Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

---Applause

Bill 13 has had third reading. Item 21, third reading of bills. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Handley.

Thank you. We have a motion on the floor.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that Bill 14, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 14 has had second reading and accordingly the bill stands referred to a committee. Item 18, second reading of bills. Item 19, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 4, Bill 9, Bill 11, Committee Reports 3-14(6), 4-14(6), 5-14(6), 6-14(6), 8-14(6), and 9-14(6); Motion 10-14(6); Minister's Statement 28-14(6); Tabled Document 26-14(6), Tabled Document 31-14(6) and Tabled Document 41-14(6), with Mr. Krutko in the chair. By the authority given the Speaker by Motion 4-14(6), the House has dissolved into Committee of the Whole to sit beyond the time of adjournment until the committee is prepared to report, just in case.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. To the principle of the bill.

Mr. Nitah, you are out of order. I will caution you again. If you wish to speak to the principle of the bill, that is not in the bill. Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. To the principle of the bill. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah. I caution you to restrict your comments to the principle of the bill.

I thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in regards to the way the bill is drafted, I believe that we have to look at more than gender. We have to expand it to include other concepts in the bill. If we are going to do something, let's do it right here but don't piecemeal something for the sake of piecemealing. I think that we have other inequities in the North that we have to consider. We've had an Affirmative Action Policy in place for years and what we are seeing is that it's not working and we also have policies ensuring that we have pay equity. Pay equity is one step in many steps we still have to take. There are still inequities in this government, especially when it comes to the way the people are paid to work for the government. We can't just look at gender.

We have pay equity. Pay equity is one step in many steps we still have to take. There are still inequities in this government, especially when it comes to the way people are paid to work for government. The problem also includes race and other aspects of this government. I feel that I have been pounding myself against the wall for almost eight years in this House because of policies we have.

We have the Affirmative Action Policy. It has not done anything looking at the statistics of this government. How many people are we really seeing moving up the ranks in this government? A lot of people in this government, especially when you look at aboriginal people, their wages, because of their education levels and other levels that are there, are lower than those of people doing a similar job because of that component.

If we are going to look at gender, I suggest we also look at other aspects such as aboriginal contracts in this government. For the sake of timelines and trying to beat the clock because something might happen in Ottawa, as an aboriginal person, you are probably better off being protected under your rights in Ottawa than you are with this government. If this government is going to ram this legislation through for the sake of one aspect, I would suggest we take our time, do it right and look at how this change to the Public Service Act will include all aspects of the rights of employees of this government.

So, for the record, I will not be supporting this motion on the basis that there was an original motion that had an aboriginality clause which was presented by this government and is no longer there. I feel that this government is letting the aboriginal people down for the 99th time in the 99th year.

Mr. Krutko, I have to rule you out of order on that. Speak to the principle of the bill; that is not in the bill. Aboriginality is not in the bill. To the principle of the bill. To the principle of the bill, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have to vote against this bill on the basis that the original bill that was presented had the context of aboriginality in it and I think that there is also discrimination, not only based on gender but also on the aboriginal content, where we know that there are aboriginal employees in this government who are making less...