Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. One final supplementary question, Mr. Hawkins.

Mr. Speaker, thank you to the Minister for this response. Again, out of the 21 communities that do have a plan, some of those plans were not looked at for at least a two-year period, so obviously opportunities. So if you add those 21 with the four, we have a large proportion of our communities out there that require updates to emergency action plans. I think the national leaders or community leaders are making that known.

With that in mind, recently our Community Affairs department and our Minister refused to sign the NWT on the National Alert System that deals with emergency preparedness. Some...

Does the committee agree?

Minister Abernethy.

Thank you. Page 3-27, information item, corporate human resources, active positions. Mr. Menicoche.

Page 7-13, activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $7.958 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’ll turn it over to Mr. Guy for a response.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to take a moment to reflect on our incredible event that our Commissioner Tuccaro, our Premier, our sports Minister, four MLAs and, of course, you, Mr. Speaker, who attended the Sport North Federation Annual Awards Banquet this past Saturday night. What an honour it was to be amongst some of the most gifted athletes in our territory and share ideas with some of the strongest supporters of amateur sports.

Of course, we were in attendance to recognize athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers for their performance and contribution to sport in the NWT...

Welcome back, committee. I’d like to address everyone to turn to section seven of their book. I would ask Mr. Abernethy, Minister of Public Works and Services, if he has any opening comments.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Abernethy.