Thank you. I would like to call the committee back to order. I would like at this time to recognize, Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a couple of quick questions. Regarding regulatory reform that Minister Kakfwi's department is conducting, are there any acts that will be looked at through that process that the Minister is aware of? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you. Mr. Arlooktoo.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The regulatory reform initiative that was announced earlier is one of several initiatives and the principles which is to reduce red tape and to make legislation more user friendly, especially for businesses that use it. I understand RWED, with our assistance, is putting together a report. There will likely be some further work coming out of that, but we do not have that information here in front of us, of what it may be.

Thank you. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the Minister for that information. I also note that within RWED, there is a suggestion to rebase an additional $109,000, which may assist both departments in pursuing some of this outdated legislation. A final question, if I may, Mr. Chairman, regarding the Statutes Revision Amendment Act. I am unsure whether the Minister mentioned it here, but am I correct in believing the federal government contributes toward this process? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The federal government did agree to provide funding for this as part of the implementation funding towards division. They put aside for this project $1.043 million, for work that is needed to be done leading up to division.

Thank you. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Minister, in 1997-98, there is $200,000 identified. Could the Minister confirm this is accurate? The Minister also stated, or one of his staff stated

that, a lot of this work was being done in-house. Is there a potential for some of those financial resources to be attributed to updating some of the acts that Members of this House have been suggesting require updating? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The additional funding from the federal government for the statutes revision project is only for revising statutes leading up to division and for the purpose of division and cannot be used for any other purpose. There are specific parameters for how that money should be used and they have to be division related. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I certainly understand the principle if you receive funds for a project, you should be using it for that project. I had understood the Minister to say that the work that was required for the Statutes Revision Amendment Act is being done in-house by staff of the GNWT. I am assuming that if they are working in-house on the Statutes Revision Amendment Act, then there is other work they are not doing, such as amending some of the outdated legislation. Could the Minister confirm if my assumptions would be accurate? Thank you.

Merci Monsieur. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The salaries for the Statutes Revision Commissioner, the legislative editor, the interpreting work, although they are quote "in-house", the funds for salaries and expenses are for the statutes revision project for division-related purposes. This is paid for through the extra funding the federal government has provided.

Thank you. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would be prepared to move a motion at this time.

Thank you, Mr. Henry. Proceed with your motion please.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that this committee recommends that this government commit to immediately reviewing and preparing amendments to the Labour Standards Act to provide for calculation of remuneration for commissioned employees; and

Further, to bring these amendments before the Legislative Assembly for consideration at the fall sitting of this Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you. I believe the motion is circulated and translated to an appropriate language of this committee. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. I do not see a quorum. I will ring the bell. Thank you. The chair recognizes a quorum. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Lawyer support services, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance $2.272 million. Agreed?

Agreed.

Thank you. Registries and court services, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $9.479 million. Agreed?

Agreed.