Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Kalgutkar, Mr. Neudorf, Mr. Aumond, welcome back to the House. With that, we’ll be opening the floor to general comments on the Supplementary Appropriation, No. 1. Mr. Menicoche.

Does committee agree?

Welcome back, committee. Committee agreed that we will be working on Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013. We will be going to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger, for opening comments. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Being part of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, the issue of an ombudsman did surface early on in our mandate, as we prepared for the people of the Northwest Territories, and it did receive unanimous support in coming forward, so I really welcome the Member for Government Ops Ms. Bisaro for bringing it forward, and Mr. Yakeleya for seconding it.

Really, in essence, this is an opportunity for this government, for government in general, to become more accountable to the people of the Northwest Territories. There is obviously a gap in our system. There is an...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. General comments. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I spoke about the great work that our youth were doing at our national skills competition, mirroring the similar comments mentioned by the Minister of Education himself, as well, on today’s subject.

There is no doubt that we are very proud of the previous Assembly who continued funding for Skills Canada. I applaud the government of the day for making those commitments, because I believe this is an incredible opportunity for our youth. Being part of it and seeing with my own eyes, with the Minister, the great things that we can do with the money that we give...

Be careful with your use of language, Mr. Hawkins. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a great day today because we have lots of youth here in the gallery. I want to say hi to everyone up in the gallery.

It was a pleasure attending the 18th Annual National Skills Competition with Minister Lafferty. We attended along with 17 youth. The tireless work of the executive director was Jan Fullerton and other tireless workers of Skills Canada NWT. What we witnessed in Edmonton during this national competition was incredible energy, pride, talent and a lot of passion, an Olympic-style event which made us very proud, especially as the Minister just mentioned...

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. With general comments we have Mr. Moses.