The eleven Regular Members of the Legislative Assembly comprise the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning (formerly known as the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight). The Committee's role is to:

1. Review issues which have government-wide implications including the overview of the budget and fiscal framework;  
2. Review Government of the Northwest Territories reports on financial and performance results and program and policy evaluations to ensure anticipated outcomes are being achieved and accountability is maximized;
3. Coordinate Sessional business scheduling and planning in cooperation with appropriate Ministerial representatives;
4. Coordinate Committee public consultation efforts with respect to budget and fiscal matters;
5. Coordinate Committee strategic planning efforts;
6. Monitor and evaluate Ministerial performance issues;
7. Consider the budgets and financial management of any boards and agencies that are outside the responsibility of any Standing Committee; and
8. Consider any other matter referred by the House.

Clerk - Doug Schauerte, Deputy Clerk
Research Analyst - Colette Langlois, Director of Research

Transcripts from Public Hearings on Legislation including Bill 15

• Fort Smith Public Meeting on Bills 12, 13, 14 & 15
• Inuvik Public Meeting on Bills 12, 13, 14 & 15
• Tsiigehtchic Public Meetings on Bills 12, 13 & 14
• Jean Marie River Public Meetings on Bills 12 & 13
• Fort Simpson Public Meetings on Bills 12, 13 & 14
• Gameti Public Meetings on Bills 12, 13, 14 & 15
• Yellowknife Public Meetings on Bill 15, Liquor Act
• Yellowknife Public Meetings on Bills 12, 13, 14 & 15
• Yellowknife Public Meetings on Liquor Act

Reports of the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight of the 15th Legislative Assembly

• Report on Transitional Matters
• Final Progress Report on Priorities and Objectives
• Report on the Review of the 2005-2006 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner
• Report on the 2007-2008 Pre-Budget Review Process
• Report on Pre-Budget Consultations - 2006
• Report on the Review of the Report of the Auditor General on the Workers’ Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
• 2006 Pre-budget Consultations - Backgrounder
• Progress Report on Priorities and Objectives (2006)
• Report on the Review of the Draft 2004-2005 Main Estimates
• Report on the Review of Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 and the Income Tax Act
• Report on Priorities and Objectives
• Report on the Review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Annual Report 2002-2003
• Report on the Review of the Languages Commissioner’s Annual Report 2003-2004
• Report on the Review of the Draft 2005-2006 Main Estimates
• Report on Progress on Committee Priorities and Objectives
• Notice of Presentation of the Pre-Budget Consultation Report
• Pre-Budget Consultation Report
• Report on the Review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Annual Report 2003-2004
• Report on the Review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner's 2005-2006 Annual Report