Glen Abernethy

Yes, Mr. Bromley. We’re on page 11-8, page 11-9 and page 11-10.

Agreed. Is committee agreed that we have concluded the Department of Finance?

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. I would now like to ask the chairperson for the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure, which reviewed this bill, to make comments. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Mark Bogan, a constituent of the Great Slave riding.

Does committee agree that Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Tourism Act, is now ready for third reading?

---Bill 9 as a whole approved for third reading

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. I think you answered it with your Chevette response, but I’ll go to the Minister again.

Sergeant-at-Arms, if I could please get you to escort the witnesses from the Chamber.

The next item on our agenda is Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Tourism Act. Is committee agreed that we move on to Bill 9?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Over the last couple of weeks there has been a lot of talk about this draft agreement-in-principle which the government is currently considering.

Devolution and resource revenue sharing were important topics during the 2007 campaign. I heard many people from across the NWT. They were saying that it needs to be done and that it needs to be done now, that a deal must be struck.

So here we are; a potential deal is at hand. If this AIP is signed, we as a government and as a people will be able to take an important next step and begin the process of negotiating a final deal...

Okay. We will defer the title and go straight to the individual clauses. Clause 1.

---Clauses 1 through 5 inclusive approved