Bob Bromley

I appreciate those comments and it’s a very positive move. Of course, there are many and they are easy to get at, a couple of clicks on the Internet and we can see what Nunavut and Yukon are doing. It’s very similar between the two territories, assistance with local hires. You can put conditions on it to ensure that the majority of hires are local or territorial before you get the support and so on; different mechanisms to maximize the degree of support with the investment made; travel assistance, recognizing the size of the Territory and so on.

I know the department has looked at it before...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of my concerns is that this is an area that seems to be a bit of a runaway train. It feeds on itself continually. I am just not convinced that we’re getting the best use out of this technology that we can. I see it’s up 17 percent this year roughly and I think we’re trying to keep our departmental increases to about 3.5 percent. This one continually outperforms just about all of the departments. I’m wondering if the department has thought of putting a cap somehow on this sort of thing or if the departments have to stay within a three-year running average of a 3 or...

Thank you, committee. We’ll start with detail and we’ll start by deferring page 7-7, the department summary, operations expenditure summary, and start on page 7-8, information item, Public Works and Services, infrastructure investment summary. Questions?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also would like to recognize David Connelly, a resident of Weledeh.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to follow up with some of my general comments a little more specifically and get the Minister’s take on some things here. During the business plans review, committees brought up the possibility of diversifying petroleum products to include pellets, and there was a commitment by the department to work with ENR to investigate and determine the feasibility of entering in the market to supply renewable energy products within the 16 communities served by the petroleum products division. I’m just wondering how progress is moving along on that, what the plan is, and...

Thank you. And if I could ask the Minister if he could, please, introduce his witnesses.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. I believe we’ll start with general comments.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister McLeod.

What is the budget for implementing Green Light this year?

Page 12-21, Industry, Tourism and Investment, activity summary. Mr. Krutko.