Thank you. I will now turn to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, the committee that reviewed the bill, for any opening comments on Bill 35. I will go to the Member from Frame Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. My opening comments are short and sweet.
Mr. Chair, Bill 35, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2026, received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on October 31st, 2025, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations for review. The committee completed its clause-by-clause review of the bill with the Minister of Justice on February 16th, 2026.
I thank the committee members for their efforts in reviewing this legislation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. I will now open the floor to general comments on Bill 35. Are there any questions? Okay, seeing none, is the committee agreed that there are no further general comments? Committee?
Agreed.
Okay, thank you. Can we proceed to a clause-by-clause review of the bill?
Agreed.
Committee, we will defer the bill number and the title until after the consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 1 of the bill.
Clause 1, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Clause 2, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 3, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 4, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 5, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Please turn to page 2 of the bill. Clause 6, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 7, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 8, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 9, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 10, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 11, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Returning to the bill's number and title. Bill 35, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2026, does committee agree?
Agreed.
To the bill as a whole, does committee agree?
Agreed.
Does committee agree that Bill 35, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2026, is now ready for third reading? Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Does the committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 35, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2026? Does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, Minister, and thank you to the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the chamber.
Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 448-20(1), 2026-2027 Main Estimates. We will now consider the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Does the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment wish to bring witnesses into the House?
Yes, please.
Thank you. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the chambers.
Okay, would the Minister please introduce her witnesses.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on my left I have Pamela Strand who's the deputy minister of industry, tourism and investment. And on my right, I have Nina Salvador, who is the director of corporate services and administration for industry, tourism and investment.
Okay, thank you. The committee has agreed to forego general comments. Does the committee agree to proceed to the details contained in the tabled documents? Committee?
Agreed.
Thank you. Committee, we will defer to the department summary and review the estimates by activity summary, beginning with corporate management starting on page 232 with information items on page 234. Are there any questions?
I will go to the Member from Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Some very basic questions for the Minister today. In the business plan, it says that the SEED program review and evaluation is due in February 2026. Could the Minister provide an update on when committee will see this work? Thank you.
Thank you. I will go to the Minister.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there's a slight delay on getting this work back. We had a couple of amendments that we wanted the evaluator to make in terms of essentially the fullness of the review that we wanted. So we've gone back to the reviewer and asked them to make some amendments, and then once we get that back, we'd be happy to share the findings with committee. Thank you.
Thank you. I will go to the Member from Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Does the Minister have an estimate of how many weeks or months that might be? Thank you.
