Thank you, Mr.

Lafferty. Final

supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regard to aboriginal organizations there is a consultation clause in those land claim agreements that if the government is going to change any policies, procedures or programs that give rise to employment or, vice versa, benefits, they have to consult. I’d just like to ask the Minister: can he give me a printout or details on exactly who was consulted, when they were consulted and was that process exactly followed?

Mr.

Speaker, I can

certainly provide the consultation process, what our client service officer has done in the community, because most of the communities that we deal with are, of course, aboriginal communities. Certainly, we’ll provide the members of the committee with the information on when that was first introduced back in September and on what has been done to date pertaining to notifying community members. Certainly, we’ll provide that. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The time for question period has expired. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr.

Speaker. I seek

unanimous consent to return to Item 5, please.

Unanimous consent granted.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize as well two pages who have been working very diligently for us this week. From the Frame Lake constituency Preston Doolittle and Taryn Williams have done a great job for us. Thank you very much to them.

I’d also like to thank all of the pages who have been helping us out here over the past few weeks, especially this week. I’ve got a page, Tunchai Redvers, who has been helping us out. She is a resident of Kam Lake and a former resident of the riding of Hay River South. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Item 8, written questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Speaker, my written question is to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

What was the amount of gravel hauled to Aklavik from Inuvik following the 2006 Aklavik flood, and what was the cost?

Thank you, Mr.

Krutko. Item 9,

returns to written questions. Item 10, replies to opening address. Item 11, petitions. Item 12, reports of standing and special committees. Item 13, reports of committees on the review of bills. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. Robert McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Social Programs has reviewed Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act,

and Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, and wishes to report that Bills 5 and 6 are now ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole as amended and reprinted. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Item 14, tabling of documents. The honourable Minister responsible for Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Bob McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Grants and Contributions Programs Results Report 2007–2008. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Document 61-16(2), Grants and Contributions

Programs Results Report 2007–2008, tabled.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Item 15, notices of motion. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act, be read for the second time.

Mr.

Speaker, Bill 12 amends provisions of the

Human Rights Act pertaining to the appointment of commission members. Responsibility for hiring staff members is vested in the director, and they become employees in the public service. Both the commission and the director may appoint assistants and engage advisors. The commission is empowered to make its own rules of procedure, and the annual reporting requirements of the commission are simplified. The Board of Management is given a role in making certain regulations under the act, and such regulations are to be made in consultation with the commission and the director. Thank you.

Bill 12 has had second reading.

Motion carried; Bill 12, An Act to Amend the

Human Rights Act, read a second time.

The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and have Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act, moved into Committee of the Whole. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr.

Ramsay. The

Member is seeking unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and have Bill 12 moved into Committee of the Whole.

Unanimous consent granted.

Bill 12 will be moved into Committee of the Whole.

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 8; Bill 11; Committee Reports 2-16(2), 3-16(2), 4-16(2), 5-16(2), 6-16(2), 7-16(2); Tabled Document 37-16(2); Minister's Statement 62-16(2), with Mr. Bromley in the chair.

Before Committee of the Whole, by the authority given me as Speaker by Motion 10-16(2), I hereby authorize the House to sit beyond the hour of adjournment to consider business before the House.

I’d like to call the Committee of the Whole to order. We have before the committee three bills, six committee reports, one tabled document and one Minister’s statement. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee would like to conclude consideration of the Department of Transportation that we left off from last night. Also, we would like today to potentially get into the Department of the Executive, Finance, FMBS and, time permitting, maybe even Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you,

Mrs. Groenewegen. Does the committee agree?