Thank you, Minister Bell. Any further general comments to Bill 16? Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will support the bill. It is a good piece of housekeeping and I think, Mr. Chairman, in virtually any field of endeavour of employment you will find that under almost any circumstances, even those that are less than ideal, that employers or workers will have some remuneration based on length or term of service on which they and their family can rely if and when they decide or it's necessary for them to leave. MLAs are without this right now; of course, in the circumstance that they should decide to, or be forced to, resign. I don't think that is a realistic or a fair situation and I'm recognizing that it is there. Waiting for the next Remuneration Commission, as Mr. Bell suggests, is fine, but that is another two years out there. I think I'd feel better about supporting this bill and having this provision in place should this kind of thing happen to an MLA and, perhaps by circumstances beyond their control, leave them and their family without a backstop, again, as is consistent in many, many other fields of employment, based on their length of service. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. General comments. No more general comments. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to clarify that this particular motion and bill and the timing, I just, probably through an oversight of my own part, became aware of the fact that this particular clause was set up in such a way that if I or one of my colleagues, Mrs. Groenewegen or Mr. Roland or Mr. Dent, and any of us had to for some reason unforeseen had to leave, that they would lose all the accrued benefit not only for this term but also the previous term, and I don't believe that the was the intent when this particular clause was drafted. Given how life can change on an instant, when I became aware of this I thought it was important enough to make the effort to try to bring this forward to clarify it in the best interests of all of us and hence it being here today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. General comments, Bill 16. If there are no further general comments, clause by clause?

Thanks, committee. Clause by clause, Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act. Clause 1.

Clause 2.

Thank you. That concludes Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act. To the bill as a whole.

Thank you. Does the committee agree that Bill 16 is ready for third reading?

Thank you. Bill 16 is now ready for third reading. Thank you, committee. At this time, I'd like to ask what is the wish of committee. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move to report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Motion to report progress. The motion is not debatable. The motion is in order. All those in favour? Those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will rise and report progress. Thank you.

Could I have the report of Committee of the Whole please, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Committee has been considering Bill 4, Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation Act; Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act; and Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act. I would like to report progress, with one motion being adopted, that Bills 5 and 16 are ready for third reading, and that Bill 4 is ready for third reading, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Do we have a seconder for the motion? Honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Dent. The motion is on the floor. Motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Bill 8, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2007-2008, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Motion is on the floor. Motion is in order. To the motion.

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

---Carried

Bill 8 has had third reading. Third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, orders of the day.