Daryl Dolynny

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...

Good afternoon, colleagues. I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Bisaro, your time is up. We can put you back in the queue if need be. Next on my list I have Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Page 13-34, Environment and Natural Resources, information item, work performed on behalf of others. Any questions?

I want to definitely say the Minister was very forthright during at least the Norman Wells situation. He did actually come to the Members’ offices to share information, which I do applaud and appreciate those actions. However, throughout the course of the day, communication was probably scarce at best, and I did have to rely a lot on news and social networking, the tweeting that was going on. One CBC reporter was doing an incredible job.

Are there opportunities within these communication plans to help improve the communication of these types of disasters with the general community as well as...

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. Page 13-34, Environment and Natural Resources, information item, work performed on behalf of others. Any questions? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I, too, have questions for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. McLeod. Recently the towns of Norman Wells and Behchoko narrowly escaped disasters with their town losing gas supply and power, respectively. I do applaud the hard work of all those who came to the table to restore these services in these communities. As is also known to Members of the House here, I have actually spoken many times about our community emergency action plans as well as our emergency preparedness for our communities.

With this in mind, I would like to ask my first question to...