Bill 17, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2008-2009, has had first reading.

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The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2009-2010, be read for the first time.

Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2009-2010, has been read for the first time.

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The Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 19, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2009-2010, be read for the first time.

Bill 19, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2009-2010, has had first reading.

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Item 19, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 17, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 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. Thank you.

Bill 17, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2008-2009, has had second reading.

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The honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2009-2010, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill makes supplementary appropriations for operations expenditures for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Thank you.

Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2009-2010, has had second reading.

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The honourable Member for Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 19, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2009-2010, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill makes supplementary appropriations for infrastructure expenditures for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Thank you.

Bill 19, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2009-2010, has had second reading.

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Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 7-16(3), Ministerial Benefits Policy; Committee Report 6-16(3), Standing Committee on Government Operations Final Report on the Review of the Official Languages Act 2008-2009: Reality Check: Securing a Future for the Official Languages of the Northwest Territories; and Committee Report 8-16(3), Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Evaluation of the Use of Laptop Computers in the Legislative Assembly, with Mr. Krutko in the chair.

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have several items to deal with in Committee of the Whole:

Tabled Document 7-16(3), Committee Report 6-16(3), and Committee Report 7-16(3), and Committee Report 8-16(3), and Bill 6. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee today would like to deal with Committee Report 6-16(3) dealing with the Official Languages Act and we would also like to deal with the Committee Report 8-16(3) first, and that is the Review of the Evaluation of Laptop Computers in the Legislative Assembly. So not in the order I called them, but those are the two items. Thank you.

So committee is agreed that we start with Committee Report 8-16(3)? Committee agree?

With that, we will take a short break and begin with Committee Report 8-16(3).

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I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. Prior to the break, we agreed to continue with Committee Report 8-16(3). Could I have the Rules committee respond…Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just further to Committee Report 8-16(3), I just have one motion and I will now read that into the record.

Mr. Chairman, I move that this committee recommend that Members be permitted to use laptop computers during Committee of the Whole proceedings during the balance of the 2009 calendar year, after which their use will be fully evaluated; and further, that hand-held and other portable communication devices are not to be used by a Member who has the floor; and furthermore, that a Member who has the floor must have their laptop computer closed. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called.

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