Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Minister responsible for Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents: Plain Language Summary for Bill 36: An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act; Plain Language Summary for Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act; Plain Language Summary for Bill 39: An Act to Amend the Post-secondary Education Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Motions. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Minister responsible for Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 40, an Act to Amend the Medical Profession Act be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Motion is in order and is non-debatable. All those in favour. All those opposed. Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

Bill 40 has had first reading.

---Carried.

First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Minister responsible for Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 36, an Act to Amend the Territorial Court be read for the second time. This bill amends the Territorial Court Act to allow the Chief Judge to designate a second judge to sit on the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The bill is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed. Any abstentions? The motion is carried. Bill 36 has had second reading.

---Carried.

Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 73(2) to have Bill 36 move directly into Committee of the Whole for consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. The Minister is seeking unanimous consent to waive Rule 73(2) to have Bill 36 to move directly into Committee of the Whole. Are there any nays. There are no nays. Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 37, 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 clarify the relationship of the definition of "common or integrated program or service" with the definition of "public body" and to specify that "business days" exclude mandatory leave days for the public service.

It also clarifies and expands the type of orders the Information and Privacy Commissioner can make on the completion of a review. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favor. All those opposed. Any abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 37 has had second reading and has been referred to a committee.

---Carried.

Second reading of bills. Minister responsible for Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 38, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act 2020-2021 be read for the second time. This bill corrects inconsistencies and errors in the statutes of the Northwest Territories. The bill also deals with other matters of a minor non-controversial and uncomplicated nature in the statutes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Motion is in order to the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed. Any abstentions? The motion is carried. Bill 38 has had second reading and is referred to a committee.

---Carried

Second reading of bills. Minister responsible for Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I moved seconded by the Honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 39, an Act to Amend the Post-Secondary Education Act be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Post-Secondary Education Act to:

• Remove a precondition to being recognized as an Indigenous institution;
• Allow for the charging of fees and costs related to applications and quality assurance review processes;
• Require a quality assurance review for an application for registration as a private training institution and for a renewal of that registration;
• Clarify the role of a Post-Secondary Education Advisory Committee and give the Minister additional powers with respect to the establishment of a committee and standards a committee must follow;
• Allow for regulations to prescribe the quality assurance body to which type of application is referred and to prescribe matters relating to that referral;
• Allow the Minister to order a refund of tuition fees on suspension or revocation of an authorization, require certain boards or other governing bodies to establish quality assurance processes for programs of study offered by an institution; and,
• Improve the use of consistent language throughout the act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.