Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Krutko, I believe that was the $406,000 under contract services. Thank you. We’ll go to Ms. Magrum for that.

I wonder if the Minister could provide us with that information at a later date. I just note the apparently high contracting dollars, $1.25 million for the Hydro Strategy and so on, that are being contracted out. It seems like we do have the expertise. I have had occasion to meet some of these people and they seem very qualified and whatnot. I haven’t met them all and I think it would be great to know that.

I’d like to talk about the Electricity Rate Review briefly here. I’m wondering if and when the Minister will come clean, so to speak, about how much GNWT is paying extra for this buy-down in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today is V-Day, a day when we focus on the tragic violence against women and girls in the North. You can’t get through a newspaper without reading of these horrors across the NWT. Our non-government organizations are our public record and our own Assembly Members place this issue at the top of the public agenda. Despite GNWT program action, the numbers and suffering mount.

We all know the facts and we must act. Here are some priorities for action, priorities that I’ve collected directly from the YWCA Yellowknife and the Centre for Northern Families.

First, the government...

Page 11-22, Transportation, activity summary, highways, grants and contributions, grant, $96,000.

...to please escort the witnesses into the House. Mahsi.

I’d like to ask the Minister to please introduce his witnesses. Minister McLeod.

Mr. Chairman, he has indeed. I managed to bend his ear a bit myself. I appreciate that he was well qualified to do this job. How many personnel do we have in the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Office? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. McLeod.

On page 11-7 are the operations expenditure summary for Transportation. We’ll defer that until after consideration of the details. Please turn to page 8 and we’ll start there with Transportation, information item, infrastructure investment summary. Agreed?

Page 11-30. Transportation, activity summary, community access program, grants and contributions, contributions, $980,000.

I believe that’s actually coming up shortly, minerals and petroleum resources. Would that be the most appropriate place? It sounded like it to me, but I’ll let you be the judge of the most appropriate place for your questions. That’s on page 12-19.