Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. The Minister is, indeed, right; it is a very complex issue and, interestingly enough, for a workforce of over 5,000 employees, the GNWT does not have a safety department, no apparent safety program, no safety manual, no training and no contractor management system.

Can the Minister inform the House by what tools or divine intervention, how does the GNWT support our Occupational Health and Safety Policy, our so-called safety program and, of course, our missing contractor management system? Thank you.

Which brings me back to my original question today: With a working industry of over 5,000 employees, the GNWT, led by our senior management, appears to consider safety as an optional program with little or no regard for respecting or obeying our own laws.

The reality is, the GNWT should pay very careful attention to the courts, as the law applies as equally to deputy heads as it applies to the GNWT as a whole. With a number more cases pending in the courts, I fear these lessons of ignorance will become a more transparent reminder of each potential guilty verdict.

Mr. Speaker, being irresponsible...

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Deputy Minister DeLancey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Given the current landscape of increased costs of electricity for all, it is comforting to know that the NWT Housing Corporation recently launched a new utility tracking system that captures utility consumption for all our Housing Corporation assets. Knowing that the current NWT Housing Corporation clients pay a substantially reduced rate for power, and I believe it’s around nine cents and the taxpayer is subsidizing the remainder, it is within this context that I wish to address the Minister responsible.

We know with this new utility tracking system we are now able to...

Thank you, Mr. Heath. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you very much. I’d like to thank our witnesses here today. Ms. Schofield, Ms. Haener, thanks for joining us and, of course, to the Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you please escort our witnesses out of the Chamber, please. Thank you.

Committee, we are going to continue on with the NWT capital estimates with Industry, Tourism and Investment. With that, we will turn it over to the Minister responsible to see if he has any witnesses he would like to bring into the House. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, committee. We are on page 31 of the NWT Capital Estimates 2015-2016 under Health and Social Services. We will defer consideration of that detail. I’d ask to turn your attention to page 32, Health and Social Services, community programs, infrastructure investments, $7.006. Does committee agree? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, committee. If I can get you to turn back to page 31 for total infrastructure investments, Health and Social Services, total infrastructure investments, $84.395 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Heath. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Committee, we’re on page 47, Justice, total infrastructure investments, $17.786 million. Does committee agree?