Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. Can I get the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses into the House?

Thank you. If you would be kind enough to introduce your witnesses to the committee.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Page 4-27, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, information item, intergovernmental relations, active positions. Are there any questions?

I appreciate it. Thanks to the Minister for providing that. Extended benefits or extended health benefits has gone through its ups and downs over the years with the obvious relocation of the office to Inuvik. The Minister has no doubt heard discussions that I know I have had with the Minister in terms of improvements that could be done with extended health benefits. I agree moving the processing of this to the Alberta Blue Cross Adjudication Program is definitely a step in the right direction, but there is an approval process for those items that don’t fall under the formulary. These are so...

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Moving on to questions, I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Premier McLeod.

Speaking about the Opportunities Fund, we know that that fund has wound down. This fund had an opportunity of people borrowing against it, or I guess we had the ability to borrow with it, to the tune of about 1.45 percent. With the increase in the borrowing limit, this increased our ability to borrow for large infrastructure. Can the Minister allude to what was the total value in terms of dollars available us with this Opportunities Fund when it was in our control? I’ll ask that first question, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I sense some written questions coming down the pipeline. I appreciate my last opportunity to ask some questions. You heard from this side of the House, you heard will the bleeding stop? Can you assure us, we heard responses, expectation it will be open, we can complete it, and always there could be circumstances. I’m going to make this a very simple question to the Minister. Can the Minister guarantee to the people of the Northwest Territories that this will be the final supplement asked by this government to complete the Deh Cho Bridge?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Moving on with questions I have Mr. Bromley.