Daryl Dolynny

Committee, if I can get you to turn back to page 4-7. Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $7.304 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you. I guess it’s a simple ask to the department, I mean, if there’s an open dialogue with the parents of these patients, if they give indication that they’re going to reside or continue to reside in the Northwest Territories, wouldn’t it be prudent to save a lot of grief in creating a supplementary appropriation when we can actually put it in the main estimates at this juncture?

Thank you very much. We’re on page 8-29, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community health programs, operations expenditure summary, $87.998 million. Committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Next on general comments I have Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Warren. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you. Page 4-14, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, activity summary, corporate management, grants and contributions, grants, total grants, $300,000.

I heard 1.4 or 5 percent. If I’m wrong, please correct me at the next opportunity to the Minister. Where I’m going with this point, Madam Chair, is we had at our disposal opportunity money at 1.45 percent, but the government went out and increased our debt limit or our borrowing limit up to $800 million, which obviously is required, but we dissolved this amount of ability to borrow at 1.45 percent and I believe now, Madam Chair, if we can get confirmation, we’re now paying almost three times that interest rate for the very same money that we had at a third of that. Can we get some...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just some clarifications on some of the numbers on this page under the term “contract services and other expenses.” Can we get an explanation to the decrease of slightly under $2 million? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Moving with questions, we have Ms. Bisaro.

I’ll take that as a comment, Mr. Bromley. Going back to Ms. Bisaro.