Daryl Dolynny

Does the committee agree to proceed into detail?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. I’ll allow Minister Miltenberger a reply.

Again, it’s painfully clear that you’ve had meetings with some of our northern colleagues. There have been some reports not knowing whether or not it had a full impact to the NWT economy, but the Premier did formally write to all federal election leaders and although the letter did not cite northern deduction per se, only one federal leader replied specific to this deduction.

Can the Premier formally indicate, aside from this single letter writing campaign that we have heard during this federal election, what formal collaborative lobbying efforts are in place to secure an increase to northern...

Thank you, Mr. Guy. Mr. Menicoche, you have a few minutes left on the clock. I will let you have that opportunity.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to dredge up my Member’s statement from June 3, 2015. I talked about putting more cash in Northerners’ pockets. It’s a known fact that the northern residents deduction was implemented to stimulate growth in the NWT by helping compensate for the high cost of living. Sadly, this initiative has not kept up with inflation, and with a paltry 10 percent increase in 2008 we are left wondering why the Finance Minister or Premier have failed to consider this specifically. I’m talking about the Population Growth Strategy. My questions today are for the Premier.

Can...

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. For a reply, we’ll go to Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we approach the final days of the 17th Legislative Assembly, it’s only fitting that we take the time to evaluate the fiscal performance and accountability of the McLeod government.

Some may say things are going well; others may posture that this post-devolution government has the worst performance record since the modern era of consensus system of government. No matter what one may think, it’s about what you can measure. So, it’s really about the numbers; it’s about our operational spending; it’s about our capital spending; it’s about our limited revenue options; it’s...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. We’ll allow the Minister to reply. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today on a point of privilege in response to an event that took place on September 2, 2015, in the Legislative Assembly’s media room. On that date Premier McLeod and Finance Minister Michael Miltenberger called a press conference for which they announced: “The Government of the Northwest Territories will provide the Northwest Territories Power Corporation with up to $29.7 million to prevent an increase to power rates for all NWT residents. This funding was required because of continued low water levels affecting the Snare and Bluefish hydro systems.”

In an...

If I can get the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Miltenberger, could you please introduce your witnesses to the House.