Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. I’ll now ask the Minister responsible for the bill if she would like to bring any witnesses into the House.

Is committee agreed that we have concluded consideration of Environment and Natural Resources?

Thank you, committee. I will now ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. McLeod, can I please get you to introduce your witnesses for the record?

Thank you. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. On our agenda today are tabled documents 4, 30, 38, 62, 66, 75, Bills 4, 8, 9 and Committee Report 3-16(5). What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

Okay, I’d like to thank Ms. Melhorn. If I can get the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witness out. That was the department summary.

Alright, next on our agenda is Bill 8, the Social Work Profession Act. I’ll now ask the Minister responsible for the bill, the honourable Minister Miltenberger, to introduce the bill. No, sorry, my bad. I will now ask the Minister responsible for the bill, the Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister of Health and Social Services, to introduce the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 66-16(5), NWT Capital Estimates 2011-2012, as well as Bill 8, Social Work Profession Act, and Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Tourism Act, and would like to report progress and that Bills 8 and 9 are ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. We’re on page 11-9, activity summary, forest management, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $1.403 million.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. On that, I would ask the Minister responsible for the bill if he would like to bring some witnesses into the House. Mr. McLeod.

Once again, thank you for the statement from earlier today and I look forward to any future statements that are made by Cabinet to help encourage the understanding.

I’m curious, the document is out and as a Regular Member on this side of the House, I’m not scared of the AIP. I think it’s an important document. It’s nine years’ worth of negotiations put into this thing. We’ve come to a point where we have an agreement-in-principle which basically just, if signed, allows us to take the next step and begin the negotiations. So I’m not scared of the document. Let’s talk about it. It has been posted...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. We’re on page 3-2, which is the departmental summary for the Department of Finance, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $925,000.