Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you can please escort the witness into the House.

Thank you, committee. Mr. Miltenberger, for the record, could you please introduce your witness back to the House.

I would probably agree with that comment if this was year one of the four-year implementation plan of rate increases, but we’re not in year one. I believe we’ve completed year two, so we’re well into the four-year rate increases from the Public Utilities Board. So I have a hard time understanding how we didn’t anticipate that and we didn’t have that number in time, hence we’re seeing it today.

Can I get some clarification in the first just so that, again, we’ve got all the dates right here because, again, we’re talking ‘14-15 here. Are we saying that this was year one of the implementation plan...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’re just waiting for the final document to circulate. The motion is in order and the motion is not debatable. The motion is carried.

---Carried

I’d like to thank our witnesses here tonight. Mr. Kalgutkar and Mr. Aumond, thank you for joining us. If I can get the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Okay, committee, as previously agreed upon here earlier today, we are going to go to Bill 8. With that, we’ll go to the sponsor of the bill for opening comments. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you. Bill 9 is now deemed ready for third reading. I’d like to thank the Minister. I will turn it over to Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee felt quite strongly to include the series of motions in its format. We’ve just heard a recommendation from the Minister to do something maybe of a streamline in nature. This is something that we’d have to take back to committee for review, but again, the motion speaks for itself and it stands. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. I will turn to Minister Miltenberger and ask if he has any witnesses he would like to bring into the House.

Madam Chair, I’m a bit confused here. Are we talking about the rate increases that everyone here is much aware of? The public at large, we’re very much aware. There was three years of a 7 percent increase and, I believe, year four of a 5 percent increase. Are we referring to those increases from the Public Utilities Board?

Does committee agree we’ve concluded consideration of Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2014-2015?