Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. O’Reilly.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Moving on to page 180, Health and Social Services, operations expenditure summary. This will be deferred. Moving on to detail, page 181, Health and Social Services, ambulatory care services, grants, contributions and transfers, information item. Any questions? Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Some of my questions were answered here on the caribou strategy line, but just to add to that: weren’t there any money set aside, or could be transferred, for the conclusion of a transboundary agreement particularly between the communities of Deline, Colville and the Nunavut government on a trans-boundary because of the caribou calving grounds on their side, but the migratory route on our side?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in the House to reply to the budget address. Mr. Speaker, last week we heard the presentation of this Assembly’s budget. As we stand here today, if we turned back the time to last year or last Assembly’s budget deliberations to unwind our current financial position, we would only find ourselves faced in a similar decision about our financial destiny. This budget is based on current challenges to reach balanced financial positions on terms developed by our peers and colleagues across the floor. It is said, and I agree, that the best social programs are wage...

None, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My last question is that I look forward to working with the Minister to conclude the schedule so we can have target dates before us here to ensure that these dates are met, and any supports that we can provide from this Assembly to ensure that there's an open and transparent negotiating table in the process. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.