Thank you. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. O'Brien. Seconded by Mr. Erasmus. Question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried. Mr. O'Brien.

Mr. Speaker, I would also request unanimous consent to waive Rule 93(4) and have the report moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Member for Kivallivik is seeking unanimous consent to waive Rule 93(4). Do we have any nays? There are no nays. You have unanimous consent, Mr. O'Brien. Accordingly the Report of the Auditor General will be moved into the Committee of the Whole.

Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Barnabas.

I wish to table letters I received on October 2, 1996 from Ms. Lawrie Barton, Principal of the Inuujaq School in Arctic Bay, Tabled Document 80-13(3) regarding the lack of housing in Arctic Bay. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Item 13, tabling of documents. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon. I wish to table an empowering document, Tabled Document 82-13(3), The Graphics of the Kitikmeot Boarding Home Occupancy Level From the Kitikmeot Health Board. Thank you.

Item 13, tabling of documents. Are there further tabling of documents? Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motions for first reading of bills, notices of motions for first reading of bills. We should take a break. Item 16, motions. Motion 16-13(3), Policy Concerning Capital Project Changes. Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

WHEREAS a fundamental responsibility of the Legislative Assembly is that of appropriation of public money to permit the functioning of government of the Northwest Territories;

AND WHEREAS Northwest Territories Act and Financial Administration Act states that an appropriation bill shall be submitted to the legislative assembly for each fiscal year;

AND WHEREAS the Financial Administration Act provides that the Appropriation Bill be based on the votes and items of expenditure set out in the estimates by Vote 1 - Operations and Maintenance, and Vote 2 - Capital. Expenditures are presented separately in the estimates.

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly has absolute legislative control at the vote and item level as provided by section 29 and 30 of the Financial Administration Act.

AND WHEREAS the provisions of the Financial Administration Act require that no change be made without the Legislative Assembly's approval by way of supplementary appropriations bill process;

AND WHEREAS the Financial Management Board has the authority to transfer appropriations and establish capital projects within certain restrictions;

AND WHEREAS decisions on expenditures must be made in light of the fiscal position of the Government of the Northwest Territories;

AND WHEREAS the Government of the Northwest Territories has a community- based capital planning process;

AND WHEREAS the main thrust of the capital planning process is to involve Members of the Legislative Assembly, municipalities and community groups;

AND WHEREAS there has been a lack of communication between the Ministers and members of the Standing Committees, regarding changes to the capital plan;

AND WHEREAS economic circumstances presently dictate that capital transfers between activities which have previously been common, should no longer be viewed as acceptable or appropriate;

NOW THEREFORE, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife North, that the Executive Council be required to develop and adopt a policy prior to November 1, 1996, that ensures that any new capital project over $250,000, not identified in the capital estimates for the fiscal year, except those necessary to address an emergency situation, not proceed without prior consultation with the affected Members and the appropriate standing committee;

AND FURTHER, that the policy include a process whereby appropriate consultation occur with the affected member and standing committee on issues relating to the transfer and deferral of capital projects;

AND FURTHER, that the Executive Council provide the standing committees on a quarterly basis, any changes and adjustments to the capital appropriations in a fiscal year.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Your motion is in order, Mr. O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien, do you wish to speak to the motion?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Very briefly. Although this issue has been raised regarding certain monies being moved around, deleted, I am sure that this has caused some embarrassment for some Members and it is probably not very popular with my honourable Members across the floor. Nevertheless, it must be addressed, and I am sure that some of my own friends across the floor would have attacked this issue with much more aggression than we have on this side.

Mr. Speaker, I will not go on too long, beating what I consider a dead horse, and I hope the horse is dead. In short, I will say that what we have witnessed regarding the Cabinet budget shuffle is unwarranted, unwanted, and unacceptable, and I believe that in the moving of capital dollars without consultation with respective MLA's tears at the very fabric that bonds together at the mainstay of consensus government.

Mr. Speaker, it is my hope that we are finished with this process, and that we move forward in a positive manner. Thank you.

Thank you. The seconder of the motion. Mr. Erasmus. Do any other Members wish to speak to the Motion? Questions, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. To the motion. As the mover on the motion, do you wish to close debate? Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have just been informed by my honourable friend, Mr. Picco, that the horse is truly dead, and I will call for at this time, a recorded vote. Thank you.

Thank you. There is a request for a recorded vote, Mr. Clerk. All those in favour, please stand.

Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Krutko, Mr. Rabesca, Mr. Roland, Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. Ootes, Mr. Erasmus, Mr. Henry, Ms. Groenewegen, Mr. Ningark, Mr. Evaloarjuk, Mr. Barnabas, and Mr. Picco.

Thank you. All of those against the motion, please stand. All of those abstaining, please stand.

Mr. Ng, Ms. Thompson, Mr. Antoine, Mr. Morin, Mr. Todd, Mr. Arlooktoo, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. The motion is passed with 13 in favour, nobody against, and 7 abstaining. Thank you. Item 16. Motions. Motion 17-13(3), Commitment concerning the recreation centre project in Fort Simpson. Mr. Ootes.