Masi. Oral questions. Item 8, written questions. Item 9, returns to written questions. Item 10, replies to Commissioner's opening address. Item 11, petitions. Item 12, reports of committee on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I have three documents to table today. The first is, "No place for poverty - NWT Poverty Update." Thank you. Continuing on, I wish to table a document entitled "Terms of Reference for a Special Committee on Transition Matters." Further, I wish to table a document entitled "Terms of Reference for a Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women in the Legislative Assembly." Thank you.

Masi. Tabling of documents. Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents entitled "Updates to Northwest Territories Petroleum Legislation: What We Heard" report, and pursuant to Section 32(2) of the Financial Administrative Act, I wish to table the NWT Business Development and Investment Corporation 2017-2018 Annual Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Member for Mackenzie Delta.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 1, 2018, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member of Hay River South, that Mr. Danny Gaudet of Deline be appointed as Chair of the Northwest Territories Honours Advisory Council. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Notices of motion. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 1, 2018, I will move the following the motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that pursuant to rule 92(1), the Legislative Assembly hereby establish a Special Committee on Transition Matters; and further, that the following Members be named to this special committee: the Member for Hay River North, Mr. R.J. Simpson, Chair; the Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Kevin O'Reilly; the Member for Great Slave, Mr. Glen Abernethy; the Member for Hay River South, Mr. Wally Schumann; the Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Keiron Testart; and the Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Shane Thompson, and furthermore, that the Special Committee on Transition Matters be established by the terms of reference, identified as Tabled Document 277-18(3). Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Notices of motion. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 1, 2018, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Mr. Colin Baile of Yellowknife be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for reappointment as a member of the Human Rights Adjudication Panel, effective immediately for a term of four years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Notices of motion. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 1, 2018, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that pursuant to rule 92(1), the Legislative Assembly hereby establish a Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women in the Legislative Assembly; and further, that the following Members be named to that special committee: the Member for Yellowknife Centre, Ms. Julie Green, Chair; the Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Mike Nadli; the Member for Nunakput, Mr. Herbert Nakimayak; the Member for Range Lake, Ms. Caroline Cochrane; the Member for Thebacha, Mr. Louis Sebert; and the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, Mr. Tom Beaulieu; and furthermore, that the Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women in the Legislative Assembly be established by the terms of reference, identified in Tabled Document 278-18(3). Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Notices of motion. Member for Mackenzie Delta.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 1, 2018, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Mr. Yacub Adam of Yellowknife be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for reappointment as a member of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission, effective immediately for a term of four years; and further, that Ms. Gerri Sharpe of Yellowknife be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for reappointment as a member of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission, effective immediately for a term of four years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Notices of motion. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, November 1, 2018, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave, that, notwithstanding rule 4, when this House adjourns on November 1, 2018, it shall be adjourned until Tuesday, February 5, 2019; and further, that any time prior to February 5, 2019, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as it has been duly adjourned to that time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. Notices of motion. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 17, motions. Item 18, first reading of bills. Minister of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

Bill 30 has had its first reading. First reading of bills. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 33, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2019-2020, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Masi. The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

Bill 33 has had its first reading. First reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 29, An Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act to:

• provide for the application of the act to municipalities that are designated in regulations;
• clarify the types of records that are exempted from disclosure because the records would reveal confidences of the Executive Council or the Financial Management Board and provide for a similar exemption for records of municipalities;
• allow for a compelling public interest to override particular statutory grounds for exemption from disclosure;
• clarify timelines throughout the act so they are calculated using business days;
• set out a process for the Information and Privacy Commissioner to consider requests from heads of public bodies to extend time limits for responding to requests for access;
• address documents relating to human resources matters, including employee evaluation documents and workplace investigation documents;
• clarify exemptions relating to business interests;
• permit disclosure of information for delivery of a common or integrated program or service;
• update the general powers of the Information and Privacy Commissioner;
• provide for a review of the act every seven years; and
• make other adjustments to the act to improve the language and enhance clarity.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.