Glen Abernethy

Okay. Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Veterinary Profession Act. Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee.

We need to proceed, then, to page 27, Schedule B. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Minister Lee, do you have some witnesses that you would like to bring into the Chamber?

With that, we’ll take a short break and return to review Bills 1, 2 and 3.

---SHORT RECESS

Before we proceed with the clause by clause, we need to defer that and go to Schedule A. Are there any questions? Does committee agree?

Does the Minister responsible for Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Dental Auxiliaries Act, Minister Lee, have any opening comments?

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. Matters for consideration are: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Executive Summary of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project; Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits; Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits – What We Heard; Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Veterinary Profession Act; Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Dental Auxiliaries Act; and Bill 3, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, could you please escort the Minister’s witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Lafferty, if I could please get you to introduce your witnesses for the record.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition dealing with the matter of the Supplementary Health Benefits Program. Mr. Speaker, the petition contains 1, 944 signatures of Yellowknife residents and, Mr. Speaker, the petition requests that access to supplementary health benefits be expanded and that Extended Health Benefits Program for seniors remains unchanged. The petitioners also request that existing revenue from territorial income tax be used to fund the expansion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.