Jane Groenewegen

I want to ask if anyone else sees a trend here. This disregard for a private sector company with years of experience and knowledge to bring to the costly and complicated science of fighting fires. This is the mindset of a government bent on increasing government while throwing out the private sector with potentially dire and irreversible consequences.

I pose the question: How does that jibe with the GNWT is open for business? The Northwest Territories is open for business investment and we travel all over the world with that message. How do these actions jibe with that? Mr. Speaker, there’s...

Agreed. Thank you. Total department, not previously authorized $6,000.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Mr. Miltenberger.

Planning and coordination, not previously authorized, $200,000.

Health and Social Services, operations expenditure summary, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, $36,000.

Management and recruitment services, not previously authorized, negative $5,000.

Highways, not previously authorized, $67,000. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. I will ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the Minister’s witnesses to the table.

For the record again today, would you please introduce your witnesses.

Agreed. Thank you. Land, operations expenditures, informatics, not previously authorized, $432,000.