All those opposed, please rise.

All those abstaining, please rise. The results of the recorded vote are: five in favour, 12 opposed, zero abstentions.

---Defeated

Clause 22. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. To the schedule. Minister McLeod.

All those opposed, please rise.

All those abstaining, please rise. The results of the recorded vote are: six in favour, 11 opposed, zero abstentions.

---Defeated

---Clauses 8 through 70 inclusive approved

Clauses 71 through 80. Does committee agree? Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I would like to start with a couple of questions for the Minister. Clause 80 deals with the coming-into-force date of the bill. Can the Minister tell us when that will be? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Subject, of course, to priorities of the next Assembly, we expect it to be 12 to 24 months. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Sorry, I couldn't quite catch it all. I think the Minister said 24 months. Why would it take one or two years to actually bring this bill into force? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

I think my estimate was 12 to 24 months, but perhaps I can get some assistance on that. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Bard.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. How is that information going to be communicated to the public? We had a significant number of individuals and municipal governments, Indigenous governments, come to committee and talk about some of the issues that committee raised in the report. How is this information about implementation of this bill, and maybe some potential fixes for some of these issues, communicated to the public? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

We will be communicating with the public to provide them with this information. I think a commitment was made to committee, also. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I am not going to flog this one any further, other than to suggest that the department should develop some kind of an implementation plan, share that with Regular MLAs in the next Assembly, and make that available to the public so that they know how the bill itself and the provisions in here are going to roll out over time. Some pretty high expectations have been set, and maybe some expectations have been crashed. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Point taken.

Thank you. To clauses 71 to 80. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Mr. O'Reilly.

All those opposed, please rise.

All those abstaining, please rise. The results of the recorded vote are: seven in favour, nine opposed, zero abstentions. The motion is defeated.

---Defeated

Committee, please return to the bill number and title. Bill 46, Public Land Act. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. To the bill as a whole. Does committee agree that Bill 46, Public Land Act, is now ready for third reading?

Thank you, committee. Bill 46 is now ready for third reading. Does committee agree this concludes consideration of Bill 46?

Before we conclude, the Minister has something he would like to say. Minister Sebert.

I would like to thank committee for all of their work on this. I know that there has been a lot of time pressure on it, which is never good, and there was a question which I didn't answer very well about communicating with the public, and, of course, we will do that. So thanks to everybody for their cooperation and hard work in view of the time pressure we've been under. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. This concludes consideration of Bill 46. I want to thank the Minister and the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, you may escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Members, we have concluded the business we agreed to consider. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

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

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

I will rise and report progress. Thank you.

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