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Agreed. We will take a short break and then we’ll come back with the Department of Transportation.
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Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. I’ve got nobody else on my list. We are on page 11-37, activity summary, road licensing and safety, operations expenditure summary, $3.509 million. Agreed?
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. McLeod.
Thanks to the Minister for that. I get that especially around the Collective Agreement and bargaining stuff. In that argument itself, in my opinion, it suggests that we didn’t get it right the first time when we reduced the supplementary reserve to $10 million. If we know that Health, as an example, is going to come back with these things on a regular basis, to suggest that $10 million is ever going to be enough isn’t realistic. So either we have to put more money back into the supp under the understanding that these types of things are going to happen on a regular basis or we have to find a...
Thank you. I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We were considering Tabled Document 7-16(3), Tabled Document 11-16(3), Tabled Document 17-16(3), Committee Report 2-16(3), Bills 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Next on my list is Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Chair, just to be consistent with statements or comments that I made during the review of supp one and the review of supp two in the previous budget session, we had talked about the previous supp amount of $25 million, $15 million of that was taken and rolled back into the departments and I believe, and at the time many of my colleagues believed as well, that that was to help the department’s plan so they wouldn’t have to come forward with as many supps, which left $10 million for supps to come forward. Between the first and second supp we had spent $6 million, leaving us with...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since 1976, the Sport North Federation has been actively promoting the development of amateur sport in the Northwest Territories. Their vision is to become the recognized leader in sport development and ensure that opportunities in sports are accessible to all residents in the Northwest Territories. Today’s Sport North is a federation of 27 territorial sports organizations. Its three partner organizations, the Aboriginal Sport Circle of the Western Arctic, NWT Recreation and Parks and Special Olympics NWT are recognized leaders in the promotion of sports and active...
Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Neudorf.