Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have two documents to table. The first one is the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services System Annual Report, 2007-2008. The second one is further to my Return to Written Question 1-16(4), which is a document entitled Physician and Social Worker Visits to Tsiigehtchic, 2008-2009. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Mr. Speaker, I have a document that I want to table. It is the company service of the Arctic Red Outfitters Ltd.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, November 9, 2009, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories contribute $50,000 to support Northwest Territories seniors’ participation in the Canada 55-plus Games in August 2010; and further, that the government consider providing funding through the Northwest Territories Sport and Recreation Council to ensure the ongoing participation of the Northwest Territories seniors at future Canada 55-plus Games.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time, I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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 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. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called.

---Carried

The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

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

---Unanimous consent granted.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS Northwest Territories seniors have participated in the Canada 55-plus Games since 1998;

AND WHEREAS more than 100 Northwest Territories seniors from a variety of NWT communities have expressed an interest in participating in the Canada 55-plus Games in Brockville, Ontario, in August 2010;

AND WHEREAS the Government of the Northwest Territories has previously contributed towards the costs of the Northwest Territories seniors’ participation in these events;

AND WHEREAS assisting seniors in keeping active and engaged in healthy activities is entirely consistent with the 16th Assembly’s stated goal of

healthy, educated people through a focus on

prevention and promotion of healthy choices and lifestyles;

AND WHEREAS Northwest Territories seniors are not asking the government to cover all of the seniors’ costs and are simply seeking a small contribution toward these costs;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories contribute $50,000 to support Northwest Territories seniors’ participation in the Canada 55-plus Games in August 2010;

AND FURTHER, that the government consider providing funding through the Northwest Territories Sport and Recreation Council to ensure ongoing participation of the Northwest Territories seniors at future Canada 55-plus Games.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Question has been called.

---Carried

Item 18, first reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 8, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 3, 2009-2010, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Bill 8 has had first reading.

---Carried

The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 9, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures) No. 2, 2009-2010, be read for the first time.

Bill 9 has had first reading.

---Carried

Item 19, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.

: Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Summary Conviction Procedures Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Summary Conviction Procedures Act to provide that a justice may enter a conviction and impose the specified penalty where a person who has been summonsed to appear before the justice by way of ticket fails to either pay the specified penalty or to appear as summonsed.

The maximum fine for failing to appear before a justice as required is increased, and formalities relating to information are clarified. Minor amendments are also made to ensure consistency of terminology. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 7 has had second reading and is referred to a standing committee.

---Carried

The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Bill 8 has had second reading.

---Carried

The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.