Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled “Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2016-2017.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there was a contract, it was a $90,000 contract services and we heard concerns about the public wasn’t well aware of the consumer affairs division so we worked with a contractor to help us get that on the website to help get the message out there and make people aware that there is a consumer affairs division. A lot of feedback we got was people weren’t aware that there was one, so we’ve tried to make it more available to the public. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

No, thank you, Mr. Chair. We appreciate the Member’s comments. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we would like to try to get this in as quickly as possible. As I said before, we are doing our research. If that shows us that we are able to get this piece of legislation through or the amount of work that might be required to get this piece of legislation through, that is something that we will obviously consider. Let us finish the research, and then we will make a determination from there. I don’t think we are that far from finishing. Let us do that. Then we will make a determination at that time if it is just a quick fix to make an amendment. Thank you, Mr...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the department, as I said before, has done some communitybased first responder training. We want to improve the capacity of our staff and volunteers; and then also a webbased tool kit to help communities recruit and train volunteer first responders. Then we have the, we had the, work that was just done, and they identified some challenges that we’re facing. I mean, I can assure the Member and all Members, actually, that we recognize that this is a service that’s required by some communities, but then we also respect the communities’ desire to have more training...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the money is for program development and training. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, what I can commit to the Member is we will reconcile these numbers here with the Housing Corporation mains because I think it will show up in the Housing Corporation mains. Their mains are still getting an increase of funding partly from the federal government. What I will commit to do is I will reconcile this, and then I will share it with the Member. Hopefully, we will have a better understanding of how the numbers came to be. Mr. Chair, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that was as my response to the previous speaker's question, I talked about modernizing our policies, and I'd be more than happy to sit down with committee and get their input into some of the work that we've been doing, give an update on some of the work that we've been doing. That may answer a lot of the questions that they may have. So, I mean, I'll put that offer out there, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I have with me to my right, Kate Hearn. She is the acting deputy minister for the Department of Lands. To my left I have Brenda Hilderman. She is the director of finance and administration.

I will have Ms. Hearn respond to that, Mr. Chair. Thank you.