Thank you. In that case, Mr. Chairman, I would kindly request that I will be anxiously waiting for this information. Therefore, I will move that the chair reports progress.

We have a motion to report progress. The motion is not debatable. The motion is in order. We have a point of order. Mr. Pudluk.

Point Of Order

Thank you, Mr. Pudluk. I understand from the Clerk, that according to parliamentary rules -- we were just looking it up -- that there's been an intermediate proceeding. Other business has taken place and so the motion to report progress supersedes the previous motion to continue. So the motion is in order, and the chairman will now request...Mr. Pollard.

Point Of Order

Mr. Pollard, I'm afraid you don't have a point of order. My advice is that business has transpired and it supersedes the previous motion, according to the book. We have a motion on the floor to report progress. Now, you may defeat this motion if you so choose. There seems to be a quorum now. We have a motion on the floor to report progress.

Oh, I'm going to earn my money today. We have another point of order. This is the third one. Mr. Pudluk.

Point Of Order

My decision has been challenged by an honourable Member, and I shall now go to see the Speaker and ask for a ruling from the Speaker on this matter. So we shall take a break.

Thank you, witnesses. It's not a break. I shall rise and inform the Speaker that there's been a challenge.

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, while you were away, your committee was discussing the Department of Health and Social Services capital budget. And, there was a motion to extend the sitting time to conclude the matter on the table at the time, the summary of capital expenditures. The motion was carried and the business proceeded. A considerable amount of business transpired, around 35 minutes of debate.

After a period of time, there was a motion by Mr. Zoe to report progress. I ruled that the motion to report progress was in order. My ruling was then challenged by the honourable Member for High Arctic, Mr. Pudluk, after which time I rose to seek your advice on the challenge.

Speaker's Ruling

Thank you. The committee will now come back to order. There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is not debatable.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? It is a tie.

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The decision of the chair is that he is going to vote against the motion and we are going to continue where we left off. The motion is defeated. It gets complicated. The business at hand is still Health and Social Services. We were reviewing the details of capital on page 12-18. The Minister is again invited to bring her witnesses to the chair.

Thank you, Madam Minister. The witnesses are still Mr. Lovely and Mr. Norwich. Total building and works, $3.320 million. Mr. Zoe.

Mr. Chairman, we were discussing the issue of a senior citizens' residence in the community of Fort Resolution. The Minister agreed to provide additional information, which she doesn't have on hand. Therefore, I move that we defer the bill until the information is provided to the committee. Thank you.

Mr. Zoe, the motion you made refers to a bill. We are not debating a bill, we are debating the details of the capital budget. Do you wish to rephrase that? Mr. Zoe.

Mr. Chairman, I will rephrase that. I wasn't making reference to the bill, I meant the item under consideration, which is the Department of Health and Social Services' budget.

Let's have your motion, please.

Mr. Chairman, I move that the Department of Health and Social Services be deferred.

We have a motion to defer the item until later. The motion is in order. To the motion.

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

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Because the previous motion was to extend the hours and this motion to defer has been carried, I shall now rise and report to the Speaker.

I would like to thank the Minister for her assistance to the committee and thank the witnesses for their assistance to the committee. We look forward to seeing you again.