Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. I will recognize Mr. Lafferty.

Page 11, Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, negative $6,000. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank my colleagues Mrs. Groenewegen and Mr. Hawkins for putting forward this motion. I, too, will support this motion; however, Mr. Speaker, I think it takes incidents like what happened in Hay River to bring something like this. I really appreciate that my colleagues are standing up here today to support this motion. I think the intent of the motion is well to do. We have people that we have to trust with our children, like teachers, doctors, nurses, RCMP and lawyers. These are the people that we put our trust in with our family, with our children....

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. McLeod.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week there was a good debate on discussion regarding the Premier’s sessional statement. When he said the government plans to move forward with the Mackenzie bridge over the Deh Cho without the federal funding, I understand, Mr. Speaker, that there’s money identified under the federal government under P3, but that’s still not determined how that’s going to be spent.

Mr. Speaker, on page 175 of the unedited transcript on May 9th the Premier said, and I quote, “there is also extra capital money, $25 million a year, in there. We don’t intend to use big chunks of that...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Ramsay.

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Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Ramsay.

Corporate Human Resources, not previously authorized, negative $101,000.