Thank you, Madam Speaker. I seek consent to proceed with the second reading of Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Liquor Act.

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

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question.

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

---Carried

Bill 4 has had second reading. Item 14, second reading of bills. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 5, Mine Health and Safety Act.

The honourable Member is seeking consent. Are there any nays?

Nay.

The Speaker has heard one nay. You need two nays to disallow consent. Proceed, Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River, that Bill 5, Mine Health and Safety Act, be read for the second time. Madam Speaker, this bill replaces the existing Mining Safety Act with a simpler act that emphasizes the duties and responsibilities of persons engaged in mining, including owners, corporate directors, mine managers, supervisors and workers to ensure occupational health and safety. The bill provides for the establishment of occupational health and safety committees for mines and sets out the responsibility of the committees to conduct work site inspections and to participate in inspections conducted by inspectors. The bill requires mine employees to refuse work that could endanger the health and safety of any person. Mine owners may not discipline or discriminate against employees for actions taken in compliance with this act. The bill sets out the powers of inspectors to inspect or search a mine and the duties of persons at a mine to cooperate with the inspection or a search. An inspector may order immediate remedial action to correct deficiencies at a mine and require the stoppage of work until the remedial action is taken. A decision of an inspector may be appealed to the chief inspector with a further appeal to the Supreme Court. The bill also provides for the appointment of a chief inspector and inspectors, sets out the penalties for offences under the act and regulations and provides for the enactment of regulations respecting mine occupational health and safety. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question.

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

---Carried

Bill 5 has had second reading. Item 14, second reading of bills. The honourable Member for Baffin Central, Ms. Mike.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to seek unanimous consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 2.

Ms. Mike, you don't require unanimous consent. You require consent to proceed with Bill 2. Ms. Mike.

Madam Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with second reading of Bill 2.

Thank you. The honourable Member is seeking consent to deal with Bill 2. Are there any nays?

Nay.

The Speaker has heard two nays. Therefore, Bill 2 cannot be dealt with. Item 14, second reading of bills. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to seek consent to proceed with Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Arctic College Act.

Thank you. The honourable Member is seeking consent to proceed with Bill 7. Are there any nays? There are no nays. Proceed, Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank my colleagues for consent. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Arctic College Act, be read for the second time.

Madam Speaker, this bill amends the Arctic College Act to remove references to Arctic College and to allow the creation of more than one college. The amendment also repeals the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories Act and gives the board of a college the power to establish a science advisory council and the power to delegate the functions previously held by the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories.

The bill also removes references to the vice-president and to specific student associations. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.