Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Government Operations has reviewed Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Liquor Act, and wishes to report that Bill 24 as amended and reprinted is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Item 14, tabling of documents. Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following four documents, entitled NWT Capital Estimates 2014-2015; Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 4-17(4), Report on the Review of the Public Accounts; Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 20-17(4), Proposal for the Use of New Resource Revenues; and Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 21-17(4), Liquor Commission Profits to Prevention. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Lafferty.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents, entitled Department of Education, Culture and Employment Response to the Auditor General’s Report on the Northwest Territories Income Security Programs; Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 5-17(4), Report on the Review

of the Auditor General of Canada on 2014 Northwest Territories Income Security Programs.

Further to my Return to Written Question 26-17(4), the Sahtu Five-Year Strategic Training Plan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Abernethy.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 3-17(4), Report on the Review of the 2011-2012 Annual Report of the Information Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Ramsay.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 4-17(4), Federal Support for Sahtu Jobs and Economic Growth. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Robert McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Beaulieu.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 18-17(4), Organ Donation and Human Tissue Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Mr. Nadli.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table a letter from the Katlodeeche First Nation dated September 19, 2013, detailing concerns related to Bill 3, Wildlife Act.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s no secret, I recently went with the Minister to the Bakken to do some studying on hydraulic fracturing, and I’m going to table two stickers we received while we were there, and it speaks to the quality and attitude of hydraulic fracturing in North Dakota. The first sticker I’m going to table is Will!ston, Rockin’ in the Bakken; and the second one is Build Baby Build. I encourage anyone to ask me details on the way they do business there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Members, pursuant to Section 21 of the Human Rights Act, I wish to table the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2012-2013.

Item 15, notices of motion. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. 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 22, Territorial Emblems and Honours Act; Tabled Document 70-17(4), Electoral Boundaries Commission, Final Report, May 2013; Tabled Document 107-17(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2014-2015, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

Colleagues, before I place you into Committee of the Whole, by the authority given to me as Speaker, pursuant to Rule 11(4) of the Rules of the

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, I hereby appoint the Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bob Bromley, to act as deputy chair of Committee of the Whole for the remainder of this Fourth Session.

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee today? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We would like to begin with general comments on the budget, Tabled Document 107-17(4).

Is

committee agreed?

Alright. We will resume with that after a short break.

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