Bob Bromley

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just quickly for committee here, I know there’s a broad net cast here in terms of support, and we provide support to youth programs and so on. Given what we’re learning, the very exciting research and the massive amount of information that’s coming on board now about early childhood and the implications for investment in those early years for the full and proper development of the human being, and the consequences to a healthy life that avoids the sorts of issues that the Minister has to deal with here, is that an area that the department funds community groups or would...

Again, would we expect that there would be specialized training in the area of family violence from the social program side as opposed to the important side that provides that liaison, or what is our concept here? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Transportation.

Regarding the list of impacts and actions outlined in the Minister of Transportation’s May 31st Minister’s statement “Climate Change Adaptation,” please provide the costs resulting from impacts cited, including:

settlement of the Dempster Highway due to permafrost thaws;

increased road and gravel applications to South Slave highways;

costs associated with the delayed opening of the Tlicho winter road;

extra frost and ice removal at the Inuvik Airport;

increased de-icing glycol use at the Yellowknife Airport...

Madam Chair, could you repeat it? I missed that.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I realize the department has a lot of work to do in the area of dealing with those who commit crime and deal both on the corrections side and the rehab side and working with communities, youth justice and so on. I am wondering if I can get the Minister to talk a little bit about the preventative role that the department plays in how they play that beyond the Youth Justice Committee and community justice committees. Thank you.

The second one I have here is the Fisheries Act which was mentioned before. Professional fisheries biologists and administrators across the country are on record regarding the proposed gutting of the Fisheries Act – not my words. The Premier’s earlier response indicated he did not appear to be on top of that issue. I wonder if he would commit to doing an analysis, having his government do an analysis, and see if it is indeed in line with the sort of thinking that we are proposing for post-devolution or even today.

That’s good. I’ll look that report up. Thank you to the Minister.

Just moving on to the specialized courts here, I know the Minister and staff are very curious and intent on learning more about the potential here by way of prevention and that it’s seen as a real interest because of the crime bill and so on. I’m just wondering if we can really hear where the Minister is at in that process. I know other departments, have I heard ECE, Executive, no, Health and Social Services might be involved in these things too, and I want to know how that process is going generally. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick question on the North Slave funding under program delivery detail. There’s quite a change between what was estimated and what was realized last fiscal year, and in an effort to thread the needle for this fiscal year, I’m just wondering what the challenges are there or what is the bump about there in the differences between years and estimates.

We are on page 9-32, activity summary, Justice, services to the public, grants and contributions, contributions, $105,000.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I’d like to follow up with my earlier questions but broaden the category to a discussion of the issues that this government has or should have with Ottawa. The first one I’d like to discuss is the Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement. Noting that Europe is now demanding extension of brand use names of drug patents and along with extension of the time that the brand name companies can keep the recipes for those drugs secret so that generic drugs cannot be produced, this would drive up the cost of drugs. Premiers across the country have been reacting and...