Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Warren. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to welcome the Minister and the MACA team here again this evening. This question could be easily posed in the community services area later on in the department, but I’m asking it under the term directorate. It should be no surprise to the Minister, he’s heard me explain my concern here when we had the Department of Health and Social Services and this is the topic of our drinking water.

It is a fact that the drinking water quality base falls under the purview of MACA. MACA administers this website that controls the database for chemical testing and the...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we are making headway here today. Can the Minister inform the House what his policy on dealing with obesity is in the Northwest Territories? Does he have a strategy he can share with us? Thank you.

If I can have a little latitude here just so I can compare apples to apples with the number of active positions. We know that the budget that we have for this department is a little over $26 million. Do we know what AANDC ran this very same department with in terms of what their budget was?

Can the Minister inform the House of any specific programs that are integrated with our daycares, our soon-to-be junior kindergartens and our schools that deal with sugar and calorie education? If not, why?

Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank the witnesses here, Ms. Hilderman, Mr. Warren, thank you for joining us today. Looking forward to a good year, and Minister McLeod, thank you very much. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. So 86 employees from our federal counterparts were doing exactly the same amount of work that we’re undertaking. Is that my understanding? Thank you.

Again, I bring today a study that is thus far singular in design, yet I know the policy climate in the NWT is in dire need of change. So if writing cheques or giving out iTunes cards will improve NWT student attendance and behaviour, then I for one welcome that at least we investigate this option. Thank you.

Committee, if I could get you to return back to 14-7, Lands, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $26.830 million. Does committee agree?