Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.

As a government, we come up with new initiatives from time to time; maybe all the time, I’m not sure. The Minister has made mention of the Aboriginal Student Achievement Initiative and now this, with the Education Renewal Initiative. We have heard some pretty dire statistics on the preparedness of students and even ongoing statistics. I would like to suggest to you that those statistics are not prevalent in all communities, in all schools and in all regions. I would say those statistics do exist, but I would say there are schools where there is a lot of success.

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Agreed. Does committee agree that we have now concluded consideration of Tabled Document 1-17(5)?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to also recognize two Pages from Hay River that have been helping us out in the Legislative Assembly this week: Hannah Courtoreille and Tori Blake. I’d like to thank them for good work.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $2 million.

Detail? Okay, thank you. Please turn your attention to page 5 of the document. Government of the Northwest Territories 2014-2015 Supplementary Appropriation (Infrastructure Expenditure), No. 1, Transportation, capital investment expenditure, highways, not previously authorized, $2 million. Mr. Bromley.

Agreed. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses to the table.

For the record, Mr. Miltenberger, please introduce your witnesses.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. I’d like to ask the Minister if he’d like to bring witnesses into the Chamber.

We’ll proceed with that after a brief break.

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Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 1-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditure), No. 1, 2014-2015, and would like to report progress with one motion being adopted, that consideration of Tabled Document 1-17(5) is concluded and that the House concur with those estimates and an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.