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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

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So general comments. Mr. Abernethy.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

I wonder if the Minister could provide us with that information at a later date. I just note the apparently high contracting dollars, $1.25 million for the Hydro Strategy and so on, that are being contracted out. It seems like we do have the expertise. I have had occasion to meet some of these people and they seem very qualified and whatnot. I haven’t met them all and I think it would be great to know that.

I’d like to talk about the Electricity Rate Review briefly here. I’m wondering if and when the Minister will come clean, so to speak, about how much GNWT is paying extra for this buy-down in...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Page 11-10. Mr. Abernethy.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Any response, Mr. Minister?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Krutko, I believe that was the $406,000 under contract services. Thank you. We’ll go to Ms. Magrum for that.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Mr. Chairman, he has indeed. I managed to bend his ear a bit myself. I appreciate that he was well qualified to do this job. How many personnel do we have in the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Office? Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. McLeod.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today is V-Day, a day when we focus on the tragic violence against women and girls in the North. You can’t get through a newspaper without reading of these horrors across the NWT. Our non-government organizations are our public record and our own Assembly Members place this issue at the top of the public agenda. Despite GNWT program action, the numbers and suffering mount.

We all know the facts and we must act. Here are some priorities for action, priorities that I’ve collected directly from the YWCA Yellowknife and the Centre for Northern Families.

First, the government...

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