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Is committee agreed that we move along to Tabled Document 8-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2011-2012?

Total department, not previously authorized, $230,000.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Any further questions? Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d once again like to applaud the Minister of Health and Social Services for directing Stanton to establish an external review committee to conduct an independent review of the Leishman incident based on the motion that we passed in this House earlier this calendar year. I think it’s a great step.

I do have a couple of questions, Mr. Speaker, specifically with respect to the external review committee itself. I was wondering if the Minister could give me a bit of an idea of how many members are on this committee and what are their qualifications to conduct an...

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Okay, we’re on page 9, Public Works and Services, capital investment expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $9.199 million.

Let’s move along to page 14, Transportation continued, capital investment expenditures, marine, not previously authorized, $330,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to make a few comments with respect to the principle of this bill. I am not 100 percent convinced that this bill is actually ready for second reading. There has been a lot of talk in the community about the bill and the concerns different groups have had. There is no question in my mind, Mr. Speaker, that the bill does need to be replaced. The existing bill needs to be replaced. It is old. It is antiquated. It doesn’t meet the needs of the people of the Northwest Territories clearly. I have to applaud the department. They have been working on this bill for...

Mr. Speaker, thank you for that and thanks to the Minister for his response once again. I have a quick thought. The Minister was talking about working with the NWT Arts Council. The NWT Arts Council has spent significant amounts of money over the last 10, 20 years, whatever the case may be, to support our northern artists to have the new initiatives. I would like the Minister to talk with the NWT Arts Council to see if there is an opportunity to do a curative show on the history of the NWT Arts Council and all the projects they supported. Will the Minister consider that as an option for a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. By supporting curative shows here in the Northwest Territories, we are opening local artists to significant opportunities of a national level through Canada Council sponsored shows, training opportunities and international events. Mr. Speaker, these, by default, increase the national and international awareness of the NWT, which is great for tourism. Support for artists is a win-win scenario. As such, I would like to thank the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment for committing to begin the work on facilitating curative shows of northern arts and crafts here in...