Bob Bromley

I take that criticism. Excuse was probably not the best word. Perhaps “reason” was a better word for that.

I again appreciate the Minister’s positive response here. I would say that we’re very fortunate to have a resident community of world-class experts in building standards and so on. They’re very active in national organizations and government-level inputting to national standards and so on. Would the Minister agree to meet with those representatives of those associations and professionals as one of the steps towards developing this legislation?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Very quickly, I would ask the Minister what would constitute certainty around the supply of wood pellets in the Sahtu. Is it a contract with a supplier or is it a transportation issue? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs following up on my Member’s statement and actually the Minister’s statement as well where he notes that the department has a role as a coach, advisor and supporter in terms of infrastructure. I think it’s much more than that. I think there’s also a responsibility for inspections on the safety and efficiency front.

I’ve noticed that all provinces and Yukon, our sister, have building acts to ensure these sorts of safeties are in place. In contrast, lack of comparable law here leaves us out of step...

I think that’s it for now. Thanks for that information. I’ll look forward to updates.

Thanks for that information. I know there is a sort of bifurcation. There are some responsibilities of this department and then there are responsibilities that accrue to each and every other department as well. So maybe I could get some clarity on what exactly Human Resources is responsible for, and if I could just save time a little bit by also asking if we know what the status is, have we received a fine, how much in the past year and are we anticipating further fines this year. Any crystal ball estimates there? Thank you.

I appreciate the Member’s comments again. I appreciate his understanding of this issue and support as an important issue. I guess I haven’t quite seen the use of two-sided paper yet from departments. I see it pretty good in the Legislative Assembly, though not necessary amongst Ministers’ statements this morning, but I think we are on track in the Legislative Assembly at 50 percent or greater reductions and certainly the electronics are happening, but I’m still not getting the feeling that it’s happening routinely within departments, unless maybe it’s going over at the Ledge. Occasionally...

That’s all the questions I have, and I appreciate Mr. Guy’s comments there. I understand that this is not the mandate of this department. They’re providing that service in the absence of proper responsibility by other parts of government. I appreciate that service. I know our communities do too. I’ll be working with the Minister of MACA to see what we can do to take that off your hands. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’d just like to follow up with sort of an alert I gave in my general comments on the green teams, part of the Brilliant North, the plan. There was a record of failure on that and getting those established in the past, and I know in the 16th Assembly there was agreement to try and focus more on that. Has the Minister been able to get on top of that situation yet and what are the plans during 2012-13 here to make sure that those are up and running more effectively in all departments rather than in one or two? I know the one or two that are up and running have tried to...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the Minister and deputy minister for those comments. I’ll look forward to that.

On the inspection services side of things, again, I know this department has their own building standards and so on, but unfortunately our communities don’t have a building standards act. I know that there are many cases when they’re at a loss, they do approach Public Works and Services and when they are able, they do provide a response on an informal basis to help out there. I’m just wondering, is there an assessment of that sort of service that’s provided or is that...

My last question here is: Is this a unit of your department or is it a private enterprise contract? How does it work?