Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Was there a question you want responded to in that?

Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort in the witnesses.

Mr. Miltenberger, may I have you introduce the witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Do you wish to bring in witnesses?

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Unfortunately, we do not have a quorum on the floor, so we’ll ring the bell, unless you have another comment.

Thank you. We do have a quorum. The motion is in order and not debatable.

Motion carried.

I would like to call the committee back to order. We’re considering Tabled Document 93-16(2), NWT Capital Estimates 2009–2010.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to empathize with some of my colleagues’ comments as they look for specific projects, at least in the longer term plans. I know this is general comments, but I have to say I’m still looking for the Dettah road reconstruction. I’m sure it’s there somewhere.

I do also, as many of us do, appreciate this new approach, which is an attempt to come up with appropriately designed infrastructure that will meet the needs of our residents and also the size of our pocketbook. We have a clear and dramatic pattern of annual increases in the cost of things and annual increases in...

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Does the committee agree?

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Minister.

Thank you again, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Minister for those comments. Probably everybody agrees to the recommendation that we get some land use planning and land use frameworks underway. I want to compliment the Minister and this government for getting that started. Hopefully, we’ll see some results there.

I want to stress that to the extent we are in deficit here, that these regulatory programs are underfunded. While we seek devolution, we will be left with those deficits, because along with devolution and responsibility come all those deficits in funding. We need to get these gaps...