David Krutko

Health and Social Services, Operational Expenditures, Health Services Programming, not previously authorized: $17.32 million. Mrs. Groenewegen.

We’re on page 1-13. Mr. Hawkins.

Does the committee agree we’ve concluded with the estimates for the Legislative Assembly?

Mr. Speaker, just a verification: I believe that was the 14th Assembly.

My question to the Minister is: what’s exactly the next step? We do have questions with energy costs. We have problems with our territorial power support program. I know it’s a large thing we are talking about with hydro expansions and whatnot, yet we can’t lose sight of the biggest cost we have, which is diesel costs. I’d like to ask the Minister: are you looking at the whole — diesel fuel for transportation, the logistics and, more importantly, the cost of where we can get cheaper diesel fuel to run our diesel...

Next page, 1-24. Information item, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Active Positions. Ms. Bisaro.

We are on Bill 9, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2007–2008, and also the preamble and the schedule at this time, for which we will move to page 5 of the bill, Municipal and Community Affairs, Operations Expenditures, Regional Operation, not previously authorized: $10.885 million.

Bill 9, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2007–2008, Municipal and Community Affairs, not previously authorized: $10.885 million, approved.

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, 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...

Mr. Speaker.