Jane Groenewegen
Statements in Debates
Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.
Mr. Chairman, the more I hear the less believable this story becomes. You know, it is no wonder we have a capital infrastructure deficit in the Northwest Territories when you look at the kind of money and the way that we’re going about doing things. I mean, it’s no wonder we don’t have enough money. So in answer to the question, how long have we known we have a problem, we’ve known we’ve had a problem for four years. Now there’s no money budgeted. We’ve known since 2002. This is 2006. So we’ve know for four years that we have a problem and that a D-day was coming here on this with the fire...
Clause 6.
Thank you. Executive, continued, operations expenditures, Financial Management Board, directorate, not previously authorized, $3,000; directorate, $11,000; government accounting, $3,000.
Mr. Ramsay.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. To the motion. Mr. Braden.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister this final question then. If his department has given any consideration to hosting some type of venue where businesses that are interested in starting up or expanding what they are already doing, finding out where they can get support services for their company, additional capital, things like that, has the Minister’s department considered hosting or facilitating any such a gathering here in the North, given the timing and the imminent development that lies ahead? Thank you.
Thank you, Minister Roland. General comments. Mr. Ramsay.
Mr. Ramsay.
Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.