David Krutko

Is that the 1921 group or the 1957 group?

Does the committee agree that the Minister can bring in his witnesses?

Activity summary, office of comptroller general, grants and contributions, contributions, $14.085 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I mean, we are at a crossroads where someone has to give a little bit to allow this process to work itself out. I think we can’t be focussing only on one area, realizing we could jeopardize not only the area of devolution for the Northwest Territories but the whole political development of the Northwest Territories. In the confines of improving our working relationship with the indigenous governments of the Northwest Territories. For me that is something we cannot jeopardize. There are threats of court actions and everything else. For me that is the last place...

Mr. Chairman, can we get a list of those contracts?

We are moving on to page 5-12, deputy minister’s office. Mr. Bromley.

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.