Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Blake. To the motion. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Speaker Jacobson.

Good afternoon, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order today. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. To the motion, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Speaker Jacobson. Mr. Mercer and Mr. Ouellette, welcome to the Chamber again.

Committee, as we agreed upon earlier with convention, we will not do any opening comments. We’ll go directly to general comments. Does committee agree that there are no general comments and we can proceed to detail?

It does sound like we have a bit of a murky mandate from transmission to generation. I didn’t quite clearly hear exactly what the intent is and we haven’t really heard a budget, but I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, I believe the last charrette did cost taxpayers about $100,000.

So, to be clear, can the Premier indicate if it’s the intent of this charrette to look at long-term solutions or short-term solutions? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. To the motion. I have Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Speaker Jacobson. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we embark on what appears to be another fact-finding Energy Charrette, the second one in as little as two years, the residents of NWT are again waiting for real, affordable solutions to lower their energy costs. With the cost of living the hallmark of concern, many believe this Energy Charrette will be added to a long list of productions already archived on dusty shelves. With very little given to the public or Members as to its mandate, I will have questions today for the man of the hour, the Premier of the Northwest Territories.

As mentioned, we are about to embark...

Which brings me back to my original question today: With a working industry of over 5,000 employees, the GNWT, led by our senior management, appears to consider safety as an optional program with little or no regard for respecting or obeying our own laws.

The reality is, the GNWT should pay very careful attention to the courts, as the law applies as equally to deputy heads as it applies to the GNWT as a whole. With a number more cases pending in the courts, I fear these lessons of ignorance will become a more transparent reminder of each potential guilty verdict.

Mr. Speaker, being irresponsible...