Daryl Dolynny

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank Premier Bob McLeod for bringing this motion here today. I would like to thank our seconder, Madam Groenewegen, for allowing this to be debated here today.

We’ve got a lot of dignitaries and guests here today. I want to earmark the fact that we have a lot of signatories here for the Devolution Agreement and I want to thank them for joining us here today, and we have a lot of other distinguished guests. I appreciate everyone taking time out of their schedule to be with us here.

We’ve heard the word “historic,” we’ve heard the word “epic,” and I think I am...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today and I would like to welcome all the distinguished guests here in the gallery and also to our signatories of the Devolution Agreement. I would also like to welcome two residents from the riding of Range Lake. I have Mr. David Wasylcin here and I have Mr. Kim Poulter. Thank you for joining us.

…charge to ward off a Member of this government the right to get answers to simple questions and to protect the public purse.

Strangely enough, this is a recurrent theme that I as a Member see all too often when I assist constituents who want to gain access to information from this government. It almost appears that this government has a history of document dumping and fee shock to scare off would-be inquiries. This now appears to be the tactics used on an elected Member of this House.

I will be tabling, later today, my bill from the Department of Public Works and Services. Yes, I will have a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Back in mid-March, during the review of the Public Works and Services 2013-2014 Main Estimates, I asked many questions about the new downtown Yellowknife office building. The reason for these questions is that this $30 million project was being built over a number of business plans and it is important to understand the different costing schedules that taxpayers would be on the hook for. In fact, MLA Robert Hawkins also asked a number of questions regarding the terms and conditions and holdbacks of the project as well.

Following that session, there was a series of e-mails...

Does committee agree that Bill 20, An Act to Amend the Tlicho Community Government Act, is now ready for third reading?

Question has been called.

---Carried

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again encouraging and, again, I’m not denouncing the Minister’s math. It is as accurate as mine. The question really, at the end of this, is that it sounds like we are very close. It sounds like there are really only two communities that don’t have a plan in place, when math is accurate.

Can the Minister give some assurances to the House and Members here that by the end of fall of 2013, all 33 communities will have a validated emergency action plan? Thank you.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Yakeleya.