David Ramsay

I don’t have that detail, but we’d be happy to provide the Member with that detail. Thank you.

No, we currently do not have that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It would be that number, 42, isn’t a static number. It keeps changing. As the deputy minister mentioned, we filled 20 positions. That number will keep changing. It’s a rolling process where we identify positions that need to be filled and then we fill them. That number is always going to change. It’s not always going to be 42. It’s not always going to be 20 that we’ve filled just recently. Some months it may be more, other months it may be less, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We could provide that information to the Member. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, that’s yet to be determined. Our hope is it would be sometime this coming fiscal year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to present the 2014-15 Main Estimates for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

The department’s main estimates proposes total operational expenses of approximately $67 million for the coming fiscal year. This is an increase of 34 percent from 2013-2014. This includes specific initiatives of $18 million and forced growth of $1.8 million, which is partially offset by $2 million in sunsets.

The mandate of ITI is to promote economic self-sufficiency through responsible management and development of the Northwest Territories mineral and petroleum...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are transparent; of course, the Contracts Over $5,000 Report is tabled in the House. Members have a chance to go through that book, and if there are specific questions regarding any of those contracts in the report, Members can ask questions about those specific contracts. Sole-source contracts are just another tool that is available to government to allow us to do our jobs and carry out the work of the various departments.

I can’t, again, speak to specific contracts unless the Member asks a specific question to a specific contract. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, there are 10 new positions in total. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Currently, the board has 15 positions for staff lawyers and the wait time is 60 days. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The total for adults is 188. The total for youth is five.