The committee held public hearings in Inuvik on September 2, 2003, in Aklavik on September 3rd, in Hay River on September 8th, and in Yellowknife on August 26th, September 17th and 18th and October 1st. During the clause-by-clause review, which took place on October 1st, 52 motions to amend the bill were carried by the committee and concurred with by the Minister. Twelve of these motions were of a minor and non-substantive nature. The substantive motions are explained in the appropriate sections of this report. Following clause-by-clause review of the bill, a motion was carried to report Bill 22 as amended and reprinted back to the Assembly as ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole.