Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 23, Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, be read for the first time.
Bill 23, Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, has had first reading.
---Carried
Item 19, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.
Mr. Speaker, I seek consent to proceed with the second reading of Bill 22, An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act.
---Consent granted
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 23, Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, be read for the second time.
Mr. Speaker, this bill pertains to an action of the Government of the Northwest Territories against the manufacturer of tobacco products for the recovery of the cost of health care benefits caused or contributed to by a tobacco related wrong. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 23 has had second reading.
---Carried
The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Lafferty.
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(2) and have Bill 23 moved into Committee of the Whole. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.
---Unanimous consent granted
Bill 23 is moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration today.
Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012; Tabled 54-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012; Bill 9, Wildlife Act; Bill 10, Northwest Territories Heritage Fund Act; Bill 15, An Act to Amend the Deh Cho Bridge Act; Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act; Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act; and Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Public Utilities Act, with Mr. Krutko in the chair.
