Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. To the motion. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a very interesting discussion here this afternoon. I was happy to be speaking last because I had a chance to hear everybody’s concerns. I had shared with some of the Members that we had a discussion like this quite a number of years ago when we were discussing how many MLAs we were going to have, and I rushed in and sided with some other people in an attempt to not give an extra seat to Yellowknife and it went to the courts. It ended up instead of five we ended up with seven Yellowknife MLAs. At the time, when I think about it now, it was kind of politically...

Thank you, Minister McLeod. To the motion. Minister McLeod.

Agreed, thank you. I will go straight to general comments on Tabled Document 4-17(5). General comments. Mr. Bromley.

I will call Committee of the Whole back to order. Before we took the break, we were dealing with a committee motion brought forward by… Oh, we’d already finished it.

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Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention. Alright, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Next I have Mr. R.C. McLeod.

All those opposed to the motion, please stand.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee today? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. To the motion.

How does the potential or possibility of a direct appointment come to the attention of Cabinet? What is the process for it getting there? What instigates it? Does it take a director, a deputy minister; do the Ministers themselves hear of opportunities for direct appointments? What is it that triggers the review of a direct appointment? Thank you.