Thank you, committee. There are additional information items on pages 61 to 68. Are there any further questions? Seeing none, thank you, Members. Please turn now to department summary found on page 29, with information items on pages 30 to 33. Are there any questions -- bear with me there.
Okay, here we go. Are there any questions? Seeing none, seeing no further questions there, committee, I will now turn now call the department summary.
Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, total department for 2026 2027 Main Estimates, $414,396,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Thank you to the Minister, and thanks to the witnesses for appearing before us. Please, Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witnesses from the chamber. Mahsi.
What is the wish of committee? Member for Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move the chair rise report progress. Thank you.
The motion is in order. The motion is non-debatable. All those in favour? The motion is carried.
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Got something to say, Yellowknife Centre? No? Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh -- oh, Member from the Sahtu.
Things happen in your absence. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 448-20(1) and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Mahsi.
Can I have a seconder? I think I am going to go to Mackenzie Delta. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carried.
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 43, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2025-2026, be read for the third time.
Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for the Sahtu. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Mackenzie Delta. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Thebacha.
All those opposed, please stand.
The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Monfwi.
Those all abstaining, please stand.
The results of the recorded vote are 12 in favour, 4 opposed, zero abstention. The motion is carried. Bill 43 has had third reading.
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Third reading of bills. Minister of Finance.
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Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 44, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2025-2026, be read for the third time.
Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Finance. Minister of Finance has asked for a recorded vote. All those in favour, please stand.
The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Nunakput. The Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. The Member for Sahtu. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Mackenzie Delta. The Member for Yellowknife North. The Member for Thebacha.
All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand. Thank you. The results of the recorded vote are 16 in favour, zero opposed, and zero abstentions. The motion is carried. Bill 44 has had its third reading.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Orders of the day for Tuesday, February 24th, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
Prayer or Reflection
Ministers’ Statements
Members’ Statements
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Returns to Oral Questions
Oral Question 974-20(1), Medical Travel Policy and Ministerial Exemptions
Acknowledgements
Oral Questions
Written Questions
Written Question 32-20(1), Medical Travel Costs, Budget Pressures and Travel Volumes
Written Question 33-20(1), Medical Travel Delays, Coordination, Communication and Repeat Travel
Written Question 34-20(1), Medical Travel Escort Policies, Eligibility and Appeals
Returns to Written Questions
Written Question 26-20(1), Application of Waters Act Provisions to the Sale or Transfer of Mining Assets
Written Question 27-20(1), Physician Recruitment and Retention
Written Question 28-20(1), Medical Travel
Written Question 29-20(1), Paramedic Contracts
Written Question 30-20(1), Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority Action Plans
Written Question 31-20(1), Prenatal, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Costs
Replies to the Commissioner’s Address
Petitions
Tabling of Documents
Notices of Motion
Motions
Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills
First Reading of Bills
Second Reading of Bills
- Bill 42, Tlego'hli Got'ine Self-Government Agreement Act
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bill 33, Technical Safety Statutes Amendment Act
Bill 35, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act
Committee Report 35-20(1), Standing Committee on Public Accounts Report on the Review of the Auditor General’s 2025 Audit of Protected and Conserved Areas in the Northwest Territories
Tabled Document 448-20(1), 2026-2027 Main Estimates
Report of Committee of the Whole
Third Reading of Bills
Orders of the Day
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Tuesday, February24th, 2026, at 1:30 a.m.
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The House adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
