Question has been called. All those in favour? Just for clarity, the motion to amend has been withdrawn. To the original motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Ms. Green.

Thank you, Ms. Green. There's a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We heard from women that they would like campaign schools, certainly, but also leadership training that goes beyond the specific skills that are offered in campaign training. We heard from women who had attended programs in Banff and in Nova Scotia who felt that they had been very useful, and so, providing more in-depth training on leadership seems like a good idea for women, and a good fit with the new polytechnic university. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. To the motion. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I want to again thank the committee for presenting this. This is great to see. I think that it could be considered by some to be a little bit presumptuous, however, that that polytechnic university is a given, but I think we need to remind ourselves that maybe that is not the case, but that certainly, I can see that most people here are going to probably support this here today because it makes sense. Notwithstanding that a polytechnic university could be 10 years away, that maybe there would be consideration, for sure, to have similar programming established sooner rather than later in the likes of Aurora College. That will be my comments. I will be in support. Thank you.

To the motion. Minister Cochrane.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank MLA Vanthuyne for actually for bringing that point forward. You're right. The actual polytechnic university might take some years, but it's important to note that we're also building on the Aurora College, so it's not starting from scratch. Right now, the president is the president of Aurora College

When we were doing our travelling, when I was taking the new associate deputy minister of post-secondary renewal to the three campus communities, we met with Indigenous and municipal governments, and it was brought very clearly by Indigenous governments that they were interested in some kind of a leadership support to support them in governance of their own governments. I know that Municipal and Community Affairs provides that for municipal governments, but not so much for the Indigenous governments.

When we're doing this vision statement, we've been looking at strengths to the North. I think that Indigenous governments are a strength to the North. I think our population is a strength to the North. It makes sense for me to actually promote that we would have some form of leadership courses within the polytechnic university or Aurora College as it is now to start off. I am a huge supporter of this motion. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

To the motion. Mr. Thompson.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I support the motion. My concern is the polytechnic university. I mean, it's great that we're talking about Aurora College and MACA, but we should be enforcing that now. We should be looking at the college. We've heard the Minister talked about the Aboriginal governments looking for this type of leadership training and that, so I think that maybe moving forward, even though we're talking polytech, that we actually say, Aurora College and the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs moving forward, that we can get this training out the door.

It's not just for territorial politics, but I think it's for boards and for municipal governments. Whether it's designated authorities, hamlets or tax-based communities. I would encourage the next body to look at that. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will be supporting it.

To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate colleagues staying and spending this extra time debating this report on short notice. Thank you for your kind comments of support for the work that the committee did. I would like to thank my colleagues who were on the committee and those who dropped in. I would like to give a very special thank you to the staff who worked very hard. Our first meeting was November 28^th, last year, and we've now produced two reports on our work, so that's really a testament to how hard they've worked to sew this issue up at this time. I'd also like to thank the people who came to the hearings and provided written submissions, as well. I am looking forward to the favourable results that some of my colleagues are predicting of being able to double the number of women sitting in this House very soon. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. I take those as closing comments. Does committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Committee Report 17-18(3)?

Thank you, committee. This concludes our consideration of Committee Report 17-18(3). What is the wish of committee? Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move the Chair rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order. All those in favour. All those opposed. The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will rise and report progress.

May I have the report, Member for Hay River North?

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 55, Tabled Document 443-18(3), Tabled Document 444-18(3), and Committee Report 17-18(3), and would like to report progress; and that consideration of Committee Report 17-18(3) is concluded, with three motions adopted; and that Bill 55, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, is ready for third reading; and that consideration of Tabled Documents 443-18(3) and 444-18(3) are concluded, and that the House concur on those estimates, and that an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay; and Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.