David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I agree with the Minister that it’s important to shore up the day cares that we do have and I know the Minister has heard me stand up in the House in February and again today talking about inequities that exist between operators, some are in government-owned facilities and some aren’t. I would like to ask the Minister, of the $500,000 that he has suggested will go to grants to assist operators, is some of that money going to be earmarked for operators here in Yellowknife to level that playing field that I talked about earlier? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Services to the public, $93,000.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, when the airport in Yellowknife was renovated to accommodate the security screening equipment -- and I believe at the time the entire project was just over $11 million, $11.2 million -- I think it was $6.2 million that the Government of the Northwest Territories was going to receive from CATSA and the difference was going to be made up by increased landing fees, I believe, or some fees at the airport. Maybe I could just ask the Minister which fees those were that were increased to offset the capital cost of this renovation project and why can’t we look...

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Next on the list I’ve got Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like the Minister to provide a breakdown of how that $940,000 is going to be spent on childcare initiatives. Thank you.

Thank you. Page 26, Justice, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized, legal aid services, $297,000.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just had a couple of questions on the $222,000 for airports not previously authorized. It gets back to discussions we had with the Minister of Transportation last year, actually it was two years ago now, about the $6.2 million coming from CATSA. In my estimation, and I wanted to ask this question, whether or not the Government of the Northwest Territories knew upfront that this bomb detection equipment and the baggage screening system would require us to have an on-staff electrician and an on-staff millwright to look after this equipment on an ongoing basis. It’s...

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.