Jane Groenewegen

Is committee agreed?

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Next I have Mr. Bouchard.

We are a small government but big in the fact that we have a fairly large budget. We have a small constituency overall in the Northwest Territories. I would certainly support something like that. Not something to be dipped into on a regular basis, but when there is an agreed emergency I think that we should have something like that. It’s very difficult for us, as MLAs, to get back to our constituents and say, sorry, there’s nothing that this government can do for you. We all know these people. Often they’re people who have grown up here in the North and are well known to all us.

I’d just like...

Thank you, Mr. Fulford. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It has been a long, cold and difficult winter for a lot of people and occasionally people fall on hard times and sometimes tragedies beset people in the North. We are really one big family here. We know most of the people in our constituencies.

I’ve recently had a situation where a family that has been struggling has just been pushed over the edge, I suppose, financially by the cost of maintaining a home during this very long, cold winter. This family is supporting an adult with disabilities in their own home at a very, very minimal level of support from this government...

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Premier McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to give a few reflections on what has been, well, is almost coming to an end and has been a long budget session. As Michael Miltenberger indicated, this is the 19th budget that he and I have had the pleasure of working on together.

Each of us is sent here by the electors of our constituencies. I respect those decisions that people have made. It’s a democratic process. People can put their names forward and the electorate chooses. I’m honored to say that Hay River South has elected me five times. I have had credible, respected, formidable opponents in these...

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Ms. McLaughlin.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. General comments. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you. Does committee agree?