Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. Committee, we’ll defer 5-7. We’ll come back to it after we’re finished the activity summaries. Committee, I have 5-8, information item, infrastructure investment summary. Any questions?

So I can assume that under grants and contributions, there is a Mining Incentive Program. It states in this area, $400,000. I would assume, from what we are hearing today, that the NWT geoscience office controls this grant money. Is that correct?

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Does committee agree?

I’m actually going off an old book so they must have updated it since the estimates were given. With respect to that money, I know that speaking to the film industry directly, being a participant in a number of their Q&As and open houses and speaking to a lot of the film directors themselves, I got the impression that although they’re appreciative of a potential rebate, that was not exactly what they felt would have the most and deepest impact on their bottom line. They were very clear and very adamant that they need what they refer to as cultural film advisors or cultural film experts. I know...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The question was who administers the mining tax credit? Thank you.

We’re in agreement mode here today, that’s great. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

As per committee wishes, we will turn our attention now to the Minister of Finance for his opening comments. Minister of Finance.

It’s a pretty impressive number there. I appreciate it. My second part of that question is more of a distribution question between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. Trapping in itself traditionally is considered an Aboriginal program, but we know quite well that there are non-Aboriginals who partake. I just want to get an idea of what is the uptake that we’re seeing in the school systems in retrospect.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

The recently tabled Department of Health 2012-2013 Annual Report mentions Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus at 46.6 cases per 10,000 patients. However, on the same department website there’s an epidemiology newsletter, called Epi North 2012, Volume 22, Issue 1, which states during a similar reporting period of 16 months, field epidemiologist Katie Rutledge for the department reported laboratory results of 267 cases with 345 MRSA infections. Factoring and removing the extra four months and when you...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.