Merci, Monsieur le President. By the time this House reconvenes in May, the opportunity for public comments on the review of NWT mining royalties will have closed without much public debate or media coverage. Why is this important?

There has never been a comprehensive and independent review of mining royalties and the present process is fundamentally flawed, with literally billions of dollars of potential government revenues at stake.

I submitted eight pages of comments on a previous version of a research paper. It took two attempts to even get an acknowledgement and there has never been a...

In favour.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I don't really want to say too much but, you know, I accept that systemic racism exists, and I think we all have a duty to discuss it and acknowledge its existence and address it. And I honestly believe that my colleagues on the other side feel the same way. So it's how we do that, Mr. Speaker, that that's going to make the difference. And that's, I think, the kind of legacy that we all collectively want to leave.

But somehow this debate and discussion after a long day of some criticism about the budget, budgetmaking process, somehow discussion has been...

In favour.

In favour.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier. Mahsi.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I give notice that on Monday, April 4th, I'll move the following motion:

Now therefore I move, second by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the following Member be removed as an alternate to the Standing Committee on Social Development: Mr. Jackie Jacobson, the Member for Nunakput;

And further, that the following Member be appointed to the Standing Committee on Social Development: Mr. Rocky Simpson, the Member for Hay River South;

And further, that the following Member be appointed to the Standing Committee on Social Development and Government Operations: Mr...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that of course. Well let's talk about experts because certainly in Alberta and BC, the best practice is to actually hire independent experts and set up a panel and let them go to it. But, you know, I've looked at the discussion research papers on the engagement web page. The background information there doesn't even include the ITI commissioned report NWT Mineral Sector Review and Benchmarking Study, or even the SCEDI report on Economic Analysis of the GNWT's Approach to the Mining Fiscal Review.

So can the Minister explain why...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I love Private Member's bills. I had one successful bill in the last Assembly and another before the House now. They are an important mechanism to advance policy and the public interest when Cabinet will not do so or has other priorities.

As easy as it is here to get a Private Member's bill to the floor, that's not the case in many other places.

I recently became aware of a Private Member's bill before the House of Commons in Ottawa sponsored by the Member, the Member of Parliament for ChurchillKeewatinookAski Ms. Niki Ashton, that has a good chance of getting to a...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. As I understand, we're having a few technical issues so I move that the chair rise and report progress.