Thank you, Mr. Chair. Has there been a community or location chosen yet for the smart grid part of that, do we know?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. I also did speak to the CEO and he expressed extreme frustration with the department. I am sure there are frustrations on both sides. I would ask the Minister to direct his staff to get down to it and just getting to it. Will the Minister commit to getting those dollars out the door early in the next fiscal year for early childhood development? Thank you.

That’s all the questions I had.

Thanks for those comments. I remain concerned about the $125,000 that had been allocated for the Family Resource Centre in Ndilo, apparently very recently because it’s year end. Ten of the 12 months have passed when those dollars were finally allocated. I’m concerned about the effectiveness of those dollars that are being spent for the last few weeks. So I’d like to know from the Minister, what is being done to ensure that those dollars are spent effectively, particularly given this situation this year. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to talk a little bit about the Inuvik and Norman Wells situations. I know we’ve supported work to look at biomass solutions. I’ve heard the past mayor interviewed on the radio during the recent emergency in Norman Wells extolling the opportunities of biomass in Norman Wells and the Minister has told me that the long-term feasibility of biomass in Inuvik is good. Right now, I don’t see anything in here that follows up on all of those opportunities. What are we doing to move to those?

We could obviously pursue the liquid natural gas routes and other natural gas routes...

These measures threaten our ability to protect our northern environment. They gut the board that this government will rely upon for our management advice following full devolution. All this without a public word of protest or concern from territorial leaders.

How long will devolution negotiations muzzle this government, and what on earth is it going to take before the government finally speaks up on behalf of the citizens and their land? I will have questions for the Premier.

Thanks again for that information. I guess I would at least ask that the Minister check in with Justice and Health and Social Services, and make sure they’re up and running right away.

There’s been a great concern about WSCC rates. Again, I don’t have the terminology; the Minister will know what I’m talking about. There are significant increases for our businesses and that’s a big concern. I’m wondering, what can we do about that. What is the Minister doing about that?

I have collected some information. I realize WSCC has spent a lot of money on legal fees and so on. I know with the Giant thing...

On the workplace safety aspect, I know we’ve got the new policy. The Minister mentioned we’ve got occupational health and safety committees popping up all over the place. I missed whether we heard is it a requirement. Is it every department must have one, every division must have one? I’m wondering what the requirement is there and what the monitoring is revealing in terms of getting those established. Do they all need to be established within a year, and are we 50 percent there? What’s our status on that front? Thank you.

Nothing further. I don’t seem to know what employees’ experiences and issues are, but the Minister can probably find that out fairly easily and then focus on those areas. But nothing further. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to follow up a little bit here. MLAs, of course, are fearless when it comes to telling people how to do their jobs.

I’m just wondering, in terms of recruitment, it’s often a tough experience for somebody going into a community where the culture might be quite different for them, and they don’t know anybody and so on. It’s obviously challenging. What do we do in terms of helping them with housing, helping get their kids enrolled, maybe checking in with them one month after they get there and another three months later to see what their issues are in the...