Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 8.3(8):

(9) a bill reported by a standing or special committee as 'should not proceed' shall require a motion be adopted by the House to consider the bill in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I move the committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 9.4(1):

(1.1) one or more member(s) of a committee may indicate that they dissent of a particular recommendation or comment.

(1.2) a Member or Members who wish to express the reasons for their dissent may do so in an appendix to the report.

(1.3) the chair of a committee will establish a reasonable deadline for any dissenting opinion to be shared with committee members before the report is presented to the House.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just in regards to the question, it's only the House could remove a Member. So it's not removing Members. It's just reappointment. The committee may want him off the committee. He'll get reappointed to another committee, and they do a tradeoff. So that's, like I said, only the House could remove Members. Thank you.

Madam Chair, I move that the committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 9.3(9):

(9.1) if the Member of the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight acts in a manner that warrants discipline, which includes but is not limited to:

(a) violating any provision of the Legislative Assembly and executive council Act and its regulations that deal with conduct and responsibilities of committee members.

(b) disclosing confidential committee information without committee approval;.

(c) attending a meeting under the influence of alcohol, cannabis, or other mind-altering substance; and

(d) being repeatedly absent from meetings without a valid excuse.

The committee may, by majority vote, suspend the Member from the committee for a period of up to three meetings in duration.

(9.2) if the Member has been suspended from the committee for a period of time, the chair of the committee will report the suspension to the House under reports of standing and special committees.

(9.3) the committee may, at any time, recommend to the House that a Member be removed from or reappointed to the committee.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 9.2(5): 9.2(5.1) each Regular Member shall sit on a minimum of two committees, in addition to the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight. This includes standing committees and the board of management. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Okay, thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 4.5: 4.6 A statutory officers' annual report received by the Speaker shall be communicated to Members and made publicly available within seven calendar days when the House is not sitting. The Speaker will table the report in the House at the earliest opportunity.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We're going to -- this -- my rules committee was so good at doing what we did, we're just going to pass them all. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Committee's report was read into the record on May 30th, 2023. In 2022, the Speaker, Frederick Blake, twice wrote to the committee regarding the rules and asked the committee to consider various matters including: Regular Member participation on Standing and Special Committees; Membership on Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight; dissenting opinions in committee reports; care of infants in the Chamber; the Rule of Anticipation; loss of quorum; petitions; committee reporting on the review of bills; and the best approach to make statutory officers' annual reports available to the public and standing committees earlier.

Based on these questions, Madam Chair, the committee has made ten recommendations to address the various matters identified in the review of the rules of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Individual Members may have some comments. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I just want to, again, thank the Finance Minister for this because I think this is the final payment for my school so I will be in support of my budget for Mangilaluk school in Tuk, and then there's other -- couple other few projects in the communities I represent. And, you know, just thank you for all the consideration and all the -- what we've been through with that project. And I just -- I really hope in the next go around, we get two trailers for the portables. I wanted four but there was supposed to -- they said they'll give me two, but I'm still waiting. But just for that -- for that in itself, I'm going to be supporting the budget. Thank you, Madam Chair.