The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Frame Lake, that Bill 20, Vital Statistics Act, and Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, will be moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration today.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called.
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Bill 20 and Bill 21 will be moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration today.
Mr. Speaker, further to Written Return 7-16(6) I wish to table the following document entitled “All Program Operations and Maintenance Budgets for Tourism and Parks 2011-2012.”
Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Lafferty.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document entitled “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 6-16(6), Increase to Student Financial Assistance Living Allowance.”
Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Robert McLeod.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 7-16(5), Report on the Review of Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Dog Act.”
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Clerk.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a response to a petition provided by the Honourable Michael McLeod, Minister of Transportation, in response to a petition tabled by Mr. Kevin Menicoche on May 11, 2011.
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a document entitled “Homelessness in Yellowknife, An Emerging Social Challenge,” a report by Mr. Nick Falvo. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, August 19, 2011, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the Speaker be authorized to set such sitting days and hours as the Speaker, after consultation, deems fit to assist with the business before the House.
Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will seek unanimous consent to deal with this motion today.
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, August 19, 2011, I will move that Bill 22, An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act, be read for the first time.
Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, August 19, 2011, I will move that Bill 23, Tobacco Damages and Health Care Cost Recovery Act, be read for the first time.
Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Item 17, motions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the Speaker be authorized to set sitting days and hours as the Speaker, after consultation, deems fit to assist with the business before the House. Thank you.
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called.
---Carried
I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. Committee, we have before us Bill 20, Vital Statistics Act, and Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee would like to deal with Bills 20 and 21 today in Committee of the Whole.
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Does committee agree we will deal with Bills 20 and 21 today?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. We’ll take a short break.
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