Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m very pleased to recognize two important board members of the Status of Women Council: Ms. Georgina Jacobson Masuzumi from Tuktoyaktuk and Doris Camsell from Hay River.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have Gabriela Eggenhofer, deputy minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations; and to my right I have Richard Robertson, director of finance and administration.

We are working on that. First of all, we are reviewing our existing processes. Right now we’ll have to work with the Minister of Finance. The Auditor General doesn’t necessarily forward his reports to the Department of Executive, so we have to look at that. Do we have to change the process?

Secondly, with regard to measuring performance by third parties, I thought we had a third-party accountability framework. I guess we’ll look at reviewing that. We’ll have to have a tracking system for all Auditor General reports. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I am pleased to present the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations’ main estimates for the fiscal year 2012-2013.

The department’s main estimates propose an operations expenditures budget of $7.304 million, a decrease of 4.1 percent from the 2011-2012 Main Estimates. This decrease is due to the sunset of resources which were provided for hosting the 2011 Western Premiers’ Conference and the comprehensive mandate review project the department undertook.

No forced growth or investments have been requested for 2012-2013. Any new initiatives and ongoing work aimed at...

The previous Assembly spent, as far as I recall, about $800,000 going through a process to get input from people of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is work that we’re doing on behalf of the Inuvialuit. They asked our bureau to collect information for them and they’re paying us to do it. It’s information that we provide them. I’ll have to check whether it’s privileged information or not. If it’s not privileged, I can advise the Member of what kind of information we’re collecting for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation.

Mr. Chair, my expectation is that we will do that in due course. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, through our protocol that we’re working out with the committees, we definitely will make sure that happens. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, I think that is something that we need to discuss with committee. In my view, we need to find a way to meet this summer, if possible. I believe I have written to committee indicating that. If I haven’t already, I will be writing soon. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Certainly, we will put in a good word to the Board of Management. I think it’s very important to have good information to help make good decisions. We’d be happy to share our information with the committee so that they get the benefit of all the information the government has. Thank you.