Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today will be for the Minister of Finance. Our fiscal relationship between Ottawa and the NWT will reach an imminent crossroad in less than one year when our current Territorial Formula Financing, or I’ll refer to it later today as TFF, comes up for renewal.

I cannot stress enough, the very fabric of our territory’s survival depends clearly on this funding. Yet, with less than one year from now we have not discussed the austerity effects should a major shift occur.

Could the Minister of Finance clearly indicate to this House what is the current landscape and...

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, wish to rise here today and wish my wife of 21 years, Cindy, a happy Valentine’s Day.

Today I want to let all NWT First Nation students know from grade school to high school about an exciting national video contest that is being hosted by the Assembly of First Nations. AFN wants students to talk about their school and education. What do they like about their school? How is their school making a difference in their life? How would they like to change it to make it even better? If they could change things, what change would they make and what would their education...

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 9-17(4), NWT Main Estimates, 2013-2014, and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you. Pages 13-20 and 13-21, Environment and Natural Resources, activity summary, forest management, operations expenditure summary, $32.067. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. For that we’ll go to Minister Miltenberger.

It’s been a long day, Minister Miltenberger. That’s okay. Mr. Campbell. Committee, we are on page 13-18, Environment and Natural Resources, activity summary, environment, grants and contributions, contributions, $3.199 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please bring the witnesses into the House.

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