Thank you, Mr. Rutland. I'm going to go back to the Member from Nunakput.

My second question to the Member and the staff is it consistent with like collective agreements and what the CPI increase would be with collective agreements; is there consistency with that?

Good question. I'll go to Member of Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Member. I believe if I understand it correctly, most of this is set by the independent commission and given the direction to the Assembly on that. If I need a further -- there is maybe one further comment provided by our clerk who can elaborate. Thank you.

Mr. Rutland.

Thank you, Mr. Rutland. I'm going to go back to the Member from Nunakput.

I have no further questions, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Is there any further comments from Members? I'm going to go to Mr. -- or sorry, hang on. I want to get this right.

Member of Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I just wanted to follow up on the question asked by my colleague from Nunakput. She asks whether it aligned with the collective agreement of the public service and so I just wanted to get some clarification on that.

Thank you for your question. I'm going to go to the Member of Yellowknife Centre.

I'm going to go back to the Member of Frame Lake. No further questions? Any further comment from the MLAs, Members? I'm going to go to the Premier. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the salary of MLAs is something that's been an issue in every Assembly I've been in. It's always a political issue. And part of the reason, from my understanding, that it's not tied to any sort of a negotiated contract, a collective agreement, is because we don't want our salaries -- we don't want any skin in the game when we're in those negotiations. It wouldn't make sense. I don't think it's good practice to basically be negotiating our own salaries. So I think that is the rationale for the exclusion. So, thank you.

Thank you to the Premier for your clarification. Any further comments from the Members? I'll go to Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Not a question but a comment. It is my understanding, for further clarity on a political matter of us discussing our own salaries, that -- sorry, one of the sections is actually tied to the collective agreement. The northern allowance section copies what the public servants receive depending on their community of origin or community of work, and it is my understanding that in the past MLAs have made the decision collectively to restrain their income based on the fact that public servants were not given percentage increases. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for your comment as well. Is there any further Members from the Assembly that have general comments? Okay, thank you. Doesn't look like there was anybody putting their hands up. Thank you.

Is the committee agreed that there are no further general comments? Committee, we'll -- thank you.

Does the committee agree to proceed to a clause by clause the review of the bills? Does committee agree?

Okay. Committee, we will defer the bill number and title until after consideration of the clauses.

Please return to page 1 of the bill. Clause 1, does the committee agree?

Clause 2, does the committee agree?

Clause 3, does the committee agree?