Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that this committee recommends that the GNWT compare consolidated budgets beginning with the 2008-09 budget cycle. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to briefly outline the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight comments. We tabled Committee Report 8-15(4) on February 24th and it has to do with the Auditor General’s overview of March 21, 2002 to 2003.

In brief, Mr. Chairman, the Auditor General’s report on other matters consisted of several areas, but specifically it touched on areas of the NWT Housing Corporation with shipment of housing to Alaska. Committee members were concerned about that. It also consisted of diamond loan guarantees, consolidated budgets, Mr. Chairman. I will now...

Thank you, Mr. Voytilla. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Minister Roland, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess if I could trouble them to restate, although they sort of answered this before, but if I could trouble the Minister to restate when it’s expected that they’ll have the 2005-2006 numbers up to date and to give us a full sense of what’s being carried forward, the problem, and in the sense of who we can work forward to make this adjustment. Thank you.

Minister Roland, please.

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Thank you, Minister. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Roland, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think Mr. Voytilla started to answer the questions that I had on his last answer. He pointed out the $2.8 million where the rising costs went to $3.9 million. I’m just trying to get a sense of…Well, it’s a significant increase and I guess I wonder, does our 2006-2007 budget address some of these shortfalls? I mean, in essence are we under funding this sort of policy and premium at this time and will we be challenged with a new supp before us sometime in the new budget year? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.