Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are in the process of trying to deal with better or improved counselling for our clients or our clients to be and we will take the Members comments into consideration. Thank you.

Thank you. I would like again just to remind the Members during question period that you ask your question with a preamble, but that you limit your supplementaries. I have two Members who did not get the opportunity to ask any questions, even though they are on the list. I also would request the Ministers to also have consideration for the Members with regard to your long response. We are on Item 7, written questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would request unanimous consent to return to Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Member for Yellowknife South is seeking unanimous consent to return to Item 5. Do we have any nays? Mr. Henry, you have unanimous consent. Go ahead.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize some visitors from our national capital. Mr. Ian Glen is the deputy minister of Environment Canada and he is visiting Yellowknife to attend meetings with the Deputy Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. He is also joined by his assistant, Mrs. Judy Watling, and also in the gallery we have Mrs. Donna Mandeville who is a program assistant for Environment Canada. Mrs. Mandeville is a student working for Environment Canada for two summers now and is attending university in New Brunswick. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you. Welcome to the assembly. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. We are back to Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 9, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Mr. Rabesca.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to present a petition dealing with the matter of adequate funding for education. Mr. Speaker, the petition contains 14 signatures from the residents of Rae-Edzo. Mr. Speaker, the petition requests the Legislature to provide adequate funding, so that our schools may continue to do an outstanding job in educating our young people, and further that education be a top priority for the next sitting of the Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Mr. Enuaraq.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to report to the Legislative Assembly that the Standing Committee on Social Programs has reviewed Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act and wishes to report that Bill 7 is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole, as amended and as reprinted. Thank you.

Reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Arlooktoo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table two reports. One is entitled, Victims Assistance Committee of the Northwest Territories Seventh Annual Report, and the other is Victims Assistance Committee of the Northwest Territories Eighth Annual Report. Thank you.

Thank you. Tabling of documents. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a letter from Sheyla Kolola, who is a teacher in Iqaluit, concerning education and problems with teaching. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. Notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motions for first reading of bills. Item 16, motions. Item 17, first reading of bills. Item 18, second reading of bills. Item 19, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters. Item 20, report of committee of the whole. Item 21, third reading of bills. Item 22, orders of the day. Mr. Clerk.

Mr. Speaker, there is a meeting of the Nunavut Caucus and the Western Caucus immediately after adjournment today and at 9 a.m. of the Ordinary Members' Caucus tomorrow.

Orders of the day for Friday, May 22, 1998:

1. Prayer

2. Ministers' Statements

3. Members' Statements

4. Returns to Oral Questions

5. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

6. Oral Questions

7. Written Questions

8. Returns to Written Questions

9. Replies to Opening Address

10. Petitions

11. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

12. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills

13. Tabling of Documents

14. Notices of Motion

15. Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

16. Motions 17. First Reading of Bills

- Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Financial Administration Act, No. 2

- Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2

18. Second Reading of Bills

19. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

20. Report of Committee of the Whole

21. Third Reading of Bills

22. Orders of the Day

Thank you. This House stands adjourned to Friday, May 22, 1998, at 10:00 a.m.

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