David Krutko

Moving on to page 3-16, information item, human resource strategy and policy, active positions. Any questions?

Total department, not previously authorized, $50,000. Agreed?

Income security, not previously authorized, $1.560 million.

Detail? Okay. Turn to page 3-7, department summary. With that, we’ll defer until consideration of detail. Starting on page 3-8, Human Resources, information item, infrastructure investment summary. Any questions?

Back on page 3-23, corporate human resources, operations expenditure summary, $11.086 million.

Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a lot of times Member’s stand up raising issues and questions from their ridings and not getting the answers that they’d like. Mr. Speaker, we cannot hide behind the authorities of boards, regardless if it’s a health board or an education board, as a reason the Minister can’t do anything.

Mr. Speaker, it’s clear in the NWT Health Act that the Minister can do something by way of directives to the Department of Health, the service boards, regardless if it’s the Inuvik Health Board, and also instruct them to carry out certain activities. It’s in the legislation...

That is more of a comment. Did you want to respond, Mr. Minister?

Agreed. Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witness in.

For the record, Mr. Minister, can you introduce your witnesses?

Total department, not previously authorized, $549,000.