Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Your final supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s funny, last session I said that for the first time and I’m starting to use it a lot, which is would the Minister be open to visiting my riding and meeting with the officials, perhaps next week to make time with meeting the RCMP, speaking with the mayor on this issue to see if we could speak territorially as well as regionally on this issue, again, to move forward on visual presence and, hopefully, to deter crime? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Certainly those areas of discussion we can certainly have within my department, “G”

Division and the municipalities of the Northwest Territories to strive towards trying to get more access and also resources and federal funding, and then also strategic thinking of territorial government funding in this initiative. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document titled Annual Report on Official Languages 2008-2009.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document titled Northwest Territories Liquor Commission and Liquor Licensing Board 2008-2009, 55th Annual

Report.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document titled Building a Path for Northern Science, Government of the Northwest Territories Science Agenda.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document titled A Foundation for Change, Building a Healthy Future for the NWT 2009-2012.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for Human Resources, Mr. Bob McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document titled Government of the Northwest Territories 2008 Public Service Annual Report.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Colleagues, pursuant to section 5 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I wish to table the Summary of Members’ Absences for the Period May 27, 2009, to October 14, 2009.

Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, November 5, 2009, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the government provide clearly articulated preference for persons with disabilities and clearly articulate how persons with disabilities fit within the existing priority hiring categories; and further, that the Department of Human Resources develop and publicize an awareness campaign outlining all categories of the Affirmative Action Policy and the responsibility of candidates to self-identify; and furthermore, that this Legislative Assembly recommends the government provide a response for this motion within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, November 5, 2009, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on Thursday, November 5, 2009, it shall be adjourned until Wednesday, January 27, 2010; and further, that any time prior to January 27, 2010, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and the Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as it has been duly adjourned to that time.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. 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 Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill includes amendments to the Child and Family Services Act that would:

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clarify terminology describing plan of care

agreements, care plans and case plans;

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exclude from the requirement to report

information about a child needing protection, such information as is received in the course of a judicial proceeding;

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shorten the time after which a child protection worker must apply to the court for a declaration that a child needs protection and for a child protection order where a plan of care committee has not made a plan of care agreement;

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make it an offence for any person to disclose child protection information received, obtained or retained by a person required to keep that information confidential;

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establish requirements for obtaining a witness subpoena;

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make other minor changes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, has had second reading and will be referred to a committee.

---Carried

The honourable Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Robert McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Commissioner’s Land Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill includes amendments that would require the posting of security on a lease of Commissioner’s land for a commercial or industrial use.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Commissioner’s Land Act, has had second reading and will be referred to a committee.

---Carried

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 18-16(4), Supplementary Appropriation No. 2 (Operations Expenditures), 2009-2010; Tabled Document 19-16(4), Supplementary Appropriation No. 3 (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2009-2010; Committee Report 1-16(4), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s 2006-2007 and 2007- 2008 Annual Reports; Committee Report 2-16(4), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General on Contracting for Goods and Services in the Northwest Territories; and Committee Report 4-16(4), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2007-2008 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner, with Mr. Krutko in the chair.

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We are in consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 18-16(4), Supplementary Appropriation No. 2 (Operations Expenditures), 2009-2010; Tabled Document 19-16(4), Supplementary Appropriation No. 3 (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2009-2010; Committee Report 1-16(4), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of

the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Annual Reports; Committee Report 2-16(4), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Auditor General on Contracting for Goods and Services in the Northwest Territories; and Committee Report 4-16(4), Report on the Review of the 2007-2008 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.