David Ramsay

Thank you, committee. Does the committee agree that consideration of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs is concluded?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you. We will turn to page 3, schedule, part I, vote I operations expenditures, total appropriations for operations expenditures, $974.310 million.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Speaker.

Page 1-17, office of the Speaker, operations expenditure summary, $157,000.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. There’s a motion to report progress. The motion is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will rise and report progress. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree with the Minister and I appreciate his response. Absent in the Northern Strategy is economic development and an economic development agreement. I’m wondering if the Minister can tell us how Regular Members and how this government might be able to address the fact that an economic development agreement is absent from the Northern Strategy, and I believe it should be included. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche, for your opening comments. Minister Handley, would you like to bring in witnesses?