Bob Bromley

Okay; I would like to call the Committee of the Whole to order. We have two documents before us for consideration: Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Sessional Statement, and Tabled Document 93-16(2), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2009–2010. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. I’ll take that as a comment. No question. Moving on, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Mr. Speaker, the point I certainly agreed with in the McCrank report has already been highlighted by the boards and agencies themselves and by other reviews and the environmental audit. But a big one is the lack of funding to our agencies, especially the Mackenzie Environmental Impact Review Board. Will that be addressed in the report, and is this government lobbying to get that big gap taken care of so we can do a better job there?

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Moving on, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to follow up on my Member’s statement by asking whether — I believe it’s the Minister of ITI or ENR looking after the regulatory process here — the important conclusions of the environmental audit of 2005 are being followed up with some very important and critical recommendations requiring additional resources, the implementation of the cumulative impacts program and so on. Are they actually getting done? We’re in 2008; the next review will be in 2010. What’s our progress on that?

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Was there a question you want responded to in that?

Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort in the witnesses.

Mr. Miltenberger, may I have you introduce the witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Do you wish to bring in witnesses?

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Unfortunately, we do not have a quorum on the floor, so we’ll ring the bell, unless you have another comment.

Thank you. We do have a quorum. The motion is in order and not debatable.

Motion carried.