Bob Bromley

I assume that would come before committee at some point as we get into this new area of activity. Just in terms of our work with Aurora College, our relationship with them and clarity and so on on roles, what is happening on that front and is there a budget identified in the directorate and administration for that? I’ll leave it at that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do appreciate the Members bringing this motion forward. I am absolutely not happy with the distributors of gasoline, the retailers who are putting such a markup on our gas prices and consistently across distributors. It shows a real lack of competitive spirit. I think already we’ve seen a response from the Minister of MACA who has done some investigation on what our authority is in this area and, unfortunately, I think the window of opportunity for doing much about this is small from a GNWT standpoint. The Minister raised a number of valid points and certainly that’s...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to follow up on the Premier’s statement earlier today and Mr. Menicoche’s statement. I appreciated those.

In this Assembly and throughout the community, we often hear the happy news of awards being conferred upon citizens who are selected for individual distinction. Acceptance remarks of people receiving these awards are so similar they’ve almost become standard phrases in our language. They usually say something like “I’d like to thank all those who made this possible.”

The awards themselves are important. I believe strongly in saying thank you to the people and...

That’s all I had on this page. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a quick one on the recoveries. I noticed ’13-14 for other public agencies is roughly triple of the previous year. Is that associated with the taking on of Stanton, or is there another explanation for that?

I’ll leave that for now, but I believe there is a difference between a National Building Code and a National Energy Code.

I’d like to just ask what role Public Works and Services has played in establishing a new market for wood pellet energy in thermal communities where they didn’t exist before, through the establishment of territorial infrastructure that demands wood pellet energy. Are there any cases that we can point to where we have achieved that? I know the work we do in switching here has been very important in that respect, but I’d like to know what communities that didn’t have that...

I appreciate that information and commitment. I think the Minister and deputy minister have got where I’m coming from and I’d appreciate that information. What’s the Environmental Liabilities Fund? I’m afraid I’m ignorant of that. Is it just within this department or is it a government-wide fund? Where does it lodge itself? How much is it?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a very important division. Asset management looks after all our building infrastructure and so on. It looks after maintenance. We’re currently doing some good work and making some serious gains there. It’s also where Public Works and Services focuses on helping the GNWT achieve their government-wide energy efficiencies and greenhouse gas reductions, reductions of fossil fuel consumption, et cetera. I would just like to get on that topic generally.

I believe there’s a new Model National Energy Code for buildings. Can I just get where we’re at with respect to that...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I notice that environmental management is part of the responsibility of the division and I’m wondering what sort of costs we encounter. Or do we have a few years of information on the sorts of costs that we encounter for environmental management? I assume that would include things like proper storage of fossil fuels, cleanup of fossil fuels, transportation. Let’s start with that one.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Finance.

What factors are taken into account in managerial review for approval of travel requests to ensure managers determine with certainty that travel is required and that business cannot be carried out by alternative means before travel is approved?

On the basis of a thorough analysis including a review of controls used in other jurisdictions, what policy and procedural improvements could be introduced to ensure that travel is approved only after verification that other communication means have been considered and determined to be...