Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. We will treat it as a comment, then. Committee, we are on page 7, Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, program delivery support, not previously authorized, $1.402 million. Health services programs, not previously authorized, $5.561 million. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. Mr. Menicoche.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. The bills and other matters have been read into the House already today so we won’t need to repeat them. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Miltenberger. We’ll go to Mr. Aumond.

Page 8, Justice, operations expenditures, community justice and corrections, not previously authorized, $316,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $316,000.

Committee, if you like to, we can continue with Tabled Document 44-17(4). Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Yakeleya, if you could repeat that, please.

Page 5, Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2013-2014. Industry Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, energy, not previously authorized, negative $100,000. Tourism and parks, not previously authorized, $600,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $500,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. After a long period of inactivity in the diamond polishing and cutting industry, we see the opportunity for new players who are interested in starting up. Admittedly, this is a critical time in our territory’s future and we need to revitalize our thinking in the industry to put the NWT back on the international diamond stage.

Understandably, there are so many naysayers out there who, no doubt, have a concern with the past failings of the industry. I agree, we don’t want to repeat the scabs of our past, but we must recognize we are at a critical impasse in our efforts to...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Page 3, Human Resources, operations expenditures, employee services, not previously authorized, $921,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $921,000.