Bob Bromley

Under services to the public from pages 7-11 through 7-13. Committee, questions? Page 7-12, details. The Department of Justice, activity summary, services to the public, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $120,000.

I like the last phrase there. The hope there’s room for that if we do go forward with this AIP.

I guess I haven’t quite developed the confidence I need to lay myself completely behind this yet, but the draft AIP lays out the financial provisions of the devolution transfer, including the transfer of funds currently devoted by the federal government’s resource management in the NWT. As we all know, the funds currently devoted by Ottawa are inadequate for the job. Major holes exist, such as the lack of completed land use plans, underfunded or incomplete cumulative effect research and monitoring...

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Just a comment there. Committee, we’re on page 7-4, Department of Justice, activity summary, community justice and corrections, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $626,000. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are also for the Premier on the devolution AIP. Without getting into specifics, I want to say at the out start that the Premier has brought forward this potential and I sense a stirring of some possible excitement out there. I think I’d like to be a part of that excitement. It’s to that end that I am seeking to have some of my concerns elucidated or, hopefully, resolved.

But as I said in my statement the other day, the creation of a new resource management regime for the Northwest Territories must be based upon broad and inclusive public consultations...

I will now rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Next on my list I have Mr. Menicoche.

I don’t mind saying that the small business community in my riding is amongst the most vibrant in Canada, certainly in Yellowknife. Our nutritious and renewable fisheries products come to the dockside in Weledeh for everyone to enjoy. Weaver and Devore is an historical business centrepiece of the city, the oldest continually operating business in Yellowknife. The traditions of bush pilots live on in the float bases that are the transportation mainstay and a tourism charm. Deton’Cho, the economic development arm of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, is establishing its place as a significant...

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this concludes the Department of Human Resources 2011-2012 capital estimates?

Thank you, and welcome. We will continue on page 7-4, committee, Department of Justice, community justice and corrections. Questions? Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s also Small Business Week and I want to join in saluting these local engines of our economies and communities.

As Members know from my many statements, small business is what it’s all about for a healthy and enduring economic future. Small businesses pour their benefits throughout our communities. They build the local tax base and grace our streets as a focus for not only our business but our social lives. Small businesses keep our dollars in the community to be spent again and multiply the benefits of local purchasing. Small businesses mean local jobs, providing...