David Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a document entitled Report re Fiscal and Self-Government Issues in Connection with Devolution, prepared for Richard Nerysoo, president of the Gwich’in Tribal Council in Inuvik, by Peter Eglington and Lew Voytilla, dated January 25, 2011. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, in regards to contract services, $145,000, could I get a breakdown of that?

Minister Miltenberger.

Mr. Bromley.

Again, even in the Minister’s opening remarks he made reference to the whole idea of Creating Our Future Together but it seemed like the Northern Leaders’ Forum, the only groups he seemed to go anywhere with is the same groups that signed the devolution agreement, which is the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, the NWT Metis Nation and the NWT Association of Communities. I was at the last meeting and it was kind of quiet. There weren’t too many; a lot of empty seats. Just understand that the funding is for the Northern Leaders’ Forum yet there’s another pot of money there for the regional...

Does committee agree that we’ve conclude the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations?

Minister of Finance.

Mr. Speaker, in regard to the possibility of looking at the grant program, or even, like I say, instead of spending all the money to go to large regional or territorial events, that we can format the basic programs so that we get people to pick from the different regions to format the territorial team so we have regional representation on the territorial teams and give the athletes in all regions an opportunity to partake and show us what they’re capable of in regard to those different activities. Again, I think that we have to find a way that we’re not putting the burden on our athletes to...

Again, just for clarification, I believe he said he got the support of the House. So maybe he can clarify what he meant by “the House.” Is that the upper House or the lower House?

You can turn to page 5-7, department summary. We will defer that until we conclude detail, so we can turn to page 5-8, information item, infrastructure investment summary. Agreed?