David Krutko

I asked the question of how many years, and the Minister mentioned five years. When does it start and when does it end within that five years?

We have a lot of new Members here. I’d just like to remind the Members that you do have ten minutes to ask questions and make a general comment, and also within your ten minutes you can ask more than one question. You’re not limited to one question. You have ten minutes. I just wanted to throw that out there.

General comments? If there are no more general comments, would the committee like to proceed?

Supplementary Health Programs, not previously authorized: $1,607,000.

Supplementary Health Programs, $1,607,000 approved.

Page 10, Finance, Operations Expenditures, Directorate, not previously authorized: negative $32,000. Agreed?

Finance, Operations Expenditures, Directorate, negative $32,000 approved.

I’d just like to ask the Minister: are there any other funds, either by way of new funding that will be available to communities for Community Justice Programs, by way of programs established, Justice Strategy funds? We do have Justice committees and other committees, and a lot of them are struggling with the existing funding arrangements we have. I think it would be good if we can see if there are any other federal program dollars available for Justice.

For the record, would you please introduce your witness, Mr. Premier.

Health Services Programs, not previously authorized: $6,036,000. Ms. Bisaro.

Total Financial Management Board Secretariat, not previously authorized: $3,843,000. Agreed?

Total Financial Management Board Secretariat, $3,843,000 approved.

We do have to realize the importance the courts play in our communities. We also have to ensure that we do control the costs of travelling in the North but also realizing the communities should be able to host a lot of these parties. I know that in the community of Fort McPherson, for instance, we do have a hotel there. I think wherever possible, if they can stay an extra couple of days or a day in a community where there are hotels, meals can be arranged if they make every effort to do so.

Talking to people, especially at the airport, and talking to court workers, they do hold a lot of...

Mr. Speaker, we all heard in the news over the last number of weeks about the in-depth study that’s going on in Aklavik, where they’re testing all the residents of Aklavik because of the stomach cancer concerns and the high number of people with stomach cancer in that community. We as a government are responsible for the infrastructure in a lot of our communities, and a lot of the concerns in regard to the findings of this study will let us know exactly what some of the causes of this stomach cancer are in the community. The community residents have always been concerned with the water process...