Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends, to the extent it is possible before the dissolution of the 18^th Assembly and for the public record, that the government provide a response to these recommendations, even of a preliminary nature, that committee may publicly disclose. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just for committee's information, what might have been in the people's package as the last one, I am moving that up to the next one. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Lands make a commitment to amend the regulations flowing from the Public Land Act in meaningful consultation with interested Indigenous governments and organizations and the general public in accordance with the timeline set out in the Land Use and Sustainability Framework implementation plan. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the GNWT begin a phase 2 process of consultation on further amendments to the Public Land Act to be completed during the 19^th Legislative Assembly that adequately addresses the concerns raised by municipalities and Indigenous governments and organizations, IGOs, in the review of Bill 46 and which find practical and meaningful ways, including co-management arrangements with IGOs to integrate these key stakeholders into the public land administration decision-making process. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that future amendments to the Public Land Act include more robust protections for Aboriginal and treaty rights consistent with and improving upon those found in other devolution-related statutes. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the Minister direct the Department of Lands to develop a Land Use Sustainability Framework implementation plan that more fully incorporates the principles guiding the department's mandate as set out in the Department of Lands establishment policy; further, this plan should clearly identify actions and associated timelines required to implement the Public Land Act, including the need for further legislative change; furthermore, it should also clearly and publicly articulate how the department's guiding principles and those in the Land Use Sustainability Framework will inform land-administration decisions; furthermore, that this work be prioritized at the start of the 19^th Legislative Assembly such that it can guide the development of a process for engaging key stakeholders regarding the continued evolution of public land administration in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just some general comments. Bill 46 was referred to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment on March 12, 2019.

The committee sent letters inviting input from an exhaustive list of stakeholders, including municipal and Indigenous governments in the Northwest Territories, as well as a number of non-governmental organizations and stakeholders.

The committee travelled throughout the territory holding public hearings in Fort Smith, K'atlodeeche First Nation, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Fort Providence, Yellowknife, and Inuvik. The committee thanks everyone who attended these meetings or provided written submissions sharing their views on Bill 46.

The committee concluded its review of Bill 46: Public Lands Act on August 14, 2019, with a public clause-by-clause review held at the Legislative Assembly building. The committee passed 16 motions to amend Bill 46, of which 14 received concurrence from the Minister. The committee thanks Minister Sebert and his officials for their collaboration in the development of those motions.

Later, Mr. Chair, I will have committee motions regarding recommendations at the appropriate time. Individual Members may have additional comments or questions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Like many of us in here, I regret that we are even in this position right now and that we even have to give consideration to this kind of a tax on Northerners. I am very aware, every time I speak in this House, that folks from Ottawa are listening closely. Sometimes I am open to sending messages to them just as much as I am sending messages to colleagues here in our chamber.

It is troubling that here we are, at the eleventh hour, and it is still unclear, and that we have to undertake this debate as it relates to even the coming-into-force date. Everyone knows that I don't support these bills to begin with, and I won't be supporting them even though I sense that they are likely to pass, but if I can be seen even as making some legitimate attempt to even delay the coming into force, even if it is for four months leading into the winter, then I will certainly attempt to do that.

I am not convinced by today's letter from a staffer in Ottawa that that is the actually authority that is going to tell us that September 1^st is the coming-into-force date. I am now convinced that the Minister is now the authority, who has said that earlier today, has now said it is coming into force on September 1^st. Now what I am trying to do is convince my colleagues in this House to delay that by four months. I think that that is the attempt that I am trying to make here, and so I will be in support of the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive rule 100(4) and to have committee report 32-18(3) moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that Committee Report 32-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Process Used for Devolution Legislative Initiatives be received by the Assembly and moved into Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.