Bob Bromley

Thank you again, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Minister for those comments. Probably everybody agrees to the recommendation that we get some land use planning and land use frameworks underway. I want to compliment the Minister and this government for getting that started. Hopefully, we’ll see some results there.

I want to stress that to the extent we are in deficit here, that these regulatory programs are underfunded. While we seek devolution, we will be left with those deficits, because along with devolution and responsibility come all those deficits in funding. We need to get these gaps...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Miltenberger.

Just for clarification, I want to be sure I got that right. The report that’s coming out at the end of October, soon after the election, will include an assessment of where we’re at with the 2005 audit as well as address the McCrank report. Is that what I’m hearing? In one report?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Government of Canada contracted Neil McCrank to review the regulatory process for permitting of non-renewable resource development projects in the North. Mr. McCrank focused the report on the NWT process.

After reading the report and several responses to it, I am perplexed about why it was even done. In its essence the McCrank report simply duplicates the 2005 environmental audit — a much, much more thorough assessment conducted by Northerners and more solution oriented. Incidentally, the audit was also the legally required process for improving the integrated...

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Minister.

Thank you, Minister. We are now ready for general comments. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Does the committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 93-16(2), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2009–2010, and would like to report progress.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Does the Minister have any opening remarks he’d like to make?