Daryl Dolynny

Transportation, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $226,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 84-17(3), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2012-2013, and would like to report progress with one motion being adopted, and that consideration of Tabled Document 84-17(3) is concluded, and that the House concur in those estimates and that an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, the Minister mentioned a couple of times the information report from this film forum. I think Regular Members would appreciate that and having access.

Finally, the topic that was mentioned of tax incentives. Not as prevalent as we may think, but it would also be an economic benefit for this industry. If jurisdictions like Yukon and Ontario are leading in this area, and provinces like Saskatchewan only learned that by dropping it, their film industry recently dried up, we don’t have any form of tax credit or rebate program in this industry.

Will the Minister commit...

Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $2.835 million.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Miltenberger.

I think that is the clarity I am looking for. No further questions.

Transportation, operations expenditures, marine, not previously authorized, $12,000.

Question has been called.

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Thank you, committee. Mr. Menicoche.

I appreciate the Minister’s enthusiasm. I think everyone in the Northwest Territories shares that enthusiasm. If we’re truly going to support the business of professional filmmaking in the NWT, we need to start treating this as a business. The GNWT needs to look at the proper infrastructure and the proper investments to help offset the very expensive budget costs of bringing film crews, bringing equipment and production into the Northwest Territories.

What are the Minister’s specific actions that he’ll be undertaking with himself and his department to deal with these so-called costs to the...

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Moses.