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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 13)

Thank you. So I don’t think we heard the Minister say yes, I think we heard the Minister say that he is going to explore the possibilities. I just want to suggest to the Minister that right now if he was to do some pricing to go get a double walled tank or a tank with one of the alarms in it installed, it’s going to cost you over $4,000 to install, whereas if you want to put in one of the bad tanks and replace one of the bad tanks with a bad tank it’s going to cost you about $1,000. So I’d like to encourage the Minister to have his department go out and do some additional research into the...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 13)

I’d like to thank the Premier for that. I’m happy to hear the committees still exist and I’m happy to hear that they meet. Where my frustration lies is that the silos obviously continue to exist. I gave an example earlier, but I’d be happy to sit down with the Premier and give him a number of examples that I’ve received over the last couple of months. What is the Premier doing with respect with these committees to help break down some of these silos? I mean, what we want is an efficient government and I acknowledge that the committees have done an awful lot of good work, but these silos...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Premier and are in follow up to my Member’s statement from earlier today.

The Premier established five strategic initiative committees early in the life of this government: Building Our Future, Managing This Land, Reducing the Cost of Living, Maximizing Opportunities, and Refocusing Government. Some of the reasons that these committees were created was to help the departments work together to create awareness of initiatives happening across government and in individual departments, to provide an opportunity to share information...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

---Unanimous consent granted

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you. In I believe it was the Yellowknifer on May 12th, the Minister of Health indicated that the changes are going ahead this year regardless. So I’m curious how we can apply these process conventions fairly and consistently if it’s clear that the Minister is going to be proceeding this year regardless. I agree there are some things that need to be looked at. I’ll agree that there are some changes that are required, but I’m curious, once again to the Premier, how can we apply this process convention when the Minister is so clearly moving ahead regardless. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Total department, not previously authorized, $103,000.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Miltenberger.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Krutko.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Move along to page 16, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $8.558 million.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Bromley.