Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't think that it's true that the government is siding with the mining companies, and as far as restoring public confidence, as I said before, there was a bit of confusion and we will take steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again, and we will have a clear set of rules that everyone is going to need to follow, and I believe Ottawa will come to the conclusion that we are quite capable of managing our resources. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in the Department of Infrastructure, we had given committee a heads up a couple of times that this was the direction that we were heading. This capital estimates that we're debating during this session does not take effect until April 1st, and then the main estimates, when we'll have a further discussion on this, does take effect until April 1st.

I'm not sure if Members are suggesting that we separate the two, even though there is ongoing discussion about amalgamating the two or it's planned to amalgamate the two, but this is not something that we're going to be...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is correct. It was sent back to the board because there was a question of procedural fairness. As he said before in his Member's statement, with devolution we will have more responsibility and ability to deal with these a lot quicker than they have been dealt with in the past, and I can commit to the Member and this House that we take that responsibility very seriously, and we will be looking at ways in the future where we can avoid the confusion.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, to my right, I have Mr. Paul Guy, who is the deputy minister of Public Works and Services. To my far right I have Jayleen Robertson, who is the assistant deputy minister of Public Works and Services. To my left, I have Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar, who is the deputy secretary to the Financial Management Board.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the GNWT has made a commitment in its mandate to continue to implement the Regional Recruitment Program to assist with increasing regional employment opportunities by linking residents with onthejob training. In 2014, the GNWT introduced the Regional Recruitment Program to help increase regional recruitment and retention by providing a link between vacant regional positions and northern residents seeking employment.

The Regional Recruitment Program supports participants by providing them with developmental plans and onthejob training. This enables...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am here to present the capital estimates 2017-2018. The capital estimates 2017-2018 totals $266 million, which includes $28 million for community infrastructure investments. As in previous years, the capital estimates 2017-2018 do not include appropriations for housing infrastructure proposed by the NWT Housing Corporation.

The appropriation for these investments will be sought during the Legislative Assembly's review of the 2017-2018 Main Estimates. However, the NWT Housing Corporation's 2017-2018 xapital estimates, which total $24.3 million, is included in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents entitled "Northwest Territories Liquor Licensing Board 62nd Annual Report 20152016" and the "Northwest Territories Liquor Commission 62nd Annual Report 20152016." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, well, communication plan is obviously very important, and, if there were folks out there that are interested in this particular type of training, as I said before in response to the questions from the Member from Tu NedheWiilideh, that, you know, if they approach the department, I'm sure that we can work with them to see if they fit into any of the programs that we offer; and, as far as anything else besides communication, our conversation right now is also a good way of getting the message out there; and, hopefully those that have an interest in the public service are listening...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I can.

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Of the 39 applications that we received, 24 of them are P1 candidates. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

My understanding is that the folks in the Detah-Ndilo area, are they eligible, the short answer is yes, they are.