Glen Abernethy

Total Department, not previously authorized: $2,729,000.

Total Department, $2,729,000, approved.

Moving along to page 17, Transportation, Corporate Services, not previously authorized: negative $243,000.

Transportation, Operations Expenditures, Corporate Services, $243,000 approved.

Bill 2, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2007-2008 is approved for third reading.

Bill 2, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2007-2008, approved for third reading.

I continually hear departments in this government talking about providing quality customer service to clients of the G.N.W.T. This includes both internal and external clients. I believe that the vast majority of employees within the G.N.W.T. strive to deliver high quality and timely services to their respective clients. Unfortunately, sometimes this doesn’t happen. Often when an employee fails to provide high quality and timely service to a client, it has less to do with the employee’s willingness or desire to help; rather, it is due to strict or rigid guidelines or operational procedures put...

Moving along to page 21, Health and Social Services, Health Services Programs, not previously authorized: $2,729,000. Mr. Ramsay.

Income Security, not previously authorized: $552,000. Agreed?

Income Security, $552,000 approved.

The bill as a whole.

Bill 2 as a whole approved.

We’re still on page 20, Municipal and Community Affairs, Regional Operations, not previously authorized: $3,172,000.

Municipal and Community Affairs, Capital Investment Expenditures, Regional Operations, $3,172,000 approved.

Advanced Education and Careers, not previously authorized: $194,000. Mr. Ramsay.

Now, Committee, I ask you to turn to the bill. We will stand down the Preamble and look at clause 1, page 1.

Clauses 1 through 7 inclusive approved.