Daryl Dolynny

In the spirit of transparency and accountability, whether this question is asked here or asked in public accounts, how are these performance measures being able to be communicated to standing committee as a way of keeping track of the performance grading of the corporate management of this department?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Would the Minister characterize this as a balloon payment that came and originated from the Opportunities Fund?

I’m still a bit unclear here exactly where the source of this interest, where it’s coming from and why just the one-time insertion in the main estimates. Can you explain again so I can follow the deputy minister? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Before we leave this page of 12-9 on general revenue, I’m just looking for inconsistencies in reporting years and looking at patterns. I notice in the interest earned in the NWT Opportunities Fund in 2011-2012, there was nothing noted. Yet, in 2012-2013, $1.043 million and again in 2013-14, nothing recorded. Can the Minister indicate why the pattern and maybe an explanation as to why we see only the one entry in the 2012-13 Main Estimates.

The other question I have is with respect to the egg marketing levy. Can we get an explanation as to what exactly this line entry is? It’s a new one for this year. Thank you, Madam Chair.

That’s great. Thank you very much. I appreciate the Minister’s hard work and I don’t think that’s the question here. I appreciate everything that they have done to get us this far and all the hard work.

The question, Madam Chair, is pure and simple. If you don’t have a plan, if you don’t have a business plan, how do you communicate that to stakeholders? How do you bring investors? How do you bring the government in line with future funding or future growth, job prosperity and job security?

The current Diamond Policy Framework that was established in 2010 does not do that, it’s too limited in...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have just two quick questions on here. Actually, just one. I see the amortization of the capital contributions. This has been an ongoing line entry from 2011 to 2012, now 2013. With the straight line depreciation of capital and with the new debt definitions that we’ve had in the last year, I was surprised to see that debt number is the same number. Things fall off, assets fall off, and those numbers should be changing with every fiscal year. Can the Minister verify if indeed that number is accurate? Thank you.

Madam Chair, I appreciate it. The next question has to deal with the mining and oil and gas, or MOG, which is related on this section. This section deals with negotiating of the approved NWT diamond manufacturers. It deals with rough diamonds. It deals with the certification process. The last official certifications that this government has issued, in my humble opinion, was in 2009-2010, yet, as I think I mentioned in some of my earlier Members’ statements, a bit of a concern that we have retailers’ clubs out there that are still selling or allegedly selling certified NWT diamonds under the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again great news and thanks for sharing that information from the Minister.

We know that it’s pretty hard to argue that a bicycle or a skateboard helmet will not save lives. We know they do. Unfortunately, as I indicated earlier in my statement, we might be a bit premature to bring in the legislation to debate into the House. But in order to assist municipalities prepare for their future agenda on this topic, would the Minister of Transportation provide municipal and territorial data on head and brain injuries due to road sports in the past five years and would he table...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m going to start off probably with more of a clarification. This has to do with the NWT or NT geoscience offices. There was a note I left to myself last time we did it. I missed it last year and I made a promise not to miss it this year.

The funding to the geosciences office was included in the budget of 2011-2012 and it wasn’t included last year. The last known number that we had to reference this by was about $3 million.

Can the Minister indicate, within the minerals and petroleum resources budget here, where does the geoscience office funding fall under and what is...