Jane Groenewegen

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

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Is committee agreed?

Agreed. Thank you. Turning then to page 10 for the continuation, Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, supplementary health programs, not previously authorized, negative $7,000.

Alright. Thank you. So, Transportation, operations expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $4.646 million. Mr. Bromley.

Ministers’ offices, not previously authorized, $335,000.

Legal aid services, not previously authorized, $3,000.

Thank you. Does the committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 248-17(5)?

Thank you. We will reconvene after a brief break. Thank you.

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

I would like to ask the Minister of ITI to share with the Assembly the risk-benefit analysis that the department has undertaken to determine how this territory would gain from allowing hundreds of non-resident harvesters to pick mushrooms on the land who will not pay income tax to the GNWT and, at the same time, will put the territory at great risk either for rescuing them or dealing with their emergencies or, as I said, starting fires that we know costs millions of dollars to suppress. What is the cost-benefit analysis of that being done? It’s a great idea. Come on up here and pick mushrooms...