Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Minister Miltenberger.

WHEREAS Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Sessional Statement, has been tabled in this House;

AND WHEREAS the Sessional Statement requires further consideration;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the Honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Sessional Statement, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, October 3, 2008, I will move the following motion.

Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Sessional Statement, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration.

And, Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will be seeking unanimous consent to deal with this motion today.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today my colleague from Hay River South mentioned the application for a rate increase that the NWT Housing Corporation has put forward to the Public Utilities Board. My question is for the Premier.

Given that the rate increase, if it does in fact occur, will actually increase the cost of living for every resident of the Northwest Territories, I’m curious whether or not bonuses have been provided to the senior managers of the NWT Housing Corporation for the 2007–08 fiscal year.

I acknowledge that bonuses are in fact important. I just don’t think everybody should get a bonus. I think bonuses should be earned for exceptional performance, or performance above and beyond, not for doing your job. That’s what you get paid for. If you look at the number of individual senior managers who are getting it, it’s clear that virtually every senior manager gets a bonus every year.

Last session I talked to the Premier, and we talked about the possibility of putting in a process where bonuses would be based on exceptional performance. Has the Premier made any progress in putting in a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize two constituents from the riding of Great Slave: Lena Pedersen, a former Member of this House, and Todd Parsons, the president of the UNW.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.

Unanimous consent granted.

Oh, I meant Power Corporation.

I am not sure I understood that exactly. Does that mean that yes, something is being done or a policy is being put in place to ensure that all senior managers who are getting bonuses will have deserved it through exceptional performance?