Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the application of these issuance of bonds or deposits, is there a difference between the percentage or value we would hold back in these circumstances, and maybe if they can provide some examples why you would use what percentage where or what low percentage or high percentage depending on the case. Thank you.

I do hear his point about agreeing to disagree. I would maybe leave this point with asking what type of analysis would be required to maybe revisit this subject, which is, in essence, just blobbing the money together. Public Works’ budget is further bolstered with an additional $20 million, and we treat it in a similar manner as the operations, as noted earlier.

I’m just trying to provide probably not the perfect example but say everyone decides that they want to start leaving the lights on at the Lahm Ridge Tower every night and that’s not a Public Works and Services building. They’re located somewhere else. I think it’s by and large a Transportation and Education type building. More of a directorate-level style as opposed to an operation. If people started leaving lights on late at night, not turning off computers, who becomes responsible? I’m trying to get the link between some responsibility for stewardship of the cost of the power versus those...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, today is stop a bully day and all Members have received a copy of this little petition or, sorry, I should say contract. It says, Stop a Bully, Safe and Anonymous. It’s an anti-bullying contract. I would like to table mine, also with a pledge. I promise not to bully Cabinet for the rest of the day. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Is there a clear distinction as to why we would just not bother with the chargeback at all and just get FMB to fund, for example, Public Works an additional $20 million and avoid the additional, sort of, paperwork and the flow to each individual department and the accountability on that sense?

Because in some respects, I heard the Minister’s point. I realize it, which is it’s just a direct flow-through of payment schedule when it comes to, say, the power bill or the fuel bill. But in this one, what about maintenance? The department, say, maintains, I’ll say a school. That might not be the best...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Certainly it’s a pleasure to move this motion. This is about two particular issues at large, if I may speak to it in that manner. Our committee believes in supporting the shelter that has been established here in Yellowknife, but at the same time we said in a plural form, which is we believe that the communities deserve these much needed opportunities of day shelters as well. This motion’s intent is to extend ongoing services to the Yellowknife day shelter, but at the same time, we think it’s critical that the communities and the regions cannot be forgotten because this...

Thank you. One of the questions I wanted to continue following up on in a similar vein was general contractors not paying their subs. Although I know that the department will have a, I’ll say a canned answer where they’ll say, well, it’s hands off and it’s not their problem, but that sort of speaks to the diligence I talked about earlier. I realize we’re a public government so we cannot necessarily blacklist per se, but how do we deal with that when we have general contractors not fulfilling, well I’ll call it their moral obligation but by all means their financial obligations by paying their...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, February 28, 2013, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that the Government of the Northwest Territories investigate and evaluate the possibility of regulating gasoline prices;

And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a comprehensive response to this motion within 120 days.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. How do you monitor deficiencies sort of in the same stroke? When you do all of these types of reviews and you monitor these contracts in the context of compliance and follow through, do you do any particular follow-up, in a public reporting sense, as to how contracts have been fulfilled, whether they’ve been fulfilled properly, whether we had a fight with them, whether they complied? What I’m getting at is, is there any type of public disclosure that the public would be able to say, when they did this project, they wanted, we will call it fair and square, they did this project but...

I’ve heard community so many times here today. I’m not talking about community; I’m talking about all education boards. That means all of them, not just one in particular. There is no mandate and, therefore, there is no technical support from the Department of ECE which can further support all education boards.

The Minister is correct; a few offered to a very few students. All students deserve this skill. What can the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment do to ensure this type of mandate and support gets out there to all our students and all our school boards from his department? What...