Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Indeed, we can talk about that later. It seems to be typical to procrastinate on this request. If it’s lack of commitment that is going to make this not done, if it’s going to prevent this bit from being done during the life of this Assembly, will the Premier at least establish this on the transition document as a priority for the 17th Assembly?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Committee, the Member is asking to return to page 2-21. Committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m happy to see the department staying with a tight budget here. I guess we’ll be hearing more about SAM and what the latest millions of dollars being spent on SAM will be. Not happy to see our dollars continually being poured into that, but perhaps someday we’ll hear about some efficiencies represented there.

I wanted to ask, though, just the 4.3 percent increase in 2010-11 forecasts, and I’m talking about revenue now. The projected increase in the grant from Canada of $76 million. I’m wondering what was it that caused a revision in that. I thought we knew pretty firmly...

Page 2-15, Department of Executive, information item, directorate, active positions. Mr. Abernethy.

Page 2-22, Executive, activity summary, Executive operations, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $40,000.

I don’t have any more questions here. As the Minister has pointed out, I see this as a misallocation of dollars. We know that costs are going up rapidly. We need to be putting these dollars into ways of actually reducing costs for our people rather than hiding costs so that the taxpayers take on what the ratepayers have in the past. I’d much sooner see us reduce the real costs of power so that the ratepayers are paying lower costs and everything’s aboveboard. That’s just a comment. I think we all know that these costs are going to soar as our fossil fuels increase. I know that the government’s...

Society, really, is represented by a delicate balance between government, the marketplace and civil society, which includes the voluntary sector and requires strength in all three. I have no doubt that the government listens to itself and I can testify that we don’t dictate the market. When will the Minister start listening to the voluntary sector and the civil society when they’re speaking out on this issue and making demands that are clear and consistent like multi-year funding and establishing an office of capacity in the Executive?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m just wondering what the Aboriginal Intergovernmental Meetings Fund of $350,000, it looks like it’s been there for a long time. Surely this doesn’t need specific funding here. This must be just part of our way of doing business here. I’m wondering if the Minister, to be frank, I’m getting a lot of concerns about this so-called consultation unit, if this is essentially what it’s about, from other Aboriginal people who have other priorities. I’m just wondering whether this is there for the foreseeable future or if we can expect that these partners will just be a...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Committee, we’re on page 2-13, Department of Executive, activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $869,000.