Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d also like to welcome Mr. Kirvan and Ms. Shaner.

I’d also like to recognize Karen McMaster, acting executive director of the NWT Wildlife Federation.

Page 11-23, Transportation, information item, highways, active positions. Agreed?

Thank you, Minister. Committee, we’ve agreed to go to general comments, I believe. Agreed?

Mr. Chairman, obviously by keeping it at that, we know we have had that number for some unknown amount of time but probably a considerable number of years. We are still a considerable amount of years away from the project. Are these people being loaned out in the department to other initiatives?

Thank you Mr. Abernethy. Would you care to respond Minister McLeod?

Page 11-9, Transportation, information item, revenue summary. Agreed?

Page 11-33. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister McLeod.

I don’t think it’s news that many of us on committee have been suggesting that the Canada Building Project and stimulation dollars should have been going to projects like this that save us on our high operational costs of energy. I think that was a major missed opportunity. I think, I guess I basically hope that the department will be aggressive in getting after this and nailing this down. As I say, the building season’s here very soon and we don’t seem to know yet whether we have those dollars. I’m not very hopeful yet again for this project.

I’d like to ask the Minister how many employees we...

Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Committee, we’re on page 11-21, Transportation, activity summary, highways, operations expenditure summary, $58.094 million.