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

Question is being called.

Motion carried.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Unanimous consent granted.

WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is committed to ensuring that the Budget Review Process is publicly accessible, transparent to all residents and efficient;

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly has chosen to make revisions to the Estimates and Appropriation Bill Review Process;

NOW THEREFORE I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that the Rules of the Legislative Assembly be amended by rescinding Rule 76 and substituting the following:

1) 76(1) The Assembly may not adopt or pass

any vote, resolution, address or bill for the appropriation of public revenue except for the purpose recommended to the Assembly by the Commissioner in the Session in which the vote, resolution, address or bill is proposed.

2) Rule 76(1) relates only to the appropriations

and does not refer to the imposition of taxes. The only condition imposed on a taxation measure is that it be introduced by a Minister.

3) Unless otherwise ordered by the Assembly,

when an estimates document is tabled in the Assembly it is deemed referred to Committee of the Whole.

4) The adoption of any motion to concur in any

estimates document shall be an Order of the Assembly to bring in an appropriation bill or bills based thereon.

5)

Notwithstanding Rule 64, when an appropriation bill is introduced to appropriate sums of money contained in the estimates as approved by the Committee of the Whole, the bill may receive second and third reading on the same day on which it receives first reading.

6) Notwithstanding Rule 69(2), when an

appropriation bill is read for the second time it shall be deemed ready for third reading.

AND FURTHER that Rules 66 and 69(3) be rescinded.

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

Question is being called.

Motion carried.

Item 18, first reading of bills. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Bill 19, Donation of Food Act, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Bill 19 has had first reading.

Motion carried; Bill 19, Donation of Food Act,

read a first time.

The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Miltenberger.

Bill 20 has had first reading.

Motion carried; Bill 20, Supplementary

Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2008–2009, read a first time.

Item 19, second reading of bills. The Hon. Michael Miltenberger.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 20, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2008–2009, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2008–2009 fiscal year.

Bill 20 has had second reading.

Motion carried; Bill 20, Supplementary

Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2008–2009, read a second time and referred to a standing committee.

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Bill 1 and Bill 13, with Mr. Krutko in the chair.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bill 10 and Bill 13. What’s the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee would like to deal with Bill 10, An Act to Amend the Pharmacy Act, and Bill 13, An Act to Amend the Legal Profession Act, today in Committee of the Whole.

Is the committee agreed?

With that, we’ll take a short break.

The Committee of the Whole took a short

recess.