Glen Abernethy

Right now we have just completed the drafting of a new Legal Aid Act, which will be coming in front of committee soon, hopefully. We’ve also been having discussions in Cabinet and with committee about enhancing or providing some additional resources to the legal aid unit, and we will continue to have those discussions and find a way to enhance the services being provided in that area. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the report, it identifies that we think we might see as many as 11 positions or 11 people in those facilities over a year, at a whole year duration, not actual days, which will put additional pressure on the facilities, absolutely. Right now we have an opportunity, given that we have Nunavut inmates as well as federal inmates in those facilities, and our first step would be to stop taking Nunavut inmates, which would leave us room for northern inmates. Thank you.

The department is reviewing a number of issues with the legislation that were raised by the rental officer. One of the issues that was not raised was this particular issue about the powers and the orders and the enforcement of those orders.

However, recognizing the concerns of my two colleagues as well as people throughout the Northwest Territories, I have directed the Department of Justice to look at possible issues relating to the enforcement of orders under the Residential Tenancies Act. In this review we need to determine that there are actually issues that can be addressed through the...

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories is committed to establishing a public service that is inclusive and representative of the population it serves. Today I am pleased to provide my colleagues with an update on initiatives currently underway to achieve this important goal.

Established in March 2010, the GNWT Advisory Committee on Employability provides advice on how government can promote, support and increase the participation of persons with disabilities. Working closely with this committee, the Department of Human Resources has developed a draft framework to guide efforts...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 2, Miscellaneous Statute Amendment Act, 2012, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill corrects inconsistencies and errors in statutes of the Northwest Territories. The bill deals with other matters of a minor, noncontroversial and uncomplicated nature in the statutes and repeals provisions that cease to have effect. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 2, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following five documents, entitled “2009-2010 Report of the Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories,” “2010-2011 Report of the Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories,” “21st Annual Report of the Victims Assistance Committee of the NWT – Part 2, 2009-2010,” “22nd Annual Report of the Victims Assistance Committee of the NWT – Part 2, 2010-2011,” and “23rd Annual Report of the Victims Assistance Committee of the Northwest Territories – Part 1, 2011-2012.”

I’m not sure how to answer the question. It’s not revenue. It’s never been revenue. It’s a chargeback. It’s a reallocation of funds. It’s all internal to government. It’s not new money coming into the government, which is what revenue technically is. We provide service within government to government and there’s a cost to that from each department. Computers that the Legislative Assembly buys and has serviced through TSC is covered under the $324,000 budget that’s identified here on this page as well as on their individual line item. It’s not revenue. I don’t know what else to say.

It’s not, like I said, revenue. It’s an internal reallocation. It is tracked. Every department identifies what they’re paying for those services. The money is transferred to the Department of Public Works and Services and in particular ITI. Maybe for a more accounting response, I’ll go to Mr. Lewis.

Thank you, Madam Chair. There are no plans in the main estimates to change to a different source in the petroleum products division. We as a department are continuing to look at our own infrastructure and where appropriate upgrading them to have pellet capacity. We discussed that a little bit yesterday and we’re still interested in doing that and moving forward there. That will create more demand. As far as changes to petroleum products division, this main estimates, nothing. Once we have an opportunity to discuss this with committee, we’ll figure out where we’re going to go from here.