Robert Hawkins

Thank you. So is the whole sum total paid out for the staff, or are there other activities associated with the management and administration?

I appreciate the reminder of where that money comes into the system and then add it to the $16 million, which brings us to the rough total of the whole program of being about $29 million. I’m, I guess, really talking about the question of for what we’re responsible. Are we within the normal budget threshold of what we’re responsible for as a government? I’m going to ask, can we separate the third-party responsibility for a second, because it seems as if that is an actual cost, and I do have a separate question for that one.

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Just trying to understand, why would in-house respite be treated as a program delivery under grants and contributions? To me I think in-house respite services would be, if it’s a grant under grants and contributions, something we’d supply to some association or organization that does that. So why would we refer to it as in-house? Thank you.

Thank you again, Madam Chair. I’m wondering if the Minister can provide some details as to what activities are associated with the management and administration under the health authority administration, if he could provide a breakdown as to what that is. Thank you.

I appreciate that answer and, certainly, the forthrightness of it. Where does the additional money come out of? Can I get some help in the description of, sort of, connecting the dots? I mean, it must come from somewhere.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m just wondering if the Minister can provide a breakdown of the territorial health services contributions. It’s listed as $739,000. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a document, a picture I took which demonstrates that regular gas is sold at $1.389 per litre here in Yellowknife and continues to underscore my issue with gas prices. Thank you.

On this section, I think that will be perfectly fine. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Fifteen years ago a study said that it was time to build a new courthouse in the NWT because the needs of the population had certainly increased. It would be cheaper, the study said, and more effective for the people who need the services, rather than continue to sink money into the existing building. The needs have not kept pace with modern times. Even Nunavut and Yukon have independent courthouses. When is it time that the Northwest Territories get its own independent courthouse?

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I was going to leave it but I think I heard a good question on the side here. Wouldn’t it be proprietary information for us?