Daryl Dolynny

Much clearer, Madam Chair. The point I have under my assumption, there was only one proponent who had access to the Opportunities Fund during the life of this fund and the only way that I can see that that money was derived into this fund, in terms of earnings or revenue, was by means of interest. How can just one year have interest-bearing revenue when this loan was over a number of years? Would this not be reported as multi-year, very similar amounts of interest or straight line interest calculations on the amount borrowed or lent to that one proponent? If I can get clarification why we only...

So just a point of clarification, this $1.040 million here, would this not be considered interest charged to the proponent, let’s say, who had access to these opportunity funds? Thank you.

I would assume that is a levy, but is it for packaging? Is it for marketing? Can we get a bit more of an explanation of why there is that levy? Thank you.

Madam Chair, I thank Ms. Magrum for that. Can we get an indication as to when the anniversary date of that amortization will be falling off the books? Thank you.

It’s encouraging to hear that we’re, indeed, keeping a vigilant eye on it. I think there are a number of us who are still a bit concerned that we do have some people within that old Retailers Club that are potentially questionable practices. I’ll leave it at that here.

The secondary industry of diamonds is one, and it’s really important to myself not just because it makes up a large part of the Range Lake riding but also for Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories. It’s an opportunity for us to have a rebirth in the industry. Not many times in the course of history one is able to get back...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’d like to welcome the Minister and delegation here today. I do have some general comments, Madam Chair. I am going to try not to repeat too many things that were said by my colleagues. If I do, it’s probably only to earmark that there is some general concern and I think it’s important for the Minister and team to be aware of.

There is no doubt that business in general in the Northwest Territories is going through a transitional change. A lot of businesses are struggling out there, so I do always encourage the department and the Minister to find the right means in...

Just a suggestion, Madam Chair, in the future. My recommendation is that should be a broken down expense line. It is a separate entity in itself and to bring into a general funding pool with so many different arms, it’s very hard to keep consistencies from year to year for budget requirements. So would the department consider including it as a separate budget line in the next budget cycle?

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...