Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I described the revealing back-story that gave rise to a recent CBC request for daycare inspection reports. Instead of seizing the opportunity to demonstrate compliance with the law, the department put a hefty price tag on that information that is freely and publicly available in many other jurisdictions. My questions today are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

In 2010, in response to the Auditor General’s criticism on daycare inspections, the department said it was short on staff. Can the Minister indicate what has the department done to...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Committee, we’re on page 369, public safety, operations expenditure summary, $1.741 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Warren, Ms. Hilderman, welcome back to the Chamber. Nice to see you folks back here again.

Committee, we’re going to go to general comments. Is committee prepared to go to detail? Mr. Bromley.

Committee, page 360, Municipal and Community Affairs, community governance, active positions. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Williams. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said earlier, this is public money. All I’m looking for is some accountability and transparency. With some of the quick numbers we just heard from the Minister, that totalled well over $18 million. So we are already adding more money to this pot than we are talking about here today.

Speaking about money, under the old Canada-Northwest Territories Cooperation Agreement for French and Aboriginal Languages in the NWT, the federal government invested $1.9 million to fund nine official Aboriginal languages in the Northwest Territories. This number has been static for...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.