Bob Bromley

I also recall speaking to this subject in this House during budget reviews and pointing out that if we’re going to spend this money subsidizing commercial power use, then it should be spent to support initiatives such as the Sachs Harbour Cooperative which put up solar panels to reduce their power costs. Then it would actually be alternative energy dollars spent appropriately and meet the interest of supporting commercial users.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier as well. I want to follow up on the questions I asked over the last number of months on sole-source contracting. Obviously it was quite a concern and we had some really good examples. I happened to be dealing with Ministers; now we’re dealing with deputy ministers and high-level bureaucrats. What steps has the Premier taken since we’ve raised these issues and the obvious concern of both the Members of the House and the public? What steps has the Premier taken to tighten up and review, perhaps review and tighten up, the contracting...

...activity summary, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, negotiations, operations expenditure summary, $2.748 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Roland.

Thank you. Page 2-30, activity summary, Cabinet support, grants and contributions, grants, $219,000; contributions, $592,000; total grants and contributions, $811,000, agreed?

Page 1-24, information item, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, active positions.

Page 4-9, department summary, information item, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, active position summary. Questions?

Page 4-7, information item, work performed on behalf of others. Questions?

Thank you, committee. We will defer the operations expenditure summary, program summary on page 2-7. We will start on page 2-8, information item, Executive, infrastructure investment summary. Questions? Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Roland.