Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Minister Abernethy, do you have witnesses you’d like to bring into the House?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In business when one is faced with limited cash flow and facing tough expense control, you look at your balance sheet to find ways to leverage your assets. In all cases, whether you’re in government or in business, you strive to isolate financial risk and look at the balance sheet of self-financing your paid service models.

One such asset and paid service model is our Yellowknife Airport, to which the current governance is in dire need of a shake-up. Mr. Speaker, let me explain.

The Yellowknife Airport is under the care and regulations of the GNWT. This entity is at...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Jury Act, and Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act, and would like to report progress and that Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Jury Act, is ready for third reading and that Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act, is also ready for third reading as amended. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

We will commence after a short recess.

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I’d like to thank Minister Abernethy, Ms. McLaughlin and Ms. Ingarfield for joining us today. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

Committee, on committee’s wishes, we’re going to continue on Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act. Again, we’re going to go to the Minister responsible for introducing the bill for opening comments. Minister Abernethy.

Bill 41 is now ready for third reading as amended. Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank Minister Abernethy, Mr. Rennie and Mr. MacDougall. Thank you for joining us today. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

What is the wish of committee? Mr. Hawkins.

Good afternoon, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? Ms. Bisaro.

To the bill as a whole.

Bill as a whole?

Another action of the standing committee is to provide schools with the option of adopting mandatory counselling to bullies and provide adequate resources to schools choosing this course of action.

Can the Minister indicate is this being done in our schools and can he elaborate on the results? Thank you.