Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just building off and continuing with the discussion before we concluded last night, Mr. Hawkins was asking a question about subcontractors and, actually, last night I had my iPad open to some specific e-mails that I was getting from some of the northern subcontractors that were listed under southern contractors bills for proposals in terms of getting some of those BIP points. In fact I had some e-mails from subcontractors who were saying that they didn’t get to see the proposal upon initial verbal agreements, seeing the proposal before it went in for the request. Just...

Thank you. I look forward to getting feedback and comments on that meeting because, as you know, health, fitness, and active living are all part of my campaign. I just want to know if the Minister will be looking at developing a specific program, much like the Department of Justice has with the Not Us! campaign, to create awareness, education and to help defer some of our criminal practices in the communities. Would the Minister look at creating some type of similar program to address obesity, specifically promoting active living, getting people active in the communities and put some funding...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to briefly touch on this motion here. I think committee members and residents don’t have to look any further than some of the key findings in the Health Status Report that was brought forth in August 2011 and some of the key findings that need to be addressed to protect and increase the healthy living of our residents of the Northwest Territories. Obviously, with my background, and seeing the effectiveness of health promotion and education initiatives, and putting more dollars into that and investing into our people, I will be supporting this motion. Like I said...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a motion. I move that this committee strongly recommends that the government take immediate action to identify the funding necessary to develop and establish a territorial detox program model and implementation plan that will lead to the creation of four detox beds – two each in the northern and southern parts of the Northwest Territories – during the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Thank you. Would the Minister not only look at the detachments here in the Northwest Territories, but also work with other jurisdictions that might have possibly taken some of the artifacts, some of the archives from the Northwest Territories when we didn’t have specific detachments here in the Northwest Territories and look at possibly bringing them back to the North? So our Northerners, our residents, can see those archives, see those artifacts, and be proud of the RCMP and the heritage that they have in the Northwest Territories. Would the Minister be willing to look at other jurisdictions...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just following up to my Member’s statement earlier, the North has a big history of work that the RCMP division has done not only in the Northwest Territories but across Nunavut and the Yukon as well. I’d like to ask the Minister of Justice if there’s any type of museum infrastructure or some room dedicated to all of the history, and the good work and significant events that the RCMP “G” Division has done in the North, and is there somewhere dedicated in the Northwest Territories that our residents and our public can be part of that history and learn that history. Thank...

No further questions. Mr. Guy clarified that and I’m glad that the department is actually looking into something like that that might prevent us from continuing with these change orders and possible supp appropriations. Thanks for the clarification and the answers.

In the initial assessment, is it common that when the department does get initial assessments on big projects that… On big projects, how often are those assessments not up to standard or up to par in terms of looking at providing the right contracting services to get the project done?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just in regard to general comments, my colleagues have pretty well hit on all the areas that I was going to speak to, but one specifically that I think needs to be brought to the attention is with contracting and procurement practices. Maybe when we get to the detail I’ll ask the Minister about change orders, the practice for this department to do change orders within a contract when it’s been awarded. Also, supplementary appropriations, how often does the department have to come back to government asking for more money if the contractors did not meet the dollar figure...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Actually, I had my questions focused around chronic disease management and dollars that are being allocated to that. However, the Minister did make a comment there to my colleague’s previous question and one of her concerns was why the Addictions Forum doesn’t contain mental health, and the Minister did mention that he feels that addictions is a personal responsibility. But when you get into the frontline work and you work with individuals that are battling addictions, and you sit down with people that are having a hard time and they can’t get out of the rut of addictions...