Thank you. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of D.P.W., Mr. Morin. In Mr. Morin's response about waiving the five per cent preference, he indicated that one of the reasons the local business was awarded the contract was because the supplier of the material had his own stock of inventory. That gave him the five per cent advantage. Am I correct in assuming that from now on, all bids that are being submitted, if the local supplier is supplying material they will have the five per cent advantage? In other words, the band councils, hamlets or other businesses in the communities will have the five per cent advantage? Am I correct?

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to qualify for it, those companies fill out their application for the Business Incentive Policy. As for the example you are talking about in Fort Providence, the company applied for Business Incentive Policy preference and stated the goods and services that it offers through its business, and stated that it is a material supplier business in Fort Providence. So the five per cent preference applied. Thank you.

Item 5, Oral Questions. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

Am I correct in what I said earlier? In the Minister's response, he said that the portion that the band did not get the five per cent local preference on was the material it bought outside the community. The other bidder, under the Business Incentive Policy, is a supplier of the material. It stocks the material in its inventory for the general public to buy. If the bidder supplies the material then he has a five per cent advantage over a person that does not?

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In that case you are correct.

Item 5, Oral Questions. Item 6, Written Questions. Item 7, Returns To Written Questions. Mr. Clerk.

Mr. Speaker, a Return to Written Question asked by Mrs. Marie-Jewell and responded to by the Premier on the activities of the Languages Commissioner.

The Commissioner of Official Languages, under the authority of the Official Languages Act, is appointed by and accountable to the Legislative Assembly. As Government Leader, it would be inappropriate for my office to provide the requested information.

The request for information on the activities of the Commissioner of Official Languages should be made to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Item 8, Replies to Opening Address. Item 9, Petitions. Item 10, Reports of Standing and Special Committees. Item 11, Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills. Item 12, Tabling of Documents. Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to tabled the following document, Tabled Document 26-12(3), Annual Report of the Superintendent of Child Welfare 1991 and 1992.

Tabling of Documents. Item 13, Notices of Motion. Item 14, Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills. Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, December 7, 1992 I shall move that Bill 15, an Act to Amend the Wildlife Act, be read for the first time.

Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills. Item 15, Motions. Item 16, First Reading of Bills. Mr. Morin.

Motion is in order.

Question.

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

---Carried

Bill 3 has had first reading. Item 17, Second Reading of Bills. Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek unanimous consent to go back to Item 16, First Reading of Bills.

The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to Item 16, First Reading of Bills. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Please proceed, Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River, that Bill 15, an Act to Amend the Wildlife Act be read for the ...

You are out of order, Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and honourable Members. I seek unanimous consent to do a first reading on Bill 15.

The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Please proceed, Mr. Allooloo.