Thank you Mr. Speaker. I would like to report on the 1996/97 mid year review of the Standing Committee of Government Operations.
The Standing Committee on Government Operations has a responsibility to oversee the budgets and expenditures of the Legislative Assembly as well as agencies including the NWT Power Corporation, the Workers' Compensation Board, and the Public Utilities Board, for the purposes of this mid-year review, however, the committee has chosen to examine only the Legislative Assembly.
The Standing Committee is also responsible for dealing with government-wide issues that do not fit within the mandate of the Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Social Programs or Resource Management and Development.
The review of the Affirmative Action Policy that is underway is one such issue and the committee felt that it should also be addressed in this report. That includes my introductory comments on the committee's report. Therefore, I move, seconded by the Member from Kivalivik, that the report on the Standing Committee on government operations for 1996/97 mid-year review be received by the Assembly and moved into the committee of the whole for consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.