Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Empowering People in our Communities, Northwest Territories Power Corporation 2004-2005 Annual Report. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Item 13, tabling of documents. ,The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a letter from the Yellowknife Education District No. 1, in support of keeping the service of the Territorial Treatment Centre in Yellowknife. The letter is dated June 13, 2005. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a document from Our Lady of the Snow Mission from Colville Lake and Bern Will Brown, written to me with regard to the petroleum product costs in Colville Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a document. It's a copy of an e-mail. It's sent from Mr. Dave Murray, the deputy minister of Health and Social Services, on Friday, May 6, 2005, at 12:28 p.m. It went to Mr. Damian Healy and Mr. Derek Elkin, and was copied to Gay Kennedy, Sylvia Haener, Elske Canam, and Dave Murray. The subject was a media...

You don't have to read the document.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would prefer it. It's actually a short one. Can I read it into the record? Am I allowed to?

No. Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a document entitled Services for Children in Yellowknife Circa 1997. It is an inventory of seven programs for children, Mr. Speaker, five of which are no longer in existence. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a transcript from an interview with an affected parent and TTC director, with regard to the Territorial Treatment Centre. It was dated June 24, 2004. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Today I have 88 letters of official complaints with respect to the ferry dispute in Fort Simpson, from Monday, October 17th. There are a further 75 official complaints with respect to the ferry dispute given to me on October 18th . Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Item 13, tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motion 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: Minister's Statement 24-15(4), Sessional Statement; Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Education Act; Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Judicature Act; and, Bill 7, Personal Directives Act, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I call Committee of the Whole to order. We have a number of items before us. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee wishes to consider Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, and Bill 7, Personal Directives Act.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Does the committee agree that we should pursue that after a brief break?

Thank you.

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I will call committee back to order. As agreed before the break, we are going to deal with Bill 5 and Bill 7. The first one is Bill 5. The Minister responsible for this is Minister Bell. I would like to ask him if he would like to make opening comments on the bill. Mr. Bell.