Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. I’m strongly encouraged with what I’m hearing today, and I applaud the department and the Minister for sharing those great initiatives with everybody here. A lot of the initiatives may not have an educational overtone or an affect in our school system.

Can the Minister indicate if there has been collaboration with the ECE Minister to work on educational programs through the Department of Transportation, which we can touch the lives of more of our school children out there in the Northwest Territories?

No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I made reference to a tragedy in the Yellowknife community this past summer. Again, it’s important to share our thoughts for the Hardy family as I continue with this conversation.

The community and the NWT have been debating about helmet legislation and who should spearhead such legislation. I agree, as I said in my Member’s statement, it might be a bit premature to consider this legislation in the House, but I do encourage municipalities to further this process.

I believe this government could have more impact and effectiveness in the education and...

In the spirit of transparency and accountability, whether this question is asked here or asked in public accounts, how are these performance measures being able to be communicated to standing committee as a way of keeping track of the performance grading of the corporate management of this department?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Would the Minister characterize this as a balloon payment that came and originated from the Opportunities Fund?

I’m still a bit unclear here exactly where the source of this interest, where it’s coming from and why just the one-time insertion in the main estimates. Can you explain again so I can follow the deputy minister? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Before we leave this page of 12-9 on general revenue, I’m just looking for inconsistencies in reporting years and looking at patterns. I notice in the interest earned in the NWT Opportunities Fund in 2011-2012, there was nothing noted. Yet, in 2012-2013, $1.043 million and again in 2013-14, nothing recorded. Can the Minister indicate why the pattern and maybe an explanation as to why we see only the one entry in the 2012-13 Main Estimates.

The other question I have is with respect to the egg marketing levy. Can we get an explanation as to what exactly this line entry is? It’s a new one for this year. Thank you, Madam Chair.

That’s great. Thank you very much. I appreciate the Minister’s hard work and I don’t think that’s the question here. I appreciate everything that they have done to get us this far and all the hard work.

The question, Madam Chair, is pure and simple. If you don’t have a plan, if you don’t have a business plan, how do you communicate that to stakeholders? How do you bring investors? How do you bring the government in line with future funding or future growth, job prosperity and job security?

The current Diamond Policy Framework that was established in 2010 does not do that, it’s too limited in...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have just two quick questions on here. Actually, just one. I see the amortization of the capital contributions. This has been an ongoing line entry from 2011 to 2012, now 2013. With the straight line depreciation of capital and with the new debt definitions that we’ve had in the last year, I was surprised to see that debt number is the same number. Things fall off, assets fall off, and those numbers should be changing with every fiscal year. Can the Minister verify if indeed that number is accurate? Thank you.