Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was going to suggest that maybe we had a job shadowing opportunity for Mr. Bromley with a strategic analyst, but through you I’ll ask Mr. Warren to answer Bureau of Statistics question.

Mr. Chair, later on in one of the pages is where the money is for the Aboriginal governments. This is the contribution from the federal government to our government for implementation planning. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Definitely, I think we would benefit greatly from the input of Members.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left is Penny Ballantyne, secretary to Cabinet; to my right is Mark Warren, assistant deputy minister for the Executive.

I will provide a copy of the letter to the Member. We expect to be close to finalizing our ambitious work plan by the end of this summer.

I am pleased to present the Department of Executive’s main estimates for the fiscal year 2012-2013. The goals for the Department of Executive are centred on our role in ensuring effective coordination of government activities; supporting informed decision-making related to policies, planning and programming; and coordinating the implementation of strategic activities to advance the priorities of the 17th Legislative Assembly.

The overall proposed budget for the department is $22.862 million for 2012-13, which is an increase of $8.857 million or 63 percent from the 2011-2012 Main Estimates. The...

Mr. Chair, definitely we would look at reapplying for funding now that we now have support for it. Right now we are taking a bilateral approach dealing with Aboriginal governments. This would help develop a vision going forward from the previous Assemblies or so. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

As per our normal course, we’ll make sure committee is apprised as we move forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m very pleased to recognize two important board members of the Status of Women Council: Ms. Georgina Jacobson Masuzumi from Tuktoyaktuk and Doris Camsell from Hay River.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have Gabriela Eggenhofer, deputy minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations; and to my right I have Richard Robertson, director of finance and administration.