Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In terms of relief positions, there doesn’t seem to be a protocol for reporting those and I don’t even know if they’re part-time positions or seasonal. If we have seasonal, they’re not here.

Is there any way of bringing transparency in reporting? Is that something the Minister could look into and report back to the House at some point to see what would be an appropriate way to bring some transparency to that?

I realize the dollars are in the budget, so I think the transparency is there, we ask the appropriate questions, but it might be useful just to make it transparent...

I don’t have any other questions, I am sure the Minister is on top of what the issues are and will be trying to address them, and if there is anything committee should be aware of, then he will let us know and we can help out too. Thank you.

I move that the Government of the Northwest Territories develop a policy to ensure that non-governmental organizations providing essential government services receive annual increases for inflation and forced growth. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, I am no professional, but my understanding is that the people with FASD do take a different type of care and work in rehab, so that is why I am posing the question and considering that it might be important.

It’s my understanding that it is possible, at least under addictions, to have a diagnostic methodology for adult people with the FASD. Now, that may be too expensive and whatnot, but I would say this is potentially an issue and I would appreciate some information to show that the department has looked into it quite a bit and made some decisions here, and how the...

Thanks to the Premier. Most of the legislation that we will be bringing forward to implement is not even available to the public yet.

Are these few examples just the tip of the iceberg? Are there any other power shifts from the public boards to behind the closed doors of GNWT that we have not discovered yet?

Thank you, Madam Chair. How many court workers do we have in this division?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to ask about the diversion program. I see in the narrative description here that this division includes diversion programs where communities assist youth and adults to deal with matters outside the formal justice system. Do we have diversion programs in all communities? Thank you.

I am aware of that facility and those services. Do we have, then, a FASD diagnostic capability within Justice?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to follow up from my statement with questions for the Premier today, and they’re related to the three examples I mentioned earlier of decision-making power being moved from public boards to behind the closed doors of GNWT. I do believe that our Cabinet and their advisors are competent, so they must be aware of this power shift.

The question is: Is this a deliberate power grab, or is it an unintended consequence of the rush to implement devolution?

Thank you for that information. Just in relation to my question, what is the workload of each of those clinics? Do they share between them or are they specific to the regions? I’m just wondering: is the budget directly associated with the workload of each of those clinics.