Wendy Bisaro

If a Minister does provide information in response to questions in the House, and the Minister does provide information which is incorrect, and we as Members are advised of something that is incorrect, who is responsible? Will that Member then be advised that the information is correct and will that information then be corrected? Is it the responsibility of the Minister and/or Cabinet to correct it for us?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you and the Premier have mentioned, today is the 102nd International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8th to celebrate women’s achievement throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.

On this day, we all need to spread the message of women’s empowerment to our friends, family and the men in our lives. It’s a day that connects women around the world and celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It is a day...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have one question here on page 9-40. The Not Us! drug awareness campaign had money in 2011-12. Well, last year and the upcoming year there’s no money. I’m assuming that that’s federal money, but if the Minister could confirm that. I know the campaign is still running, so how are we funding it?

I just want to follow up. In terms of risk management, do we feel comfortable that we have a really good handle on all of our buildings, all of our GNWT assets in terms of the insurance risk and risk of loss, I guess for lack of a better way of putting it?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Abernethy.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks, Mrs. Ballantyne. The program review office has been in place and in effect for a number of years now. I wonder if I could get an idea of a number of projects or the number of reviews, I guess, that the department does in any one year. Thank you.

Perhaps the Minister could explain to me what things cannot be done on-line.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have to start with my pet peeve and that’s the amount of money that’s in “other.” I talked about this a lot. I thought we’d gotten rid of that, Mr. Minister, and I understand the explanation. But if it’s an amount that’s $50,000 or $200,000 then it probably isn’t too much, but when we have an “other” of $13 million, although I appreciate that $8 million of it is the debt, it’s a little difficult to sort of look at the budget and kind of go yeah, yeah, we just have $13 million of undescribed money. I’ll just leave that at that.

I wanted to talk a bit about insurance and...

Sergeant-at-Arms, if you would please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. Abernethy, if you would introduce your witnesses for us, please.

Thanks to the Premier for that information. We’re doing three in this budget year that we’re discussing, so is it the intention of the department to add another two or three every year until we reach the complement of where we want to get to?