Bob Bromley

I would say that is really important and I think at the very least we should have some committee briefing and discussion on this. It is a huge, very key list of services that we are provided and I know that we are going to continue with those, but at what cost to other programs and so on. Is there any criteria that has been used with the authorities that the public could know about? There is 55 days left here until one thing happens or the other. So these are substantial enough that obviously some major planning work must be happening. So I think anything the Minister can offer to assure us...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Lee.

Mr. Chairman, thanks for those details again. What exactly do these dollars provide in terms of health services? If I can get a brief description there, thank you.

We are on page 8-12, 8-13, activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $5.957 million.

Mr. Chairman, that sounds like the two negotiating parties are at the extremes of the spectrum there. I imagine some thinking must be going on as to how much we spend on negotiations on that sort of situation. I think it would be an appropriate topic for committee briefing and discussion just so we are all on the same page on that one.

I want to ask about the Territorial Health Access Fund. As I mentioned in my general remark,. $7.5 million would be significant if… Just to start with, is this the typical sort of range for the other territories as well? Is this just restricted to the northern...

Thank you, Minister, and perhaps for the whole committee. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Executive.

In regards to the two contracts TD 7-16(4) and TD 8-16(4), one with the Northern Strategy Group, dated December 21, 2007 and extended August 18, 2008, and the other with John Todd Holdings Ltd., dated January 1, 2008, for each of the contacts:

Can the Minister provide an explanation why these services could not have been supplied by in-house resources?

Can the Minister provide copies of the documentary evidence supplied by the contractor to demonstrate that the contracted services were provided?

Can the Minister provide an...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A quick question on the grants and contributions. I see the HPV vaccination program funding has faded away and I just want to know whether that has been picked up fully by us now and is it, sort of, a maintenance program where we’ve got the base out there and is that part of one of these expenditures? Thank you.

Thank you, committee. Moving to 8-11, information item, active positions - health and social services authorities. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There certainly are some good things in this budget, and I appreciate those. I think, at the same time, though, that we are missing opportunities. Here we are on our third budget. Things should be very clear to us now and, like I say, I see some missed opportunities.

I’d like to start, though, with concerns about capacity and implementation. We have a lot of what I think are very good strategies either developed or under development: the Water Strategy, the Hydro Strategy, Energy Strategy and so on. The biomass strategy, I hope to hear about soon, but I really have serious...