Thank you. Tabling of Documents. Are there further Tabling of Documents. Notices of Motion, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice on Monday, October 14, 1996, I will move the following motion:

Mr. Speaker, I will be seeking unanimous consent at the appropriate time to move this motion today.

Thank you. Notices of Motion. Notices of Motion, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, October 14, 1996, I will move the following motion:

NOW, THEREFORE I MOVE, SECONDED BY THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR KITIMEOT, THAT TABLED DOCUMENTS #90-13(3) COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT:

DOING BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY AND TABLED DOCUMENT #91-13(3) COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: A NEW PARTNERSHIP, BE MOVED INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR DISCUSSION AS THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1996.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with my motion today. Thank you.

Thank you. That is 14 Notices of Motion. Notices of Motion. Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, October 14, 1996, I will move that Bill 20 Supplementary Appropriate Act #1, 1996-97, will be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Notices of motions for the first reading of

bills, motions. Motion 19. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the motion, questions being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried. Motions, Mrs. Thompson.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to proceed with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

The member for Aivilik is seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today. Do we have any nays? There are no nays, you have unanimous consent, Mrs. Thompson. Proceed with your motion.

Whereas the documents "Community Empowerment - Doing Business Differently" and "Community Empowerment - A New Partnership" has been tabled in this House it is in the interests of the public for these documents to be discussed by the Legislature.

Now, therefore, I move, seconded by the honourable member for Kitikmeot, that tabled documents 90-13(3) "Community Empowerment - Doing Business Differently", and tabled document 91-13(3) "Community Empowerment - A New Partnership" be moved into the Committee of the Whole for discussion as the first item of business on Tuesday, October 15th, 1996.

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the motion, questions been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried and accordingly tabled documents 90-13(3) and 91-13(3) will be moved into Committee of the Whole for today. I am sorry, will be the first item of business on Tuesday, October 15th, 1996.

Motions, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to proceed with my motion of the ad hoc working group on Access to Information and Protection of Privacy.

Thank you, Mr. Picco. The member for Iqaluit is seeking unanimous consent to deal with his motion today. Do we have any nays? There are no nays, proceed, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable member for Nunakput, that the Tabled Document 89-13(3) "The Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Access to Information and Protection of Privacy", be moved into the committee of the whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the motion. Questions being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried and accordingly Tabled Document 89-13(3) will be moved into committee of the whole for today.

Motions, motions. First reading of bills, first reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters; Tabling Document 1-13(3), Ministers Statement 82-13(3), Bill 19, Tabled Document 89-13(3) and 83-13(3) with Mr. Ningark in the chair.

Thank you. I would like to call this committee to order.

Item 19, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters. We have a number of items here, Tabled Document 83-13(3) and 89-13(3), Tabled Document 1-13(3); "Report of the Commission on MLA Compensation"; Ministers' Statement 82-13(3), "Premier's Sessional Speech"; Bill 19, "Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act". This is a new Bill. What is the wish of the Committee?

Thank you. Okay I was not paying attention. I believe you want to..Table Document..Bill 19 first...

Do we agree with the Member? Do we have to concur this? To deal with two items in that order? What do you wish to do, do you wish to take a break now and then come back? We will take about 15. Okay? We will take a break.

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Before we took a break we decided we would deal with Bill 19, Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act and the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, in that order.

We are now in reviewing Bill 19. The Honourable Minister Ng. Do you have any opening remarks for the committee? Thank you.

Thank you Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act before the committee of the whole today is one of the initial steps required to prepare for the first elections for the Nunavut legislative assembly and the new western territorial legislature.

Mr. Chairman, independent boundaries commissions are used in Canada to assist legislatures in determining their electoral district boundaries. The North is facing a process that has not been undertaken since 1905 when the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba were created from the then Northwest Territories. The division of the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 will require two legislatures with the number of elected members and the electoral district boundaries yet to be determined. Electoral Boundaries Commissions will make recommendations to assist in the determination of these fundamental questions.

Mr. Chairman, the bill provides the framework for the establishment of two electoral boundaries commissions. One being the Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission, which will review the existing electoral boundaries for the western Northwest Territories. The second being the Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission, which will review the existing boundaries in that part of the Northwest Territories that will comprise Nunavut.

Each commission will conduct public hearings in the course of its review, and will at the conclusion of its review, prepare a report for submission to the speaker. Because of the provisions of the Nunavut Act regarding the first Nunavut election, the Nunavut Boundaries Commission report will also be forwarded to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs after the Legislative Assembly completes its consideration.

Mr. Chairman, as I indicated earlier, the bill provides the legal framework to establish two boundaries commissions. The appointment of the commission members and the guidelines for considering the number of seats in each legislature and the criteria for the work of the commissions will come later by formal resolution of the legislative assembly.

Mr. Chairman, this is one of those bills that is the responsibility of the legislative assembly as a whole to consider, and I along with officials will be pleased to answer questions as we go through this bill clause by clause. Thank you Mr. Speaker.

Thank you Mr. Minister. In keeping with a tradition, before I open the floor for general comment, I would like to ask the honourable Minister if he wishes to bring in the witnesses.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.