David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

I'll draw Members' attention to page 2-51. That's the operations expenditure summary, $30.051 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can appreciate that, but, again, maybe it’s just me, but I don’t understand how you could get away with a $64,000 travel budget one year and have to increase that twofold the next year. The Minister is trying to explain it, but it doesn’t make a great deal of sense to me. Thank you.

Page 2-73, budgeting and evaluation, operations expenditure summary, $1.485 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to ask the Minister today how close Deton’Cho Corporation is to actually proceeding with the housing development at the area known as the sandpits here in the city of Yellowknife. I know under the agreement that he’s given permission for it to July 31st, but through reputable sources, Mr. Speaker, they’re very close to proceeding with a 400-unit housing development at the sandpits and I’d like to ask the Minister what information he has with regard to that development. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Page 2-87, corporate human resource services, active positions.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Ms. Lee

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’m going to speak in favour of the amendment that’s before us today. I thank the Member for North Slave for bringing it here today, for one apparent reason: the regional balance that we should try to maintain. The convention is that Cabinet Members are split up on a regional basis and I feel quite strongly that our standing committees and the structure that the standing committees take should also have that convention in mind when committee assignments and our appointments are made. It is absolutely with no disrespect to the Striking Committee or the...