Thank you, Minister responsible for WSCC. Tabling of documents. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Education Accountability Framework Deh Cho Divisional Education Council Annual Report for the 2024-2025 School Year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture, and Employment. Tabling of documents. Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for reasons of brevity I had to edit the statement I gave earlier so I wish to table remarks delivered by NWT Disabilities Council CEO Denise McKee at the 2026 Accessibility Impact Awards in full. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Frame Lake. Tabling of documents.

Colleagues, pursuant to Section 21(3) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I hereby table the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act Schedule C Amendment Regulations, 2026.

As well, pursuant to Section 5 of the Indemnities, Allowance, and Expenses Regulations of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I wish to table the summary of Members' absence for the period of February 3, 2026 to May 26, 2026.

Tabling of documents. Notices of motion for first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Bill 3, Tabled Document 445-20(1) and Tabled Document 483-20(1), Committee Report 45-20(1), Committee Report 47-20(1), with the Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh in the chair.

I now call the Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? I will go to the Member from the Deh Cho.

Mr. Chair, your committee wishes to consider Committee Report 45-20(1) and 47-20(1) Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Does committee agree?

Thank you. We'll continue on. Committee, we have agreed to consider Committee Report 45-20(1), Standing Committee of Procedure and Privileges Report on the Review of Rules of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, No. 4. I will now go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges for any opening comments. I'll go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In November of 2025 and March of 2026, the committee received correspondence from Speaker Thompson requesting a review of certain rules and practices of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Specifically, the committee was asked to consider:

• Standing committee's review of bills;
• Clarification on criteria for Private Member bills (audio);
• If there should be a change in the location of replies to the budget address, to item number 3 on the day that the budget address is delivered (day 1) and, item number 2, every day there afterwards (days 2 through 7);
• To consider providing the chair of the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight with a reply to the budget address on behalf of the committee, without losing the opportunity to provide their own reply as a Member;
• If reporting attendance on additional meetings for committees that Members are not part of should be eliminated; and
• To create a new rule to disallow chairs of standing and special committees from chairing committees reviewing matters that originate from a motion or a bill moved by that chair.

The committee has considered these matters and delivered its report to the House on June 2, 2026. Individual Members may have additional comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I will now open the floor to general comments on Committee Report 45-20(1). Is there any general comments? Seeing no further comments, I will go back to the Member for the Great Slave.

One moment, please, Mr. Chair.

I will go back to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that Rule 8.3(3)(a) be amended to read 8.3(3)(a) Notice of intent to proceed with a bill not reported in accordance with Rule 8.3(1) may be given to the House by the sponsor of the bill under the item Reports of committees on the review of bills, and removing the words ""Ministers' Statements" on the order paper if it is a government bill and under "Members' statements" if it is a Private Member's Bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Members, the motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion carried.

---Carried

I will go back to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that Rule 5.5(1) of the Consolidated Rules of the Northwest Territories be amended to read, quote, "The Clerk shall place the item "replies to the budget address" on the orders of the day immediately after "budget address" on the day of the presentation of a budget and immediately after "Prayer or Reflection" for the next six Sitting days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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

Question's been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion carried.

---Carried

I will go back to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that a new Rule be added after Rule 5.5(2) that states: "Notwithstanding Rule 5.5(2), the Chair of the Standing Committee on Accountability may deliver a reply to the budget address on behalf of the committee as well as an individual reply to the budget address." Thank you, Mr. Chair.