Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, December 14, 1998, that I will move the following motion:

I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, that notwithstanding Rule 4, that when this House adjourns on Friday, December 11, 1998, it shall be adjourned until Tuesday, March 16, 1999.

And further, that any time prior to March 16, 1999, 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, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as it has been duly adjourned to that time.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time, I will seek unanimous consent to deal with my motion today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these have been trying times and we have had our share of it the last two weeks. I want to first of all congratulate Mr. Antoine and Mr. Roland. I want to remind everybody today that with the sudden tragic death of David Tagoona from Baker Lake and my good friend, Jon Lindell, that their funeral will be held on Saturday. I want to publicly say today to Nancy and to the Tagoona family how sorry I am for their tragic loss of both these two guys. I understand.

Thank you, colleagues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Baffin South that Bill 32, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1998-99, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek consent to proceed with third reading of Bill 32, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1998-99. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Baffin South that Bill 25, Workers' Compensation Division Measures Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 25, Workers' Compensation Division Measures Act

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Baffin South that Bill 20, Division Measures Act, No. 2, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On my immediate right is Mr. Lew Voytilla, the Deputy Minister of the FMB.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1998-99, requests authority for additional appropriations of $5.947 million, made up of $4.252 million for operations and maintenance expenditures and $1.695 million in capital expenditures. The total supplementary appropriations, year to date, do exceed the supplementary appropriation reserve included in the main estimates. The improvement in the 1998-99 revenue forecast on a one-time retroactive adjustment to the grant from Canada in the 1997-98 fiscal year has permitted the government to address a few critical needs through supplementary appropriations. With the revenue adjustments and additional supplementary appropriations, we do project an accumulated surplus at the end of the 1998-99 fiscal year of approximately $52 million as compared to an accumulated deficit of $28 million forecast in the 1998-99 Main Estimates. However, Mr. Chairman, our fiscal situation still requires vigilance.

The operations and maintenance appropriation grant include $2.3 million for the Department of RWED to address a shortfall in the fire suppression budget as a result of significantly more fires in the previous years, $1.2 million to establish the diamond projects division in the Department of RWED, and $752,000 for the Department of RWED to initiate third party partnerships to address urgent needs for the new Nunavut Territory. The capital appropriation grants include $1.7 million for the NWT Housing Corporation to fund the Minimum Down Payment Assistance Program Pilot Project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.