David Ramsay

Mr. Chairman, I’m just wondering if there is any legal recourse for the Government of the Northwest Territories to pursue the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation for their inability to deliver the project on budget. The design, like I said, the issues with the design, the issues with the subcontractors, the issue with the general contractor. They’ve been removed. I mean, can we go back after the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation to recoup some of the costs that they’ve forced the government to incur? Thank you.

How much was that for?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m just, again, wondering -- and I believe I’ve asked this question before -- one of the other six budgets, the Women’s Advisory, now I know it plays an important role in what we do here, but, again, I just have trouble understanding why we keep it under this area of the Department of Executive and why it wouldn’t go to the department of let’s say Health and Social Services or let’s say ECE. It certainly doesn’t belong under the Department of Executive. I think if you’re going to give it the support and push that it needs, I think it’s got to be under one of the...

Thank you, Ms. Melhorn. Mr. Bromley, anything further? Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Thanks, committee. We’re on page 5-29, office of the chief information officer, operations expenditure summary, $1.777 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am just trying to understand where this Contracts Over $5,000 Report for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2009... I am just wondering, there is an item in here Yellowknife liquor warehouse for $7 million in the contract registry here. How come that doesn’t show up in the actuals anywhere in this year’s main estimates in the 2008-2009 actuals? It should have that amount in there and I am just wondering why it doesn’t. I couldn’t find it anyway. Maybe there is an explanation for it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Page 5-9, Finance, department summary, information item, revenue summary.

I guess one of the areas of concern is the management NGOs and I’m just wondering if the government’s given any consideration to the possibility of setting up an NGO management training course, which would give prospective managers of NGOs a rundown of government programs and services, how NGOs relate with the government and how they can effectively manage an organization. I think that’s something like the capacity building we’re doing for communities, Mr. Chairman. Has the government given any consideration to maybe the possibility of training some of these NGO managers? Thank you.

Page 5-29, Finance, activity summary, office of the chief information officer, operations expenditure summary, $1.777 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I could have asked this question previously under the active position summary for the entire department, but I’ll ask it under intergovernmental relations. In the past, the committee has brought up the fact that the department has been low in its number of aboriginal employees and senior management. I am just wondering if the Minister could update us on the strides the department has made, if any, in the area of aboriginal people in senior management within the department. Specifically, because we are on this page, Mr. Chairman, intergovernmental relations...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger.