Daryl Dolynny

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Committee, we’ll continue on with what we agreed upon earlier, Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2015-2016. With that, we’ll turn it over to the Minister responsible for opening comments. Minister Miltenberger.

It has been brought to our attention that NWT businesses are to self-register with the GNWT in preparation for RFP application within our shared procurement services.

Can the Minister indicate how are NWT business safety programs or services evaluated for relevance, certification or standardization given the vast array of national safety standards and criteria out there? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Page 4, Finance, operations expenditures, deputy minister’s office, not previously authorized, $1.472 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $1.472 million. Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you. Page 8, Transportation, capital investment expenditures. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Miltenberger, if you would be kind enough to introduce your witnesses for the record.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, committee. Ms. Bisaro.

I know that many small community businesses agree with me and are feverishly working on the right path to a safety culture. They want to have contracts. They work very hard to meet the demands of a more robust safety environment, and they want to compete at a territorial and a national level. Clearly, we owe them the respect of having more clairvoyance on our own government. But more importantly, the GNWT owes all businesses and the workers of the NWT a real safety culture that lives up to the rigour of best practice that is in tune with the rest of Canada and one that is not still living in...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Thank you, Mr. Aumond and Mr. Kalgutkar for residing. Committee, general comments. Is committee prepared to go to detail?