David Krutko

Mr. Speaker, my next question to the Minister is about a situation that we have in McPherson where we have a half-completed contract, and now the homeowner does not have any hot running water because they never finished installing the hot water tank. So I’d like to ask the Minister, is there a possibility that the local housing authority or the Minister’s office direct the housing authority to complete the work and have it charged back to the contractor who never completed the work? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of the Housing Corporation in regard to the whole area of housing program delivery and also the change the government has made in regard to our capital estimates where we now approve the capital in the fall time so that we can deliver it through the winter months and have the jobs, hopefully, completed within a shorter time frame. I’d just like to ask the Minister of Housing exactly what is his department doing to correlate his programs with the change that we’ve made as government in regard to capital and also to ensure that...

Now can we turn to page 3-2 with regard to the department summary. Finance, department summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $630,000. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Environment in regards to my statement and realizing that the implications we’re seeing with climate change, and especially that records have clearly stated that the Mackenzie Delta is the most impacted with global warming, with high rising temperatures, but, more importantly, the effects we’re seeing in regards to melting permafrost and the erosion on the riverbanks on the Mackenzie Delta, and also the effects we’re seeing on communities that I mentioned, Tuktoyaktuk and Aklavik.

Mr. Speaker, we, as government, have to ensure...

Welcome, witness. As we agreed, we will begin with the Department of Finance. Please turn to page 3-2.We will defer that activity summary and move to page 3-4, Finance, activity summary, office of the comptroller general, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, zilch.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 1-16(4), NWT Capital Estimates 2010-2011, and would like to report progress and that consideration of Tabled Document 1-16(4) 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 the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Does committee agree that he brings in his witnesses?

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Okay. With that, we’ll take a short break and begin with the Department of Finance.

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Agreed. Does committee agree that consideration of Tabled Document 1-16(4) is concluded?