Wendy Bisaro

It’s started again, Mr. Bromley. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a few comments. I will have some questions later on, but maybe the Minister will answer some of my comments taking them as questions. We’ll see.

In general, in terms of the funding we provide to our community governments, both the O and M funding and the infrastructure funding which the Minister mentions in his comments, there hasn’t been an increase in those contributions. Whether it’s operations and maintenance or whether it’s infrastructure, there hasn’t been an increase for a number of years. It’s my understanding that the...

Page 6-41, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, grants and contributions, other grants and contributions, total other contributions, $1.125 million, total other grants and contributions, $69.052.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Ms. Watters.

Thank you, committee. Page 9-28, activity summary, Justice, community justice and corrections, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $2.075 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, committee. Page 6-15, Municipal and Community Affairs, information item, directorate, active positions. Questions?

Thank you, Mr. Moses. I’ll go now to Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Ms. Watters.

Page 9-33, information item, Justice, services to the public, active positions. Any questions?

Thanks to the Minister. My apologies for making you repeat something twice, but I was referring specifically to Norman Wells and Inuvik, and I’m glad that the door is not closed on other options. That was the point that I was trying to get at.

My other question has to do with Northlands residents. I’m extremely optimistic at this point. They are, I think, about two-thirds of the way to getting the votes that they need to get the approval and get on with the job. I know I’ve talked to the Minister before about this possibility, but I wanted to just ask again whether or not, as long as Northlands...

Page 6-39, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, operations expenditure summary, $75.667 million.