Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Final, short supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister says he’s not challenging them. It sort of sounds like they are accepting the results the government has received of the barely passing mark of D minus. A D minus is a reflection of the department, its leadership and its management, and I would like to hear how this government is going to change this D minus mark and turn it into an action plan that delivers results specific to the areas targeted and identified by the Conference Board of Canada.

May I remind this House, this is an organization that has been in Canada for 61 years providing good

advice, non-partisan advice for guidance of governments like ours. Thank you.

The Member keeps talking about the health care system, but I do need to remind the Member that the Conference Board of Canada’s report, How Canada Performs, is a snapshot at a point in time intended to provide governments with recommendations on how they can improve their systems by providing a snapshot. Health outcomes, once again, are measured using 10 indicators that recognize or evaluate health outcomes, not the health care system. We have to deal with the root causes and here in the Northwest Territories, and today I have clearly articulated that many, many actions and activities that we, as the Department of Health and Social Services, in cooperation with our partner departments, are working towards improving the health outcomes of residents of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Time for oral questions has expired. Item 8, written questions. Item 9, returns to written questions. Mr. Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. 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. Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Social Programs has reviewed Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, and wishes to report that Bill 42 is now ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole as amended and reprinted. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following documented, entitled “Return to Written Question 23-17(5), Decentralization Analysis.” Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Ramsay.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following four documents, entitled “2014 NWT Survey of Mining Employees Overall Report, December 2014;” “Review of the Venture Investment Program and the Contribution Programs of the NWT Business Development and Investment Corporation, March 2013;” “Review of Business Development and Investment Corporation Programs, Final Report, November 2013;” and “Program Review of the Northwest Territories Development and Investment Corporation, October 2014.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Item 15, notices of motion. Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that the Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Department of Health and Social Services investigate the feasibility of a domestic violence death review committee for the Northwest Territories;

And further, that the government provide a comprehensive response to this motion within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that the Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Department of Health and Social Services work with Aboriginal governments to establish a wellness centre at Stanton Territorial Hospital;

And further, that the Department of Health and Social Services incorporate a wellness centre into its plan for renewal of the Stanton Territorial Hospital;

And furthermore, that the government provide a comprehensive response to this motion within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. Mrs. Groenewegen.

WHEREAS, the role of Caucus is fundamental to the effectiveness of consensus government;

AND WHEREAS Caucus provides a venue for all Members to set broad strategic direction for a Legislative Assembly and discuss matters of widespread importance to the Northwest Territories;

AND WHEREAS the priorities established by a Caucus form the basis for government business plans and budgets prepared over the course of an Assembly;

AND WHEREAS the Caucus of the 17th Legislative

Assembly agreed upon the vision, goals and priorities for action under the theme of Believing in People and Building on the Strengths of Northerners;

AND WHEREAS transition to a new Assembly is an appropriate time for reporting on matters of ongoing action, discussion and consideration;

AND WHEREAS Members of the 18th Legislative

Assembly may wish to consider how to build on the direction and deliberations of the 17th Legislative

Assembly;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that, pursuant to Rule 88(1), the Legislative Assembly hereby

establish a Special Committee on Transition Matters;

AND FURTHER, that the following Members be named to the special committee: • the Member for Sahtu, Mr. Norman Yakeleya,

Chair;

• the Member for Hay River North, Mr. Robert

Bouchard;

• the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Alfred

Moses;

• the Member for Kam Lake, Mr. David Ramsay; • the Member for Range Lake, Mr. Daryl Dolynny;

and

• the Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Tom Beaulieu.

AND FURTHERMORE, that the Special Committee on Transition Matters be established by the terms of reference, identified as Tabled Document 211-17(5).

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

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Item 18, first reading of bills. Mr. Beaulieu.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 49, An Act to Amend the Deh Cho Bridge Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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

Question has been called. Bill 49, An Act to Amend the Deh Cho Bridge Act, has had first reading.

---Carried

Item 19, second reading of bills. Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 12, Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan Act; Bill 36, Health and Social Services Professions Act; Committee Report 10-17(5), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2013-2014 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories; Committee Report 11-17(5), Standing Committee

on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 12: Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan Act; Committee Report 12-17(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs Report on the Review of Bill 36: Health and Social Services Professions Act; Tabled Document 188-17(5), Northwest Territories Main Estimates 2015-2016; Tabled Document 205-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2014-2015; Tabled Document 206-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2014-2015; and Tabled Document 207-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

By the authority given to me as Speaker by Motion 10-17(5), I here authorize the House to sit beyond the daily hour of adjournment to consider business before the House.