Mr. Speaker, I have a provisional return to written question asked by the Member for Nunakput regarding practice of using power-limiters in the Northwest Territories. I have received the information late and will provide a formal return tomorrow, March 30, 2021. Mahsi.

Thank you, Minister. Returns to written questions. Item 10, replies to Commissioner's address. Item 11, petitions. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, reports of standing and special committees. Item 14, tabling of documents. Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 597-19(2): A New Day Program." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document: "Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 641-19(2): Hunters and Trappers Disaster Compensation." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Member for Frame Lake.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I wish to table the following two documents, a letter dated February 9, 2021, from the YWCA to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment regarding a request for change in garnishee interpretation; and a letter dated March 8, 2021, from the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment to the YWCA on the same topic. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Tabling of documents. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a letter from the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, "Transparent Process for easing Restrictions within the Northwest Territories." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Tabling of documents.

Members, I hereby table the 2018-2020 Annual Report of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Members, I am pleased to note that the report's message from the Speaker is included in English, French, and Gwich'in. Mahsi. Tabling of documents. Item 15, notices of motion. Member for Yellowknife North.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, it shall be adjourned until Thursday, May 27, 2021. And further, that any time prior to May 27, 2021, 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 or at a time later than the scheduled resumption of the House, the Speaker may given notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time, I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion. Mr. Speaker, I will not be seeking unanimous consent, and I will give this motion on Wednesday, March 31^st. Thank you.

Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Notices of motion. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that Mr. Sheldon Toner of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for appointment as a member of the Human Rights Adjudication Panel, effective immediately for a term of four years; and further, that Lou Sebert of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and Jay Sengupta of Hamilton, Ontario, be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for appointment as members of the Human Rights Adjudication Panel, effective immediately for a term of four years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Notices of motion. Item 16, motions. Item 17, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 16, first reading of bills. Minister of Infrastructure.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Revolving Fund Act, be read for the first time. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. The motion is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you, Minister of Infrastructure. Bill 24 has had first reading. First reading of bills. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 25, An Act to Amend the Education Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. The motion is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Bill 25 has had first reading. First reading of bills. Minister of Finance.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2020-2021, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 27, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2020-2021, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. The motion is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you, Minister of Finance. Bill 27 has had first reading. First reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Minister of Finance.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that Bill 26, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2020-2021, be read for the second time. This bill makes supplementary appropriations for operations expenditures of the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.