Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, October 20, 2008, I will move the following motion.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that this Legislative Assembly recommends implementing a tiered vehicle registration system where fees are based on the fuel economy rating of vehicles, thereby encouraging ownership of more fuel efficient vehicles and supporting the overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The honourable Member for

Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, October 20, 2008, I will move the following motion.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that this Assembly communicates its desire for the Government of Canada to undertake a full and detailed audit of the Food Mail Program in order to determine exactly what food items and which clients are currently being subsidized in order to improve program practice and accomplish the stated government objectives of contributing towards healthy diets in the North.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker.

Thank you Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, October 20, 2008, I will move the following motion.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that the Government of the Northwest Territories establish a milk subsidy program for all children aged one to 12 in any community where milk costs are 10 per cent or more higher than those in Yellowknife, and further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories include the cost of the milk subsidy program in the 2000–2010 budget and implement the program in early 2009.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you Mr. Bromley. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, October 20, 2008, I will move that Bill 21, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) 2009–2010, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Thank you Mr. Miltenberger. Item 17, motions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr.Abernethy.

Thank You, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS this Legislative Assembly is required to appoint Members to the Board of Management in accordance with Subsection 36(3) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the Honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that the following Members be appointed to the Board of Management of this Assembly:

Honourable Jackson Lafferty, Member for

Monfwi, and

Mr. Jackie Jacobson, Member for Nunakput

AND FURTHER, that the following Members be appointed to the Board of Management as alternate Members:

Honourable Robert C. McLeod, Member for

Inuvik Twin Lakes, and

Mr. Kevin Menicoche, Member for Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called.

Motion carried.

Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Tabled Document 93-16(2), Bills 14, 15, 16 and 17, with Mr. Krutko in the chair.

I’d like to call the Committee of the Whole to order. Under consideration is Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Tabled Document 93-16(2), Bills 14, 15, 16 and 17. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The wish of the committee today is to continue with the Northwest Territories Capital Estimates ’09–10 and carry on where we left off yesterday on the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Thank you.

With that, we’ll take a short break.

The Committee of the Whole took a short

recess.

We have a quorum, so let’s reconvene Committee of the Whole.

We are on page 7-7. Does the Minister have witnesses?

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Does the committee agree?

Can I get the

Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses in, please.

Minister Miltenberger, can I get you to introduce your witnesses, please.

I have with me Ms. Melhorn, deputy minister of Finance and FMB, Mr. Michael Aumond, deputy minister of Public Works and Services, and Mr. Russ Neudorf, deputy minister of Transportation.