Bob Bromley

I will ask the Minister if he would like to provide us with opening comments.

Page 2-21, activity summary, Department of Executive, executive operations, operations expenditure summary, $6.793 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Premier Roland, and could you identify where it is in the budget? Thank you.

Thank you, committee. If you’ll turn back to page 1-7 for consideration of the department summary. Department summary, operations expenditure summary, Legislative Assembly, $17.239 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Obviously the proof is in the pudding. The public is very upset about the sole-sourced contracting that’s going on. There are generally many examples, and we’ve brought them to the Premier before and we’ll bring them to him again, of work that could be done by many that’s sole sourced. Last session, I believe, I raised a number of specific issues. For example, letting go identical contracts for the exact same work and the exact same time frame and letting them out on sole-sourced basis. What’s more specific than that? I’d like to ask, will the Premier be doing some sort...

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, committee. Page 2-13, activity summary, Executive. Mr. Ramsay.

Page 2-25, activity summary, Department of Executive, Public Utilities Board, operations expenditure summary, $433,000.

We will defer the department summary, operations expenditure summary, on page 1-7, and start with page 1-8, information item, Legislative Assembly, infrastructure investment summary. Questions?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Questions on page 4-11?