Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Minister, for clarification. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. We’ll go back to the Member for clarification. Member Hawkins.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I do have some opening comments here. I’m going to limit my comments more around one part of the budget and allow my opportunity to be more detailed as we get more in depth by department.

The concern I have is that we’ve seen our social umbrella expand to greater deficits, and when you look at past budgets and even this budget, there is no economic balance that we see for the Territories moving forward.

In 2011-2012 we spent roughly $360 million in health and that constituted about 26.4 percent of our overall budget then. As we progressed over the years, we are currently...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As of last week, it was hard not to pick up the paper, scan the local news on the Internet, or stop in a coffee shop without the people talking about this interim report by the Electoral Boundaries Commission.

Frankly, I’m excited to hear from the people about their thoughts on democracy, whether it’s representation by population, representation by culture and language, representation by geographic distribution, or a combination thereof.

Mr. Speaker, it would be easy for Members to weigh in on this topic, but I will refrain from commenting on the subject for now as I...

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Miltenberger.