Robert Bouchard

Page 12, Department of Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, directorate and administration, not previously authorized, $1.378 million; education and culture, not previously authorized, negative $1.899 million. Total department, not previously authorized, negative $521,000. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Next on my list I have Mr. Moses.

Thank you, deputy minister. Committee, we are on Department of Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $580,000.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Minister Lafferty.

Mr. Speaker, the Premier has indicated that they have a plan in place and they’ve indicated some of the expenditures that are tied to that plan.

Is it possible for the Premier to share that plan with the general public and the Members on this side, because we haven’t seen that plan yet.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated in my Member’s statement, decentralization has been a priority for this Assembly. My questions today will be for the Premier of the Northwest Territories.

Is the government expecting to announce any further government decentralization anytime soon?

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, the Bill 26, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, Bill 26 amends the Elections and Plebiscites Act to:

require the Minister of Justice to provide the Chief Electoral Officer with names and addresses of inmates who are eligible to vote;

authorize a returning officer to strike the name of a person no longer resident in a polling division from a preliminary list of electors, require the posting of names that may be struck and provide for review and appeal processes;

provide...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m just wondering if there’s a direct correlation. When I look at the housing expenditures, is that where all the positions are going?

Mr. Speaker, I’m glad to hear that we’ll maybe get some updates in the business planning session.

Has the Premier and his office and the Cabinet come up with this bigger plan of how this thing is going to roll out, considering the housing needs, the office space needs and how exactly these positions will be decentralized?