Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called.

---Carried

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 19, first reading of bills. Item 20, second reading of bills. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Student Financial Assistance Act to raise the maximum aggregate of the principal amount of all student loans that may be made by the Government of the Northwest Territories by $4 million for 2012-2013 and subsequent fiscal years. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Bill 1 has been read for the second time.

---Carried

Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and to have Bill 1 moved into Committee of the Whole.

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty, and thank you, colleagues. Bill 1 has been moved into Committee of the Whole.

Item 21, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 3-17(3), Northwest Territories Main Estimates 2012-2013, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We are still dealing with Tabled Document 3-17(3), Main Estimates 2012-13. We left off on Human Resources. The next two departments after that would be Public Works and Services and Education, Culture and Employment. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee wishes to deliberate Human Resources, Public Works and Services, and Education, Culture and Employment.

Does the committee agree?

Thank you. We will take a break and we will resume after we have had our afternoon snack.

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Committee, I’d like to call you back to order. When we departed on Friday, the question had been called asking if we were ready to move on to detail. Are we ready to move on to detail for the Department of Human Resources? Agreed?

Okay, I’m going to ask Minister Abernethy if he would like to take the witness table and if he’d like to bring in witnesses.

Yes, please.

Agreed. Thank you. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses in to the table.

Mr. Abernethy, for the record, could you please introduce your witnesses?

Thank you, Madam Chair. On my right is Ms. Sheila Bassi-Kellett. She’s the deputy minister of Human Resources. On my left is Michelle Beard who is the director of human resource strategy and policy.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. If Members could please turn in their main estimates book to the Department of Human Resources on page 3-7. We’re going to stand that page down and come back to it at the end. Infrastructure investment summary, page 3-8. Any questions? Agreed?

Revenue summary, information item, 3-9. Active position summary, information item, 3-10. Any questions?