I’ll call the Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee, Mr. Testart?

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, will you please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Committee, we have next agreed to consider Committee Report 8-18 (2): Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations for any opening comments. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, committee. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $3,500,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I know when there's something on the table; like I said earlier, the government doesn't make a decision until that thing happens. So I'll rephrase the question: will the Minister commit to keeping the airport open 24 hours a day if Bill 7 passes? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, committee. Do you agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018?

Thank you, committee. Next page, page 6. Health and Social Services. Comments or questions? Seeing none, I will call the page. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, community health programs, not previously authorized, $2,500,000. Does committee agree?

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018, and Committee Report 8-18(2), Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. I would like to report progress with nine motions being adopted, that Committee Report 8-18(2) is concluded, and that consideration of the Tabled Document 327-18(2) is concluded, and that the House is concurring those estimates, and that an appropriation bill to be based thereon be...

The story continues. A stranger who was on the same flight as the Bennetts overheard Mr. Bennett's conversation with his wife, and, out of the blue, he said, "We have an extra bedroom at home. You can come spend the night with us, no problem. You won't be left alone." That helpful stranger was Yellowknife City Councillor Adrian Bell. My second question to the Minister is: what happens with people who want to stay at the airport overnight when it's closed and Councillor Bell isn't around?

Thank you. Infrastructure, operations expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $500,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Moving on to page 5. Environment and Natural Resources. Comments or questions? Seeing none, I will call the page. Environment and Natural Resources, operations expenditures, wildlife, not previously authorized, $310,000. Does committee agree?