Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to follow up with some of my general comments a little more specifically and get the Minister’s take on some things here. During the business plans review, committees brought up the possibility of diversifying petroleum products to include pellets, and there was a commitment by the department to work with ENR to investigate and determine the feasibility of entering in the market to supply renewable energy products within the 16 communities served by the petroleum products division. I’m just wondering how progress is moving along on that, what the plan is, and...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Committee, general comments. Not hearing any requests for more comments, Mr. McLeod, response.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I spoke last session on the opportunity for promoting our homegrown and new media industry. Since little has changed in the meantime, I will again try to convince the government to take advantage of this economic gift.

Every other national jurisdiction has acted on the evidence that a dollar spent in multimedia multiplies up to six times in local expenditures. We’ve seen Ice Road Truckers, Ice Pilots, productions that base their appeal on what no one else has: the magic of the NWT. They shoot their stuff with their crews then leave to do post-production...

Yes, I realize they haven’t, but I understood that that was the plan. If that’s not the plan, I’m happy to learn that.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Guy. Sorry about that. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for the opportunity to offer some general comments here. Going through the Minister’s remarks, it’s quite an unusual budget with the changes that are taking place this year. The first thing he mentioned was the $32 million for demolition of the school and the Deh Cho Hall in Simpson. To me, I’m very upset about this. This is extremely poor management. There’s no reason these should be occurring together in the same fiscal year. They should have been spread over. These are really predictable sorts of costs. We know what the extra costs we’re dealing with that other...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister McLeod. Sorry about that. Mr. Guy.

How do we get this information out to those that might be interested, be they industry or community people?

Thank you, Minister. Any last comment, Mr. Yakeleya?