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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a document entitled “Homelessness in Yellowknife, An Emerging Social Challenge,” a report by Mr. Nick Falvo. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Item 15, notices of motion. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, August 19, 2011, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the Speaker be authorized to set such sitting days and hours as the Speaker, after consultation, deems fit to assist with the business before the House.

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

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, August 19, 2011, I will move that Bill 22, An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act, be read for the first time.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, August 19, 2011, I will move that Bill 23, Tobacco Damages and Health Care Cost Recovery Act, be read for the first time.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Item 17, motions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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

The Member is seeking unanimous to deal with the motion she gave notice of earlier today. Are there any nays? You may proceed with your motion, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the Speaker be authorized to set sitting days and hours as the Speaker, after consultation, deems fit to assist with the business before the House. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question is being called.

---Carried

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: Bill 20, Vital Statistics Act; Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, with Mr. Bromley in the chair.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. Committee, we have before us Bill 20, Vital Statistics Act, and Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee would like to deal with Bills 20 and 21 today in Committee of the Whole.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Does committee agree we will deal with Bills 20 and 21 today?

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

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I’d like to call Committee of the Whole together. Committee, we have before us Bills 20 and 21, I believe. Committee agree that we start with Bill 20? Agreed?