Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Recommendation 13

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer provide the committee with a

review of approaches to campaign finance in other jurisdictions, and that the committee develop a set of proposed principles to guide the development of new campaign finance provisions and report those back to this Assembly.

Recommendation 14

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to make threatening a candidate and impersonating an elections officer offences.

Recommendation 15

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer proceed to develop restructured Tariff of Fees Regulations and provide the draft regulations to the committee for comment before recommending them to the Commissioner.

Recommendation 16

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to require the deputy minister of Justice, at the request of the Chief Electoral Officer, to provide the names and addresses of inmates who are residents of the Northwest Territories on a date specified and who have or who will have attained the age of 18 on a date specified.

Recommendation 17

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to define the term “sponsor” as a person or organization that pays for or provides or incurs the cost of the campaign material bearing identification.

Recommendation 18

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer develop a standard phrase to be used to identify sponsors on campaign material, and include that information in guidelines for candidates.

Recommendation 19

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to allow election officers to conduct mobile polls.

Recommendation 20

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended so that a person vouching for an elector without sufficient identification need only reside in the same

electoral district, rather than in the same polling division.

Recommendation 21

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to add candidate nomination papers to the list of public records that may be inspected during office hours at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

Recommendation 22

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer provide the committee with recommendations for additional specific enforcement powers for the Chief Electoral Officer, and substantiation for each of those powers.

Recommendation 23

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the Public Service Act be amended so that authority to grant leave to an employee who wishes to seek nomination to be a candidate resides with the deputy minister accountable for administration of that act, rather than with the Minister.

Recommendation 24

The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures recommends that the “housekeeping” amendments, which are identified by the Chief Electoral Officer on pages 42 to 45 of the report of the Chief Electoral Officer, with the exception of his recommendation 21, be considered by the legislative drafter during the preparation of the other amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will now turn the conclusion over to Mr. Bromley.