Bob Bromley

The second one I have here is the Fisheries Act which was mentioned before. Professional fisheries biologists and administrators across the country are on record regarding the proposed gutting of the Fisheries Act – not my words. The Premier’s earlier response indicated he did not appear to be on top of that issue. I wonder if he would commit to doing an analysis, having his government do an analysis, and see if it is indeed in line with the sort of thinking that we are proposing for post-devolution or even today.

That’s good. I’ll look that report up. Thank you to the Minister.

Just moving on to the specialized courts here, I know the Minister and staff are very curious and intent on learning more about the potential here by way of prevention and that it’s seen as a real interest because of the crime bill and so on. I’m just wondering if we can really hear where the Minister is at in that process. I know other departments, have I heard ECE, Executive, no, Health and Social Services might be involved in these things too, and I want to know how that process is going generally. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick question on the North Slave funding under program delivery detail. There’s quite a change between what was estimated and what was realized last fiscal year, and in an effort to thread the needle for this fiscal year, I’m just wondering what the challenges are there or what is the bump about there in the differences between years and estimates.

We are on page 9-32, activity summary, Justice, services to the public, grants and contributions, contributions, $105,000.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I’d like to follow up with my earlier questions but broaden the category to a discussion of the issues that this government has or should have with Ottawa. The first one I’d like to discuss is the Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement. Noting that Europe is now demanding extension of brand use names of drug patents and along with extension of the time that the brand name companies can keep the recipes for those drugs secret so that generic drugs cannot be produced, this would drive up the cost of drugs. Premiers across the country have been reacting and...

That’s great and fast work on the benchmark there. Thank you for that.

With regard to the earlier one, I hope the Minister doesn’t think I was accusing him of discrimination or anything here. I certainly wasn’t. I think, in terms of the languages, I did see that as an opportunity. I guess my last on that front might be, I think it’s important, if the Minister agrees, that it would be good to have some statistics and monitor that over time. Provide some updates on committee of what our capacity is in the department from the standpoint of court workers with potential language services.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just wondering what the term "fully targeted" means under federal and territorial funding. If I can get a brief explanation of that, that would be great.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think harking back to the Minister’s comments earlier, this is core funding to enable this non-government organization to do their work. I’m wondering how long they’ve been stuck at $105,000 a year while we’ve been enhancing our budgets every year, and whether they can anticipate enhanced funding in recognition of the realities that they do face. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, I think certainly I am all for taking the time necessary to do a good job, and easy is easy. You usually don’t get what you really want. I would encourage the Premier to give a lot of weight to that consideration within the restrictions of the MVRMA, which I am not suggesting we change.

The Premier said yesterday that this government shares the Government of Canada’s objective, as he put it, of improving the regulatory system, and Ottawa is being receptive to receiving our suggestions on changing that regime. But meanwhile, Ottawa is gutting the Fisheries Act. They are imposing...

I guess on that, where do they come from? Do we provide training? Does Aurora College provide training to a court worker? What are the qualifications that they require?