Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 25, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2011-2012, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Motion is in order. Bill 25, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2011-2012, has had first reading.

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Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2010-2011, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Motion is in order. Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation Act, (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2010-2011, has had first reading.

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Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 27, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2010-2011, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Motion is in order. Bill 27, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2010-2011, has had first reading.

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Bills 25, 26 and 27 have received first reading. Item 18, second reading of bills. Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 25, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2011-2012, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill authorizes the Government of the Northwest Territories to make operations expenditures for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Thank you.

Motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Bill 25, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2011-2012, has had second reading.

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Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2010-2011, 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 2010-2011 fiscal year. Thank you.

Motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2010-2011, has had second reading.

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Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 27, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2010-2011, 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 2010-2011 fiscal year.

The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Bill 27, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2010-2011, has received second reading.

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Bills 25, 26 and 27 have received second reading.

Item 19, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Executive Summary of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project; Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits; Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits – What We Heard; Tabled Document 62-16(5), Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy;

Tabled Document 75-16(5), Response to the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project on the Federal and Territorial Governments’ Interim Response to “Foundation for a Sustainable Northern Future”; Tabled Document 103-16(5), GNWT Contracts Over $5,000 Report, Year Ending March 31, 2010; Tabled Document 135-16(5), GNWT Response to CR 3-16(5) Report on the Review of the Child and Family Services Act; Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Social Assistance Act; Minister’s Statement 65-16(5), Devolution Agreement-in-Principle, Impact on Land Claims and Protection of Aboriginal Rights; and Minister’s Statement 88-16(5) Sessional Statement, with Mr. Bromley in the chair.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The wish of committee, or my wish, I move we report progress.

Your wish is our command. Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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I will rise and report progress.

Can I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please, Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee would like to report progress. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. A motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. Do we have a seconder for the motion? The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

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Item 21, third reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Robert McLeod.