Bob Bromley

The motion is in order. To the motion.

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The amended motion is in order. To the amended motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Minister taking note of my concerns. I’m just hoping that means actually consulting with us, keeping us informed what he finds out and so on. We’ve had McCrank; we’re waiting for the Pollard Report. The possibly connected MVRMA surface rights and Waters Act consultations are underway in some unexplained way. We have the devolution AIP and we have yet to ask our citizens for their specific views on these important matters. Can the Minister say when we’re going to put aside these regulatory scatter guns, get our Aboriginal partners back at the table...

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Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The motion is in order. To the motion.

The motion is in order. To the motion. Mrs. Groenewegen.

I appreciate the Minister’s remarks. I just hope the others that are being consulted include their membership a little more efficiently, or at all, than our Minister has. So far my best source of detailed information on the Mackenzie Valley Resource Manage Act, surface rights and Water Board matters is an industry journal and the sharing of information by public parties. Yet principle three, as you know, of the 10 Guiding Principles of Consensus Government, includes “open and respectful communication between all Members is the most essential feature of consensus government. While it is...

We will move on to recommendations in the form of motions. Mr. Menicoche.

Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act is now ready for third reading. I’d like to thank the witnesses and ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Thank you, committee.

We’ll now move on to consideration of Committee Report 1-16(6), which was read into the record on May 12, 2011. Are there any general comments on Committee Report 1-16(6), Report on the Review of the Report of the Auditor General on Northwest Territories Deh Cho Bridge Project, 2011, Department of Transportation. General comments? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. To the motion.