Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Blake. General comments. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week the NWT was witness to yet another scathing report from the office of the Auditor General and on March 5th the Member for Range Lake was put on notice by the Premier to a series of questions that are still left unanswered.

As I said last week with the Premier, the NWT Corrections Act clearly spells out consequences and processes defining a contravention of the act. With these breaches clearly pointed out by the Auditor General and the regulations, can I, for the second time now, get some answers to some of these questions by the Minister of Justice?

Without...

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Committee, we’re on page 4, Finance, operations expenditures, deputy minister’s office, not previously authorized, $1.472 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $1.472 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, committee. I would like to turn your attention to page 5 of the supplementary appropriation. Education, Culture and Employment, infrastructure, operations expenditure summary, education and culture, not previously authorized, negative $400,000.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. If I can get you to head to the witness table, please.

Mr. Miltenberger, for the record, if you can introduce your witnesses again.

Almost every other jurisdiction in Canada has, in one form or other, a contractor management system that identifies, assesses and controls the standards of business and workers in the workplace, especially in safe operations. Ironically, the GNWT feels a system will cause small communities to be left out in the cold.

Can the Minister clearly explain and defend the department’s position on its refusal to instill a modern day safety management tool? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. With that, we’ll go to Mr. Aumond.