Consider this message from Daryl Dolynny MLA Range Lake [email protected] I would like your input on todays notice of motion about extending the term length of members of the 17th Assembly. I will tell you right now, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, this motion trumps on the very foundation of democracy I hold true to our electoral process. Anything that would lengthen my term from the original mandate bestowed to me by the people of Range Lake, would in my humble opinion, be unethical and wrong. I have no problem doing changes that will affect future assemblies, as long as I dont personally gain from that decision. Legislative Assembly to Debate Term Extension (YELLOWKNIFE) Thursday, March 6, 2014 – The Legislative Assembly is planning to debate a request to Canada to extend the maximum term of the current Assembly to five years. A motion was introduced today in the Legislative Assembly by the Member for Hay River South and seconded by the Government House Leader to request that Canada amend the Northwest Territories Act to increase the maximum term of the current Legislative Assembly from 4 to 5 years. Bill C-15, the Northwest Territories Devolution Act, extends the maximum term of future Legislative Assemblies to 5 years, but does not apply to the current Assembly. The reason for the request is concern about overlap of federal, territorial and municipal elections in October 2015. It is anticipated that the overlap could lead to communication and administrative problems, as well as reducing voter participation in all 3 elections. The motion also calls for the Legislative Assembly’s Board of Management to introduce a Bill to defer the next election to October 2016. This Bill cannot proceed unless Parliament first makes the requested amendment to the Northwest Territories Act. The motion will be debated on Monday, March 10th.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 02:57:01 +0000