Shane Thompson

Thank you. I thank both Ministers. I appreciate that answer. I guess my next thing is: when you talk about it, can it be evidencebased? It has to be zerobased budgeting and evidencebased. Just don't throw things together, but do it as evidencebased. I would hope that the departments would look at that as evidencebased and bring forward a good solution. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess I should rephrase my question. What I was talking about, should another contractor get the new job, will the department be looking at extended the existing contractor about a month's time so that they are better prepared to do this job? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for his answer. Yes, I really support efficiencies. However, I am sitting here looking at Lands and Water, which are two separate things. It is great that we are looking at the future. Will the Minister make a commitment to work with the Minister of ENR and the Premier to actually make this more efficient within this fiscal year, the year that we are looking at, 201718, so that, when we come to the 201819 budget, we will actually see more efficiencies in making it work better? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for his answer. Can he or the department explain why we see an increase in $249,000 in contract services in this area? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I would like to thank my colleague from Yellowknife North for opening up with his comments and addressing some of the stuff there. For me, I am not going to talk about the increases because I think my colleague talked about it well and addressed our concerns. For me, my two concerns besides the increases of land; one is the elimination of the Finance and Administration Clerk position. I have seen this department take the senior lands position, and they move it to Yellowknife and do some training, but what seems to be forgotten is that this is a front-level entry...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister, please, say what was the last little bit of his commentary? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I thank the Premier for the answer. It kind of answers my third question, but is there a timeline out there that they are able to communicate to the Regular MLAs?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Going through this business plan, the social development committee and the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning really appreciate the fact that the men's healing program is funded, but we are really trying to all stress the importance of the recommendation of a regional or modular delivery to extend the program outside of Yellowknife. It is the opportunity to help all residents of the Northwest Territories. I understand that the people who do the men's healing program may or may not get the contract as we move forward, but the biggest challenge is that, if we...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I spoke about Enbridge and the communication process, and so I am asking some questions of the Premier. Does the government have a protocol or a policy in place to communicate with Regular MLAs when it comes to challenges such as the pipeline shutdown and that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The SFCC in Hay River, is the remand part of the jail fit to house remand inmates? Thank you, Mr. Chair.