Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, November 2, 2012, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that this Legislative Assembly strongly urges the Government of Canada to establish a search and rescue base in a central location north of the 60th parallel.

Thank you to the Minister for the explanation. I have to say that I was fully expecting, and I wasn’t disappointed, that he brought up devolution and the money that we’re going to get from devolution. It’s unfortunate but, in my mind, it seems that’s the money that we’re getting from devolution is going to be the one item that is going to solve all of our problems.

The Minister mentioned that revenue was discussed at almost every one of the meetings, and I would like to say that there have been two roundtables on budget and finance that have been held over the last four or five years, I guess...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Finance. In the last month or six weeks or so, the Minister and his staff have been travelling throughout the NWT and doing budget consultations. I think they have been very well received in the centres where they were held. I agree that it was a good move for the department and the Minister to take the budget discussion show on the road, so to speak.

Over the number of presentations and discussions that have been held, there have been remarks by the media, there have been remarks by the Minister, they have talked about...

Okay, committee. We are dealing with Bill 2. We will defer the title of the bill until after we have done clause by clause. We are on page 1, clause 1.

---Clauses 1 through 19 inclusive approved

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you please escort the witnesses into the Chamber?

Minister Abernethy, would you introduce your witness for the record, please?

I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, committee.

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

Does committee agree that Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Securities Act, is now ready for third reading?

---Bill 8 as a whole approved for third reading

Committee, we will come back to order. We have agreed to consider Bill 2. The Minister responsible for Bill 2, Minister Abernethy, Minister of Justice, would you please introduce the bill?

Thank you, committee. We will move to detail. We will defer the title of the bill until we have done the clause by clause. Bill 8, clause 1.

---Clauses 1 to 22 inclusive approved