David Ramsay

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just had a couple of questions on the $222,000 for airports not previously authorized. It gets back to discussions we had with the Minister of Transportation last year, actually it was two years ago now, about the $6.2 million coming from CATSA. In my estimation, and I wanted to ask this question, whether or not the Government of the Northwest Territories knew upfront that this bomb detection equipment and the baggage screening system would require us to have an on-staff electrician and an on-staff millwright to look after this equipment on an ongoing basis. It’s...

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to ask the Minister, are there any federal dollars, substantial federal dollars -- and I’m talking in the hundreds of thousands of dollars -- that are going to be coming to this government in the near future? I’m not talking about the $100 a month to help families offset day care costs; I’m talking about contributions from the federal government, former commitments or new commitments, whatever the case may be. Is there new money coming? Thank you.

Community health programs, $1.554 million.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that $367,000 be deleted from the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, NWT Housing Corporation activity, in Supplementary Appropriation, No. 1, 2006-2007.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that was four months ago. By the sounds of the Minister’s response, it is going to be another three or four months until they get some kind of determination on charity leases and what a level playing field might look like. Mr. Speaker, the inaction of the government to level the playing field may indeed cause the closing of more day cares here in Yellowknife. I know the Minister was listening when I spoke of the hundred or so children that are on waitlists currently in Yellowknife awaiting space in day cares. I would like to ask the Minister this:...

Thank you, committee. We are now on page 25, Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized, program delivery support, $101,000.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.