Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Deputy Minister DeLancey.

Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank our guests here this afternoon, Mr. Heath, Ms. DeLancey. Thank you for joining us here in the Chamber, and, of course, the Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses out of the House.

Committee, I’ll get your attention on the Department of Justice in your capital estimates, page 47. With that, we’ll turn it over to the Minister responsible to see if he has any witnesses he’d like to bring into the House. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Given the current landscape of increased costs of electricity for all, it is comforting to know that the NWT Housing Corporation recently launched a new utility tracking system that captures utility consumption for all our Housing Corporation assets. Knowing that the current NWT Housing Corporation clients pay a substantially reduced rate for power, and I believe it’s around nine cents and the taxpayer is subsidizing the remainder, it is within this context that I wish to address the Minister responsible.

We know with this new utility tracking system we are now able to...

Thank you, Mr. Heath. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, committee. Page 44, Industry, Tourism and Investment, tourism and parks, infrastructure investments, $2.575 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. We are on page 31 of the NWT Capital Estimates 2015-2016 under Health and Social Services. We will defer consideration of that detail. I’d ask to turn your attention to page 32, Health and Social Services, community programs, infrastructure investments, $7.006. Does committee agree? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, committee. If I can get you to turn back to page 31 for total infrastructure investments, Health and Social Services, total infrastructure investments, $84.395 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Heath. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Ms. Kaylo, Mr. Vician, welcome back to the House. Committee, as we agreed earlier, there will be no opening comments. We are going to proceed directly to general comments. Does committee agree that we forego general comments and go straight to detail?