Daryl Dolynny

I give notice that on Monday, March 11, 2013, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment revise its Diamond Policy Framework to reflect the needs of a successful secondary industry by:

securing the diamond certification process and enhanced marketing of the Polar Bear trademark;

strengthening conditions for northern-approved manufacturers with the goal of keeping diamonds in the North;

establishing a diamond bourse to facilitate localized sorting, evaluating and rough box...

Mr. Speaker, I don’t think the competency of our public sector or senior management is the question here. What we’re looking for, and the question, is the impartiality and the unbiased reporting structures. For example, time in motion studies is a baseline used in a lot of businesses to find efficiencies in design. The question to the Minister of HR here today is: Why are we reluctant to look at an outside source?

The program review office is no different than the police monitoring the police. That’s the question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to let you off where the Member for Hay River North was going on here with the efficiencies in our public service sector. The Minister of Human Resources left off on the program review office as being an outside review means of the process.

Can the Minister of HR indicate by what virtue would the program review office be considered an outside source? This is manned by internal personnel. Can the Minister clarify that, please? Thank you.

Page 9-39, Justice, information item, work performed on behalf of others. We’ll include 9-39, 9-40 and 9-41. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Mrs. Ballantyne.

Committee, we’re going to take a short break. We’ll return back to page 4-17. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Page 5-22, Finance, activity summary, budget, treasury and debt management, grants and contributions, grants, $7 million.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Premier McLeod.