Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Item 9, written questions. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Can the Minister of the Department of Transportation provide the following:

1. updated financial cost estimates to construct

the Mackenzie Valley Highway extension;

2. a framework for conducting the environmental

scoping of the Mackenzie Valley Highway extension;

3. an options paper to analyze the various

financial options for constructing the Mackenzie Valley Highway;

4. a territorial-wide strategy for engaging the

federal government’s Minister of Transportation and others with the intent of obtaining commitments to construct a Mackenzie Valley Highway; and finally,

5. a regional/community approach discussion

paper to help initiate the construction of the Mackenzie Valley Highway, by reviewing the GNWT’s programs and meetings with officials from DIAND to examine program that can be used to contribute to the Mackenzie Valley Highway construction.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 10, returns to written questions. Item 11, replies to opening address. Item 12, petitions. Item 13, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 14, tabling of documents. Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, March 2, 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 February 26, 2009, it shall be adjourned until Monday, March 2, 2009.

And further, that any time prior to March 2, 2009, 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.

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

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

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on February 26, 2009, it shall be adjourned until Monday, March 2, 2009.

AND FURTHER, that any time prior to March 2, 2009, 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.

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: Tabled Document 7-16(3), Ministerial Benefits Policy; Tabled Document 11-16(3), Northwest Territories Main Estimates 2009-2010; Tabled Document 17-16(3), Supplementary Appropriation No. 3, 2008-2009; Committee Report 2-16(3), Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Matters Referred to the Committee; Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Historical Resources Act; Bill 3, International Interest in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act; Bill 4, Public Library Act; Bill 5, Professional Corporations Act; and Bill 7, An Act to amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, with Mr. Bromley in the chair.

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have for consideration before us today Tabled Document 7-16(3), Tabled Document 11-16(3), Tabled Document 17-16(3), Committee Report 2-16(3), Bills 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee wishes to continue on with the consideration of the budget for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and to move on to Transportation if time permits, but I think it’s the intent of the House to finish at six o’clock, recognizing the clock. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. That’s consideration of Environment and Natural Resources and if we have time, Transportation prior to six o’clock. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. We’ll take a short break.

---SHORT RECESS

Thank you, committee. I would like to call Committee of the

Whole back to order. Minister Miltenberger, do you have witnesses you would like to bring to the chamber?

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please get you to escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Thank you. Mr. Miltenberger, if I could please get you to introduce your witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me Gary Bohnet, the deputy minister of ENR, and Mr. Jeff Dalley, the finance director for shared services for ITI and ENR.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Yesterday when we left off we were on page 13-18, activity summary, environment, grants and contributions, contributions, $3.910 million. Are there any questions?

We are moving along to 13-19. It is an information item, environment, active positions. Are there any questions?

We are moving along to page 13-21 which is an activity summary, forest management, operations expenditure summary, $27.097 million. Are there any questions?