Clause 3, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Does the committee agree that consideration of Department of Health and Social Services is concluded?

I don’t think we should be proud of a system where you don’t have front-line workers in communities — from nurses to basically having the basic services.

I’d like to ask the Minister: exactly why is it we don’t even have nurses in our community?

To the Schedule as amended? Agreed?

Does the committee agree that the consideration of the Department of Health and Social Services is concluded?

Page 1-13, Activity Summary, Office of the Clerk, Operations Expenditure Summary: $7.826 million. Mr. Bromley.

Total Activity: $540,000.

Legislative Assembly, Infrastructure Acquisition Plan, Office of the Clerk, Tangible Capital Assets, Total Activity: $540,000, approved.

Mr. Speaker.

Sergeant-at-Arms, could you escort the witnesses in.

Mr. Roland, could you introduce your witnesses, please.

Mr. Speaker, I, too, have questions in regard to the high cost of energy in the Northwest Territories. My question is directed to the Minister of the energy committee, Mr. Bob McLeod. In light of the motions that have been passed in this house, and also realizing we have a major threat on our hands with the high energy costs and the effect they’re going to have — from governments to our residents to our business community — I’d like to ask the Minister: how soon will we be able to see some correspondence back from the ministerial committee in regard to acting and moving on some of these...