Question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 15 has had second reading and stands referred to a committee. Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, that Bill 16, Tobacco Control Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill prohibits the smoking of tobacco, subject to certain exceptions, in public buildings, structures and vehicles, and in prescribed places. The bill prohibits the sale and supply of tobacco and tobacco accessories to persons under 18 years of age, and prohibits the sale of tobacco and tobacco accessories by certain means and in certain places. The bill also prohibits advertising and promotion of tobacco and tobacco accessories in some public places, and restricts the means of advertising, promotion and display in places where those activities are permitted. Proprietors of public places where smoking is prohibited must refuse service to persons contravening the prohibition on smoking, and may use reasonable means to remove a person who refuses to stop smoking. The bill provides for inspectors to enforce and administer the act and regulations, and provides for fines for contravention of the act. The bill imposes an automatic prohibition on the sale and storage of tobacco in, and the delivery of tobacco to, a place or premises in circumstances where the owner or occupant has repeatedly contravened one or more provisions relating to the sale of tobacco. The bill makes consequential amendments to the Tobacco Tax Act in respect of a dealer who is subject to an automatic prohibition under the Tobacco Control Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 16 has had second reading and, accordingly, stands referred to a committee. Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Public Colleges Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Public Colleges Act to remove references that provide for multiple colleges so as to limit its application to Aurora College. The bill also

alters the composition and tenure of persons serving on the Aurora College Board of Governors, including:

• • reducing the number of persons selected from each region to serve on the board from two to one;
• • reducing the term of student representatives on the board from three years to one year;
• • requiring that additional persons who may be appointed to the board by the Minister have expertise that would contribute to Aurora College operations.

References to the Science Advisory Council have been replaced by references to the Research Advisory Council. Mr. Speaker, the bill also provides Aurora College with express authority to grant prescribed applied bachelor degrees. Inoperative provisions are also repealed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 17 has had second reading and stands referred to a committee. Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 11 has had second reading and stands referred to a committee. 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; and Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2005-2006, with Mr. Ramsay in the chair.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee wishes to consider Bill 11.

Thank you, committee. We will take a short break before we continue on with Bill 11.

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I would like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. Order, please. We are going to continue now with Bill 11. Minister Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to introduce Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2005-2006. This bill requests authority for additional appropriations of $63.719 million for operation expenditures, and $3.034 million for capital investment expenditures, in the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

Major items included in this request for operation expenditures are as follows:

• • a total of $16.4 million for the additional expenses resulting from the finalization of the Collective Agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Union of Northern Workers;
• • $20 million for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs to provide contribution funding to communities pursuant to the community capacity building initiative. These contributions are funded by the federal government's Northern Strategy trust fund;
• • $3.5 million for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment for the provision of French and aboriginal language services in the NWT. The expenses will be fully offset by the revenues from the federal government;
• • $2 million for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment for additional expenses resulting from the finalization of the Collective Agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association;
• • $1.3 million for energy conservation initiatives to help promote energy conservation and mitigate the impact on increased energy prices for the Government of the Northwest Territories and NWT residents.

The operations funding requests are within the 2005-2006 supplementary reserve. The major requests for capital investment expenditures are as follows:

• • $2.8 million for the Department of Transportation to advance funding from the 2006-2007 fiscal year for the airport passenger terminal building in Yellowknife, as the project is ahead of schedule and is anticipated to be near completion by the end of the fiscal year;
• • a reduction of $2.1 million for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment in order to advance the joint design of construction of the Sir Alexander Mackenzie School and Samuel Hearne Secondary School projects in Inuvik.

That concludes my opening remarks. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to answer any questions Members may have.

Thank you, Minister Roland. I would now like to ask the Minister if he would like to bring in witnesses for Bill 11.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Does committee agree?

I will ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses in.

Mr. Minister, for the record, could you please introduce your witness?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me, this afternoon, Mr. Lew Voytilla, secretary to the Financial Management Board.