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  • Here are entered works related to the process of creating laws, as well as copies of laws and ordinances.

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  • PAASH 2020 edition

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      148 Archival description results for Legislation

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      This accession consists of records from the Corporate Affairs division of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs relating to the amendment of departmental legislation, including the Community Employees' Benefits Transfer Act, Dog Act, and Local Authorities Elections Act. The records include correspondence, drafts of bills, briefing material, working group draft terms of reference, Foundations Document and proposed changes, news reports, proposal and discussion papers, records and reports of consultation, Hansard excerpts, a legal opinion, Cabinet Assessment Reports, and reference material.

      305 · Fonds · [1962-1988]

      This fonds consists of textual material, graphic material (photographs - col. prints), cartographic material (maps), moving images (helical scan video reels and Umatic videocassettes), sound recordings (audiocassettes), and microfilm reels. The textual material consists of transcripts of a meeting between the Oblate Fathers from settlements throughout the Mackenzie District and the Department of Local Government. The discussion involved the transfer of responsibilities from the Northern Administration Branch to the Government of the Northwest Territories in 1967. The bulk of the textual material contains records dating from 1967-1986. These records relate to the development and management of hamlets, towns, and communities across the Northwest Territories. They include details on services such as water and sanitation as provided and managed by the Department of Local Government, as well as files related to the Northwest Territories Municipal Association and departmental policies and initiatives, including recreation. Approximately 60 cm of the textual material consists of bound minutes from Pine Point Council Meetings that were held from 1969-1986, as well as financial statements from the community of Pine Point. In addition, there are files concerning the development, implementation, and operation of the Arctic Airports program, including position papers and reports created by Transport Canada with comments from GNWT officials, as well as reports, recommendations and minutes of meetings from the Airports Committee, a discussion paper concerning the development and implementation of the Arctic Air Facilities policy, and ongoing correspondence and planning documents. Records from the Baffin region include recreation and community planning files.

      The microfilm reels contain records dated between 1967-1973 from the Central Registry file system and contain files from the following program areas: Directors Monthly Meetings (11 block); Policy Files (13 block); Administration (20 block); Municipal Affairs Division (21 block); Development Division (22 block); Town Planning and Lands (24 block); Recreation (25 block); Emergency Measures Division (26 block) and Employment Liaison Division (29 block).

      The maps are line transparency plans from the Town Planning and Lands Division of the Department of Local Government. Communities represented are: Arctic Bay, Broughton Island (Qikiqtarjuaq), Cape Dorset, Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Enterprise, Fort Franklin (Deline), Fort Providence, Hall Beach, Hay River, Igloolik (Iglulik), Paulatuk, Pond Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Resolute Bay, Sachs Harbour, Sanikiluaq, Snowdrift (Lutsulk'e), Trout Lake, and Wrigley. The 13 microfilm reels from the Town Planning and Lands Division contain settlement drawings for the following communities: Fort Simpson, Tuktoyaktuk, Yellowknife, Fort Providence, Fort Rae, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Spence Bay, Snowdrift, Stagg River, Alexander Falls, Inuvik, Fort McPherson, Fort Norman, Pine Point, Rankin Inlet, Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Aklavik, Baker Lake, Hay River, Igloolik, Cambridge Bay, Holman Island, Enterprise, Gjoa Haven, Nahanni Butte, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Edzo, Morphy, Fort Franklin, Frobisher Bay, Port Harrison, Fort Good Hope and Hall Lake. There are also 7 land use planning maps which relate to Fort Simpson, Pine Point, and Enterprise.

      The 2 Umatic videocassettes contain footage of James Washee, a Minister of Local Government, discussing Community Ordinance legislation. One recording is in English and one recording is in Inuktitut. Also included in the accession are eight reels of helical scan video. These appear to be related to local government conferences.

      The sound recordings consist of 24 audiocassettes that contain recordings from an Economic Development Conference held in 1979 that featured speakers such as John Todd, Bertha Allen and Stuart Hodgson. In addition, eight of the audiocassettes contain recordings of the Pine Point Council Meetings from 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. One meeting from each year was retained as a sample.

      Finally, this fonds includes approximately 40 cm of publications and reports from 1967-[1988]. The majority of the material consists of published community development plans. There are also water and sanitation reports, water and energy conservation papers, airport maintenance manual, comparative studies between municipalities in the NWT and those of western provinces, and a report of a committee on the future of Inuit hunting camps. Also notably included is a public discussion paper on devolution.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Local Government (1967-1986)
      G-1999-015 · Accession · 1963-1971
      Part of Northwest Territories. Department of the Territorial Secretary fonds

      The files were part of the Central Registry System (80 Block, 81 Block, 82 Block and 85 Block) and cover a variety of topics, including directives and policies, arrangements for Council sessions, travel for Council members, Territorial Legislation Policy, elections, monthly reports from the regions, staff meetings and ordinances.

      Please note that an Inuit camp is referred to as an Eskimo camp in these records.

      G-1979-521 · Accession · 1950-1954
      Part of Northwest Territories. Office of the Commissioner fonds

      Please note that the Inuit are referred to as "Eskimos" in these records.

      This accession consists of one file of correspondence between Commissioner H. A. Young and administrators of the Department of National Health and Welfare, concerning pensions for the old and the blind. Also included in the file are copies of the Ordinance, regulations pertaining to the ordinance and application forms.

      N-2002-033 · Accession · 1949
      Part of Canada. Department of Mines and Resources fonds

      Records are comprised of one RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) Bulletin No. 28 entitled "A Brief Outline of the History, Customs and Laws Relating to the Indians and Eskimos of the Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic." The Department of Mines and Resources produced the bulletin in 1949. The booklet includes the Game Ordinance and Migratory Bird Regulations.

      Claire Barnabe fonds
      219 · Fonds · 1921-1936, 1964-1980

      The fonds consists of records created by Claire Barnabe during her career as a teacher, hospitality worker, and settlement administrator in the Northwest Territories and includes personal correspondence, campaign material, interview transcripts, writings, 1970 autobiography, newspaper clippings, Port Burwell reports, correspondence, and history, Repulse Bay reports and correspondence, and Norman Wells correspondence and Settlement Council Minutes. The fonds also includes photographs of Fort Franklin (Deline), Fort Providence, Norman Wells, Hay River, Fort Good Hope, Arctic Red River (Tsiigehtchic), Aklavik, Cambridge Bay, Port Burwell, and Repulse Bay (Naujaat). The fonds has been divided into three series: Photographs, Personal, and Settlement records.

      Barnabe, Claire
      N-1985-021 · Accession · 1947, 1965

      The records comprise correspondence by Judge J.H. Sissons concerning changes to the adoption ordinance in 1961 and work of the courts on adoptions.

      G-1979-042 · Accession · 1905-1951
      Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

      The records detail the regular and special meetings of the Council of the Northwest Territories from 1921 to 1951 (sessions 1 to 201). There are several parallel series containing minutes, agendas, and attachments, including reports, Orders in Council and Ordinances, correspondence, and occasionally photographs or maps, relating to the agenda items. products of meetings (Orders in Council, Ordinances) of the NWT Council. The first series contains the "official" set of files, including signed minutes for most meetings. Other record sets that cover some the same meetings, but may include different and more attachments, are found in the second and third series: Records of Council Members and Secretary's Files and Session Papers. The Records of Council Members series also includes records of the Advisory Board on Mining Regulations (1922-30). The last two series contain Ordinances and Orders in Council related to the Northwest Territories and associated indices.

      Please note that many of the Council minutes contain outdated and pejorative terms; paternalistic, racist, ableist, or otherwise offensive attitudes; and/or discussions of sensitive topics. We have reproduced these terms and comments in the digitized documents because they are a part of the original historical record.

      307 · Fonds · [ca. 1915]-1991

      This fonds consists of 353 black and white and colour photographs in slide, print and negative formats, 31 audio reels, 41 sound CDs, 42 audiocassettes, 24 DAT audiocassettes, approximately 1.62 m of textual material, 3 plans, 10 posters and 2 videocassettes.

      The photographs primarily document exhibits and events at the museum. The sound recordings were generated by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The recordings consist of oral histories, lecture series, Dene drum music, conferences and assemblies, interviews with elders and people who lived in the North, and Christmas stories. The textual material includes records generated by the the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and the Legal Division. Textual materials include administrative files, a discussion paper and associated records on Community Museums Policy, exhibit storyline and exhibit content plans, reports, transcripts of oral history interviews, and files related to Status of Women and Gun Control. The three plans were generated by a project about Willow Flats that was conducted by the Archaeology section. The 10 posters were produced by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and advertised public lectures and exhibits. The 2 videocassettes are in Umatic or Betacam formats and consist of master copies of "Trapline Lifeline" and "Wings of Change."

      The fonds also includes files from the Legal division, including records from departmental committees and correspondence relating to advice on the development of legislation and the coordination of territorial legislation with community by-laws.

      The fonds also includes Consolidations of the Liquor Act and Regulations.

      The fonds also includes files from the Mining Inspection Services relating to fatality investigations.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services (1979-1985)

      This accession consists of records lands legislation from the Lands Division of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, its predecessor Department of Local Government, and the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, its predecessor Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, and its predecessor Department of Resources and Development.

      The records relate to the Territorial Lands Act (Canada), Territorial Land Use Regulations (Canada), Territorial Timber Regulations (Canada), Territorial Lands Regulations (Canada), Public Lands Grants Act (Canada), Land Titles Act (Canada), Land Titles Plans Regulations (Canada), An Ordinance Respecting Lands of the Northwest Territories/Territorial Lands Ordinance (NWT), Commissioners' Land Ordinance/Act (NWT), Land Titles Act (NWT), Planning Ordinance (NWT), Local Government Ordinance (NWT), and Local Authorities Election Ordinance (NWT).

      The legislation files include correspondence, legislative proposals, acts and regulations (draft and final), review comments, meeting materials, decision papers, progress report, Application for Land Use Permit and guide, applications for title, draft conditions for Pit and Quarry Operations, draft outline paper on liason with communities on resource activities, Administrative Procedures and Requirements Consequent to the Territorial Land Use Regulations, delegations of authority, mortgage consent form, land titles transfer agreement, land titles office services, Preliminary Review of the Legislative Basis for Community Planning in the Northwest Territories. The annual report file includes a draft G.N.W.T. Annual Report 1992/93 Lands Division, 1993 regional overviews from Keewatin and Fort Smith Area, and a newsletter.

      322 · Fonds · 1877-2023

      The bulk of the textual records are made up of official records from the Legislative Assembly dated between 1951-2023 from the 1st through the 19th Legislative Assemblies/Councils of the Northwest Territories. Included in this material are Hansard (including indices and appendices), Tabled Documents, Motions, Written Questions, Return to Written Questions, Petitions, Committee Reports, Bills, Budget Addresses, Speeches, Debates (including some indices), Sessional Papers, Appropriations, Recommendations to Council, References for Advice, Information Items, Monthly Letters, Supplementary Notes, Legislation, a selection of Commissioner's Opening Addresses, and Votes and Proceedings summaries. There is also a copy of the Hay River-Enterprise Corridor Development Regulations from 1986.

      The textual records are also comprised of signed minutes from the Northwest Territories Council (1921-1951), minutes from the Yellowknife Board of Trustees, bound minutes, ordinances and session papers from the Northwest Territories Council (1922-1950) and Orders in Council (1883-1932). Textual records also include correspondence, letters, biographical sketches of members of the Legislative Assembly, as well as promotional material collected by the Public Affairs Office concerning the 1979 election.

      In addition, there are textual records related to the Advisory Committee on the Development of the GNWT, work of the Special Committee on Constitutional Development, the Special Committee on the Division of the NWT, Special Committee on the Northern Economy (SCONE), Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Special Committee on Housing and Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions. There is also a small amount of textual records, including planning committee material, that deal with the opening of the Legislative Assembly building in 1993. Other records deal with special events and conferences hosted by the Legislative Assembly, including swearing-in ceremonies, the Circle of Northern Leaders, and 23rd Canadian Presiding Officers' Conference.

      There are also pamphlets and brochures from the late 1970s and early 1980s on a variety of topics, including the Legislative Assembly's operations, symbology, projects, interest in the pipeline and talks of forming a new territory (Nunavut). There are published reports on priorities for the North, administrative structure for Nunavut, a spousal assault task force report, and a Denedeh government proposal for restructuring of the Government of the Northwest Territories. There are also rules of the preceding body, the Council of the Northwest Territories, as well as the rules of the Assembly from 1984 to 1991. Also included in this accession are ordinances dated 1888 and 1895 and bound ordinances dating 1950 through 1981. There is also a book of statutes from 1985.

      The textual records from the Elections NWT office includes material concerning electoral boundaries, as well as guidelines, correspondence, poster and press releases related to the Nunavut Capital public vote and the public vote on the Guaranteed Equal Representation of Men and Women in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly. There are also Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Official Voting Results reports for the 2003 and 2007 General Elections, Returns to the Writ from the 2003, 2007 and 2011 General Elections, Proclamations and Grants of Poll from the 2007 General Election, polling boundary descriptions from the 2003 and 2007 General Elections, and the original tallies of votes from the polling districts and boxes from the 2007 General Election.

      The textual records from the office of the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly includes materials related to conflict of interest and the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Senior Management Team, the standing committee on legislation, task forces and working groups related to the Division of the Northwest Territories, a strategic planning workshop for MLAs regarding the government organization after division, a Circle of Northern Leaders meeting, communications protocol, and amendments to legislative Acts. Some meeting material for the GNWT Deputy Ministers' Senior Management Committee is also included.

      The textual records from the NWT Human Rights Commission includes meeting agendas and minutes of the Commission Members, as well as notes from a strategic planning session, and an informational package given to stakeholders that outlines the mission, structure, processes and function of the Commission.

      The bulk of the photographs and slides are dated between 1968-1993 and cover topics such as Legislative Assembly Opening Ceremonies, Sessions, Elections, Committees, Plebiscite on Division, Tours of Communities, Special Events, Conferences, Health Services and Scenery. The remaining photographs depict members of the Northwest Territories Council, the Legislative Assembly and Commissioners of the Northwest Territories from 1905-1975, as well as the activities of the Office of the Languages Commissioner, which date from 2002-2004.

      The VHS videocassette entitled "One Land, Many Voices" - making the new NWT Mace" was produced by Lone Woolf Productions in 2000.

      The audio reels contain recordings of the 7th and 8th NWT Council and the 9th and 10th Legislative Assembly.

      The microfiche consists of a complete record of Tabled Documents, Committee Reports and Petitions from the 10th Legislative Assembly which covered the years 1984-1987 and a Tabled Document from the 8th Council, 56th Session. The 7 microfilm reels contain copies of the Northwest Territories Council Minutes from 1921-1951 and an index to the Minutes.

      The scroll was presented by David Welch, Ontario's Minister of Citizenship, on behalf of Premier John Robart to the Commissioner and Council of the Northwest Territories to commemorate the Northwest Territories Centennial in 1970.

      Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly (1905-present)
      G-2023-076 · Accession · 2020-2023
      Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

      This accession consists of the records produced by the 19th Assembly, 2nd Session. Records include Hansard, Votes and Proceedings, Ministers' Statements, Bills, Committee Reports, Motions, Petitions, Written Questions and Return to Written Questions, Tabled Documents, Budget Addresses, and the Opening Address given by Commissioner Margaret Thom.

      This accession consists of records from the Directorate of the Department of Municipal and Community Development, especially those relating to resource development and the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Project (MGP). General Directorate records including Senior Management Committee records (2006-2009) and entries in the GNWT Public Committees, Boards and Councils Handbook. MGP-related records include Joint Coordinating Committee and MGP Intervention Workshop records, MGP GNWT Handbook, organizational charts and job descriptions for the Pipeline Readiness Office, draft GNWT General Submission to the Joint Review Panel on the MGP, MGP Socio-Economic Agreement, reports from regional workshops on social impacts of the MGP, records of stakeholder consultation meetings, local impact assessments, and pipeline readiness funding administration, presentation materials, correspondence, reports, proposals, minutes, and briefing material.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Directorate
      G-2023-066 · Accession · 1978, 2001-2012
      Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment fonds

      This accession consists of records from the Policy, Legislation and Communications and Analysis division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment relating to legislative and regulatory amendments, use of the NWT Opportunities Fund, and establishment of the Saoyú-Ɂehdacho National Historic Site. The records include: briefing notes, correspondence, copies of legislation and regulations, legislative proposals, drafting instructions, an assessment report, comments, consultation records, discussion papers, legal opinions, meeting notes, presentation slides, FMB submission, an agreement, a table of responsibilities under the Co-operative Associations Act, a Credit Union dissolution order, Options for Preparing a NWT Mineral Development Strategy, A New Economic Development Strategy for the Northwest Territories, and the Sahoyue-§ehdacho Working Group Final Report.

      G-1992-019 · Accession · 1972-1979
      Part of Northwest Territories. Office of the Commissioner fonds

      This accession consists of files from many different GNWT departments, including Education, Social Services (and predecessors), and Local Government, relating to the operation, administration, and closure of the community of Port Burwell. The records were collected by the Office of the Commissioner after the community was abandoned. The records include settlement manager monthly reports and correspondence, settlement council minutes, school records (including enrollment and attendance and student files), financial records (including aircraft tender documents, operations funding, cheque books and banking records, and ledgers), fishery plant records, building and public works records, health and welfare records,employment records, and a guestbook. The accession also includes several files from the Department of Local Government which relate to the Baffin Region more generally or to other communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik, Eskimo Point (Arviat),

      G-1999-091 · Accession · 1985-1990
      Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

      Nine of the audiocassettes contain nine programs from the series entitled "This Land We Share.'" It was a monthly program produced by the department that aimed to educate northerners about the role of the Department of Renewable Resources. One audiocassette is entitled "Knowing Our Resources." It was also produced by the department and contained information on new hunting regulations, legislation, and funding for various projects that affected land use and protection of wildlife. 2 audiocassettes contain the same radio ad entitled "Let's Put Garbage in Its Place." This ad was produced for the Pollution Control Division as part of an anti-litter campaign run by the Department. The recording consisted of several variations of the same radio jingle. The remaining 2 cassettes contain the same program called "Fish and Wildlife Ordinance." The recording contains discussions about responsible game management and the differences between hunting technology in the past and present. The audio reel contains recordings of the proceedings and discussion from the Fur Symposium held in Fort Resolution in 1986.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Conservation Education and Resource Development division
      G-2023-055 · Accession · 1987-1991
      Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

      This accession consists of records from the Yellowknife District of the Department of Renewable Resources relating to the development of legislation, regulations, and policies and procedures. The records include proposed Operations Manual amendments, proposed regulation amendments, requests for comments, legislative proposals, and correspondence.

      Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Yellowknife District
      G-2007-046 · Accession · 1888-1991
      Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

      Records date from 1888-1991 and consist of published reports, pamphlets, brochures and bound ordinances. The pamphlets and brochures relate to the Legislative Assembly's operations, symbology, projects, interest in a pipeline and talks of forming a new territory (Nunavut). Records also include the rules of the preceding body, the Council of the Northwest Territories, as well as the rules of the Assembly from 1984 to 1991. There are published reports on priorities for the North, election reports, electoral boundaries, administrative structure for Nunavut, a spousal assault task force report, and a Denedeh government proposal for restructuring of the Government of the Northwest Territories.
      Also included in this accession are ordinances dated 1888 and 1895 and bound ordinances dating 1950 through 1981. There is also a book of statutes from 1985.