David Krutko

Okay. If we can go back to the summary. Page 5-26, Finance, activity summary, office of the comptroller general, grants and contributions, contributions, $14.085 million.

Again, I was more talking of getting professional or constitutional advice from outside the government so it’s not tainted and you can’t be seen as being a government organization getting a legal opinion of the government department. I know that there was a push on in regard to the caribou issue where the Minister of Environment was trying to get the Minister of Justice to basically give them a legal review in regard to ministerial authority over the question about caribou, and I know that was basically requesting that type of a legal opinion. I’d just like to know if there are any legal...

With that I’d like to ask the Minister of Finance if he has any opening comments. Mr. Miltenberger.

Moving onto page 5-23, information item, budget, treasury and debt management, active positions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I seek unanimous consent to go back to the previous page, 2-21.

In regards to contract services, do we hire any consultants or people in that capacity to do work on behalf of this department and do we have a list of consultants that we use to do the work for the Department of Aboriginal Affairs...(inaudible)... contract with a retainer as a consultant contract?

More of a comment. We are on page 5-9, information item, revenue summary.

Mr. Miltenberger.

Also the government, I know in the past they signed a political accord or protocol agreements between ourselves and Aboriginal governments to sort of form a working relationship. Out of those discussions came, in the case of the Gwich’in, the MOU. I know the Sahtu has the same thing. I’m wondering if there are protocol agreements with the different Aboriginal groups in their regions on how we have discussions with them. Is that over and above this, or is that these dollars we’re talking about used for that type of purpose?

With that, I’d like to thank the Premier and his witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witnesses out.

What is the wish of committee? Mr. Ramsay.