Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Does committee agree that that concludes general comments?

I appreciate those comments from the Minister. I think that’s going a good ways in the direction that we’d like to see this. The Minister mentioned in his remarks yesterday that 90 or 95 percent of these dollars would be going directly into those programs and I think as long as he agrees that that’s the sort of figure we’re looking at, I think that would satisfy the committee for now and I’d welcome his response to that. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to stress the comments, many of the comments of my colleague Ms. Bisaro. She’s laid it out quite thoroughly there.

Basically we are at the point where we need to define in order to measure and then go out and measure poverty. I think somebody said at one of our get-togethers that if we don’t measure something, we don’t care about it. I am afraid that encapsulates some of the aspects of the issue we are dealing with through this to get an Anti-Poverty Strategy in the books.

The historical patterns and the development of poverty, of course, are...

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

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order and ask if the Minister... Is committee agreed to continue with the details of Education, Culture and Employment? I would like to ask the Minister if he would like to bring in witnesses. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, committee. Page 10-18, activity summary. Mr. Krutko.

What is the process for placing someone back in the community after addictions treatment is completed? Is there counselling that takes into account employment services, housing and other basic needs?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this has been a very good discussion. I think the situation, you heard the surprise when the Minister mentioned the milk program and so on, or the breakfast program and so on, the things that were not mentioned in the detail we had received to date. The sticking point for the committee is obviously the steering committee. We do not need government by committee, and I am hoping that that will be nixed somehow, an NWT-wide Nutritious Foods Steering Committee. We envision people flying around and wasting dollars, which should be put directly into the sorts of...

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