With regard to similar questioning of my colleague, I hope that the study will also include the fact that eastern Members have no access to have the presence of their constituency assistants during the sitting of the session. I would not raise this if my constituency assistant was on the Mackenzie highway system. If that were the case I could have him/her brought in by bus or by my own vehicle. However, it costs approximately $1,400 for a return airfare to my constituency, and my constituency is not the farthest away. There are Members from Baffin Island who have no hope in bringing their constituency workers to Yellowknife to assist them. We envy the western Arctic Members who have their assistants sitting in Yellowknife able to assist them and are able to keep in contact with their constituency. For example, as soon as we stop making phone calls to the local radio stations in the eastern Arctic we are deemed as not doing anything in Yellowknife because we do not get the daily live coverage as you do in the west. Will this study include a possible provision in having the constituency assistants present during session?

Mr. Chairman, certainly. I can give a commitment to the committee, Mr. Chairman, that the Management and Services Board will add that item to our study of constituencies remuneration.

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to base my comments on the same concern. I have three communities which I represent in the Baffin South region. They have an annual salary of $20,000. My employee works only half days although there is a large work load. They cannot do much in half a day. We have set it so that she is able to work in the afternoon. She is a part-time employee because of the salary which is offered. I am urging, Mr. Speaker, to get this resolved as soon as possible because I always have a great deal of work to do and much stress. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I understand the concerns. As I have said the Management and Services Board will be looking into the issue.

Agreed.

---Agreed

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that we report progress.

Question.

Item 19, report of committee of the whole. Mr. Chairman.

Seconded by Mr. Koe. Motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? Mr. Lewis is opposed. Motion is carried.

---Carried Item 20, third reading of bills. Item 21, Mr. Clerk, orders of the day.

Mr. Speaker, there will be a meeting of the Management and Services Board after adjournment today. Tomorrow morning there will be a meeting at 9:00 a.m. of the Special Committee on Health and Social Services, at 10:30 a.m. of the Ordinary Members Caucus and at 12:00 p.m. of the Chairman's Liaison Committee. Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 25, 1993.

1. Prayer

2. Ministers' Statements

3. Members' Statements

4. Returns to Oral Questions

5. Oral Questions

6. Written Questions

7. Returns to Written Questions

8. Replies to Opening Address

9. Petitions

10. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

11. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

12. Tabling of Documents

13. Notices of Motion

14. Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills

15. Motions

16. First Reading of Bills

17. Second Reading of Bills

- Bill 8, Payroll Tax Act

18. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

- Tabled Document 2-12(3), The Justice House - Report of the Special Advisor on Gender Equality

- Tabled Document 19-12(3), 1992 Master Plan for Corrections Service Division

- Tabled Document 91-12(3), Northwest Territories AIDS Project - Review

- Tabled Document 92-12(3), HIV and AIDS in the NWT in 1993

- Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act

- Bill 17, Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1993-94

- Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Public Printing Act

- Bill 19, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act

- Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act

- Bill 22, An Act to Amend the Mining Safety Act

- Bill 23, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1992-93

- Committee Report 10-12(3), Report on Tabled Document 21-12(3): Payroll Tax Act

- Committee Report 11-12(3), Report on the Review of the 1993-94 Main Estimates

- Committee Report 15-12(3), TD 33-12(2): Government Accountability: A Legislative Action Paper on Access to Government

- Committee Report 17-12(3), Report on Television Guidelines

- Committee Report 18-12(3), Standing Committee on Public Accounts' Final Report on the Public Review of Tabled Document 5-12(3), Report of the Auditor General of Canada on a Comprehensive Audit of the Department of Health

19. Report of Committee of the Whole

20. Third Reading of Bills

21. Orders of the Day

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until 1:30 pm, Thursday, March 25, 1993.

---ADJOURNMENT