Thank you, Mr. Roland. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 9 has had first reading. First reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2007-2008, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 10 has had first reading. First reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 11, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 11 has had first reading. First reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Bill 12, Public Health Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 12 has had first reading. First reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 13 has had first reading. First reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 14, Employment Standards Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 14 has had first reading. First reading of bills. The honourable Member for Thebacha , Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 16 has had first reading. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 8, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. When we left off on Friday, we had just finished the general comments on Bill 8. We were just about to go into the detail. What is the wish of the committee today? Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. The committee wishes to consider Bill 8, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2007-2008, in detail. Mahsi.

Very good. Thank you. Is committee agreed?

We'll do that after a short break. Thank you.

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Mr. Roland, for the record, please introduce your witnesses.

Thank you, Madam Chair. To my left, I have Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar who is the director of budget evaluation; to my right is Mr. Charles Tolley who is the manager of budget development. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Committee, any further general comments?

Okay. Detail it is. We will defer consideration of Bill 8 itself and deal with the detail booklet, so please turn to page 5 of the bill. Page 5,

Legislative Assembly, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, office of the Clerk, $125,000.