Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Madam Chair. These bonds, which I know are being held or were assumed by this government as a result of taking over the Deh Cho Bridge Project, would we assume that this expense will be a recurrent entry every year and is there an amortization where that will not occur in the future?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Welcome back to the delegation, Mr. Ramsay. On this page the term “other” does stand out and there is a somewhat large increase in main estimates from 2011-2012. Can the Minister give this House an indication why the increase and maybe indicate what is the itemized list of the so-called “other”?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree that annual reports are great, but annual reports tell you what you’ve done. I’m asking what you’re going to do. Can the Minister indicate if we have something we can do to protect the industry while we have it in our fingertips?

Thank you, Madam Chair. If I heard correctly, I heard 13-38, work on behalf of others. There’s no category that deals with fire management or fire suppression. Again, can I get clarity from the Minister?

I agree. I mean, we’re very proud of all the work that’s been done in the North with many of our colleagues and the film industry. The film industry is a wave; it’s a wave you have to ride on and we don’t have to look too far to the south of us in Saskatchewan. They had some great run-ons for years. Unfortunately, in Saskatchewan the film industry has dried up only because the government of the day didn’t react in time. The film industry is very nomadic in nature and if you don’t ride the wave properly, you miss your opportunity.

Again, my question to the Minister is: What other steps such as...

Would it be false for me to say this is actually a federal initiative or a federal amount of money that would have come to us and is not coming to us in 2013? Would it be fair to say that this has anything to do with personnel or aircraft, this amount?

I just want to thank the Minister for coming forward today and helping out the consumers. No further questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and welcome to the Minister and delegation from ENR here this evening. I want to first say I strongly commend the Minister and the department for a lot of the background work over the years, especially in transboundary agreements and water. So much so that I’ve read a recent book called Ethical Water, which places the NWT in the forefront of the actions of this government. So I think it’s important to give praise when praise is due and I think that’s important.

That said, water is an important component of ENR and it does touch other departments, as well, retrospectively...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today in my Member’s statement I talked about the need for consumer protection legislation as it pertains to wireless communications. In fact, I used the word “cell shock,” because I think that’s what happens to many people when they open up their cell phone bills. I know I’m part of that 99 percent. As a result, as I said in my Member’s statement, many provinces have adopted legislation to help protect consumers with respect to this type of unaware procedure that may be occurring within the telecommunication industry.

So my question for the Minister of Municipal...

Again, with all due respect, we would expect but we don’t know is pretty much the answer that I’m getting here. I would be looking for some type of commitment here from the department and the Minister to maybe do a little research in this area to see if… Again, it’s not a large line entry in the budget as a whole. It’s just more of an irritant to see that charge year after year. From a productivity standpoint it just seems a little bit uncanny. Can we get a commitment from the department here to research this for the Members here and find out maybe if it’s time to replace equipment to save us...