Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. McLeod.

The trucks are still charging the same.

Can you, the Minister responsible, identify any specific project, anything, that will be reducing the cost of living — anything, any project — for the vast majority of residents of the Northwest Territories? I am talking….

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you. We’ll just do that item one more time. We’re under Education, Culture and Employment, page 12, Capital Investment Expenditures, Education And Culture, Not Previously Authorized: negative $10.272 million.

Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Capital Investment Expenditures, Education and Culture, Not Previously Authorized: negative $10.272 million, approved.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Are there any further general comments? Mr. Jacobson.

Community Health Programs, Not Previously Authorized: negative $2.5 million. Mr. Robert McLeod.

The question has been called.

Motion carried.

I obviously disagree with the Minister. Subsidies aren’t available to every resident of the Northwest Territories. Most residents of the Northwest Territories don’t get subsidies for anything. Most of the subsidies are for individuals who are under the average salary line, who require assistance just to meet the basic needs of living on a given day. I don’t see how they reduce the cost of living for the average employee or the average person in the Northwest Territories.

I would like to just follow up. One of the items she mentioned was roads. Clearly, roads are a way to reduce the cost of...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’re on page 8. Mr. Bromley.

Minister Miltenberger.