Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act, be read for the second time. This bill amends the Human Rights Act to:
consolidate the office of the Human Rights Commission and the office of the Director of Human Rights into a single agency, the Human Rights Commission;
clarify the public interest mandate of the commission;
provide that restorative principles are to be applied to human rights protections and processes in the Northwest Territories;
provide for the carriage of complaints by the commission, in recognition of its public interest mandate;
add gender expression as a prohibited ground of discrimination; and
adjust terminology in the French version relating to gender identity.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. The motion is in order to the principle of the bill.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Masi. Bill 30 has had its second reading. Member for Nahendeh.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive rule 89(3) and have Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act, referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
---Unanimous consent granted
