In regards to the Dempster Highway there, has there been any additional costs for, not the upgrade, but mostly the maintenance for the transportation and the propane, and as soon as the LNG gets going with the Power Corp, are there going to be any extra maintenance costs to offset the extra wear and tear on the Dempster Highway for the next fiscal year or even as soon as it starts operating?

There would be some small costs associated with maintenance for the

Dempster and I can get the Member those figures. I had mentioned earlier, we are putting in the $1.4 million to ensure the continuous services at both of those crossings. That figure of $1.4 million may include some of the maintenance work on the highway itself. So I will get that detailed information for the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Final, short supplementary, Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the upgrades to the Louis Cardinal and the ferry system, does the Minister expect any disruptions during that time? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Outside of Mother Nature, I don’t expect any delays, but I can’t predict water levels and storms and things like that. We anticipate that we will be able to operate both the Louis Cardinal and the Abraham Francis well into December, until such time we get the ice crossings in place. That’s the anticipation, Mr. Speaker, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The time for oral questions has been concluded. Item 8, written questions. Mr. Yakeleya.

Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment:

1. Please provide a listing of all programs and

services that direct supports to single parents in the Sahtu communities.

2. Please provide a listing of the different types of

infrastructure in place to support single parents who want to attend an educational institution or to gain employment.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Item 9, returns to written questions. Item 10, replies to opening address. Item 11, petitions. Item 12, reports of standing and special committees. Item 13, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 14, tabling of documents. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table my news release regarding an innovative idea on how we can stimulate some good thinking and maybe some ideas to help solve

the Giant Mine problem where we have arsenic that will be perpetually taken care of. I am suggesting, let’s reach out and coordinate. My press release spells that out. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Item 15, notices of motion. Mr. Blake.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, October 21, 2013, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that pursuant to Section 91 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, the Legislative Assembly recommends to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories the appointment of Mr. David Phillip Jones as Conflict of Interest Commissioner, effective December 1, 2013.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Ms. Bisaro.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, October 21, 2013, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that the Government of the Northwest Territories accept the measures and suggestions contained in the Report of Environmental Assessment and recommended by the Review Board pursuant to s. 130(1)(b)(i) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act;

And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories urge its federal counterparts to do the same, to ensure the timely and cooperative remediation of the Giant Mine. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. 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: Tabled Document 107-17(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2014-2015; Tabled Document 70-17(4), Electoral Boundaries Commission, Final Report, May 2013; and Bill 22, Territorial Emblems and Honours Act, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

Good afternoon, or is it still morning? I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. Yesterday when

we left off, we were on general comments on Tabled Document 107-17(4), and that’s where we left off. I’d like to ask, what is the wish of committee. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We would like to continue consideration of Tabled Document 107-17(4) and continue with general comments.

Committee agreed?

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

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I would like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. I would like to ask Premier Bob McLeod if he would like to bring witnesses to the table and join us at the witness table for general comments.

Yes, I would, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Is committee agreed?

I would like to ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses to the table.

Premier McLeod, for the record, please introduce your witness.