David Krutko

Thank you. I call Committee of the Whole to order. We have several things to deal with: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Tabled Document 30-16(5), Tabled Document 38-16(5), Committee Report 1-16(5), Committee Report 2-16(5), and Tabled Document 62-16(5). Mrs. Groenewegen, what is the wish of committee?

There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

---Unanimous consent granted

There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank the Members who have spoken to the motion to get the message to the federal government, because I think they have to hear where we stand on this issue. I think what we would like them to do is at least make an attempt to make an effort to find a system that will work for the people across Canada and in the Northwest Territories who are coping with the challenges we face day to day, but more importantly, the effects that some policy decisions have made and affecting the lives of people throughout the Northwest Territories and Canada.

So with that, Mr...

Agreed. Next on the list we’ve agreed to deal with is Committee Report 2-16(5). Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS the Government of Canada has eliminated funding to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation as of March 31, 2010;

AND WHEREAS the Aboriginal Healing Foundation was established in 1998 with a $350 million grant from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to help former students who were physically or sexually abused in the residential school system;

AND WHEREAS the Aboriginal Healing Foundation provided funds to more than 130 groups and initiatives across the country to provide cultural healing services to indigenous people;

AND WHEREAS the funding supports critically needed...

I’d like to move a motion to report progress.

---Carried

To the motion.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Tabled Document 62-16(5), Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today.