Daryl Dolynny

Welcome back, committee. Next on our list we have the Department of Executive. With that, we have Premier McLeod. Premier McLeod, do you have any opening comments?

Page 2-21, Executive, activity summary, executive operations, operations expenditure summary, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. We’ll open up the floor to general comments.

Thank you, Madam Chair. My questions are somewhat in line with the Member for Hay River North. The recent population statistics showed that we increased by a whopping two people lately and we’re still trying to find where those two people are. Given the fact that population is relatively flat and taxation is based on a per capita increase in the area we see here, where is the department getting their calculations or their crystal ball, so to speak, that we’re going to be seeing an influx of people? Our statistics show, like I said, an increase of just two people in the last census.

I appreciate the details. Would the Minister or the department consider sharing the findings of this evergreen plan, sharing their approved capital list for outdated or near lifecycle of major capital equipment, and if this could be submitted to the Social Programs committee so we can keep a monitoring of this as these large ticket items appear over the life of the 17th Assembly? Thank you.

Ms. DeLancey.

Page 2-9, Executive, information item, revenue summary.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Page 2-21, Executive, activity summary, executive operations, operations expenditure summary, $6.756 million. Does committee agree?

Seeing none, page 4-25, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, activity summary, intergovernmental relations, operations expenditure summary, $1.710 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday the House was once again witness to another announcement of more money being required by the Department of Transportation and its Minister for the sinkhole we all know as the Deh Cho Bridge.

Many MLAs and many more residents of the NWT are extremely perplexed on how this department and its Ministers cannot seem to complete large-scale projects on time and on budget.

Moreover, it seems this time the department had to negotiate an agreement-in-principle within an already negotiated contract price in order to get the work done. I’m not sure if many people picked up...