heather (Frost), Johnson, Dan (Silver/Adel), Karp, Rick (Mostyn/Streicker), Kelly, Jason (Dendys), Kennedy, Anne (Frost), Kerr, Carleen (Dendys), King, Annette (Speaker Clarke), Kochendorfer, Larry (Hanson), Kraemer-Tremblay, Elke (Streicker), Kucey, Leslie (Streicker), Lackowicz, Paul (Hassard), (Pillai), Lamb, Randy (Pillai), Larkin, Tara (Hassard/White), (Pillai), Larkin, Tyrone (Dendys), Larsen, Matt (Pillai), xxxii

35 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Laxton, David (Hassard), Legault, Luke (Pillai), Leslie, Amanda (Kent), Lindsay, Alison (Streicker), Lockwood, Cam (Dendys), (Streicker), Loewen, Val (Streicker), Lowey, Katie (Pillai), MacDonald, Don (Silver), Macdonald, Kirsten (Dendys), MacEachern, Greg (Silver), Manekin-Beille, Lauren (Pillai), Mayes, Renee (Pillai), McCready, Don (Pillai), McDowell, Colin (Pillai), McKee, Lori (Speaker Clarke), McLachlan, Ross (Pillai),...940, 1465 McLean, Ed (Frost), McLeod-McKay, Diane (Speaker Clarke), McNevin, Shannon (Dendys), Milligan, Brian (Frost), Mills, Stephen (Pillai),...940, 1465 Misener, Donnovan (Dendys), Mitchell, Nancy (Mostyn), Moreau, Manon (Pillai),...940, 1465 Morgan, Darlene (Pillai), Morris, Alwyn (Streicker), Mostyn, Peter (Dendys/Mostyn), Mowat, Paula (Hanson), Mowat, Sarah (Hanson), Munro, Alida (Dendys), Mussell Savage, Lara (Streicker), xxxiii

36 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Nagano, Gina (Dendys), Nelson, Alex (Streicker), Nichols, Julia (Pillai), Nielson, Julie (Pillai), Oberg, Joanne (Pillai), O'Brien, Tyler (Dendys), O'Carroll, Nicholas (Dendys), Ogden, Anyslie (Frost/Steicker), Pallett, Kalin (Dendys), Paquin, Renee (Mostyn), Parenteau, Mel (Streicker), Park, Elias (Dendys), Paterson, James (Dendys), Pearson, Anna (Pillai), Peart, Edward (Dendys), Pemberton, Mike (Mostyn/Streicker), Peters, Jason (Streicker), Petrovic, Elen (McPhee), Petrovic, Zoran (McPhee), Phelps, John (McPhee), Pike, Val (White), Plett, Dale (Streicker), Ponsioen, Jorgen (Dendys), Potter, Kirk (Hassard), Potvin, Belinda (Pillai), Price, Kirk (Pillai), Quarton, Gerry (McPhee), Quocksister, Vikki (Pillai), Ransom, Debra (Hanson), Rayner, Jason (Pillai), Reed, Gord (Streicker), Regimbal, Jim (Silver), Rhein, Werner (Hanson), xxxiv

37 VISITORS, INTRODUCTION OF (Continued) Roach, Sandra (Streicker), Robulack, Andrew (Dendys), Rosenberg, Maya (Pillai), Rosenberg, Nicky (Mostyn), Russo, Mike (Pillai), Russo, Sarah (Streicker/Pillai), Ryder, Jesse (Dendys), Salmon, Ann (Hanson), Sampson, Andre (Mostyn), Sanchez-Aguirre, Carlos (Streicker), Sangria, Jasmine (Streicker), Scheck, Barbara (Frost), Seymour, Andrew (Pillai), Sherk, Logan (Pillai), Silvestri, Frank (Silver), Simons, Jeff (Dendys), Slipp, Jaret (Pillai), Smith, Alastair (Pillai), (White), Smith, Amanda (Gallina), (Mostyn), (Streicker), Smith, Sheila (Pillai), Smith, Susan (Streicker), Smithson, Brendan (Streicker), Snyder, Joy (Streicker), Solon, Fiona (Pillai), Soulor, Angela (Streicker), Stick, Ciara (White), Sudrich, Pavlina (Pillai), Sydney, Georgina (Streicker), xxxv