David Ramsay

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Minister Roland.

Thank you. Bill 18 is now ready for third reading, as amended. Thank you, committee. Thank you, Minister Roland. Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar and Mr. Cleveland. Thank you, committee.

We’ll keep rolling here. We’re on Bill 15, the Liquor Act. For that I’d like to ask Minister Roland, the Minister responsible for Bill 15, to please introduce the bill. Minister Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Dealing with Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, there are a few things that I wanted to get on record as saying. I guess I’ll start with the $523,000 to fund the shortfall and costs associated with the upgrade of PeopleSoft 8.9. As the Minister and other Ministers have heard earlier in this session, in fact if you go back to 1997 when PeopleSoft was first looked at as a product for the Government of the Northwest Territories, the government has spent approximately $8 million on PeopleSoft in total and that’s implementation costs and the costs upfront. It’s a...

Thank you very much, Minister Dent. Motion is being distributed. Motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Minister Roland.

As amended. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is a big difference between building a culvert and building a $150 million bridge, that is a kilometre across the Mackenzie River. There is a huge difference there. I think the government and the Premier has all but admitted it. They haven’t gone back out with the new numbers. Sure, we talked to people in 2002. That is when the project was 60 to 70 million dollars. It is $150 million now. Is the government going to go out and consult with the stakeholders? The cost of living is going to go up here in the North Slave region and the government...

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Committee, we are on page 12, Executive, capital investment expenditures, Human Resources, not previously authorized, employee relations, $523,000, total Human Resources, $523,000.

Thank you. Total department, $1.980 million.

Now, committee, can we agree to the preamble?