Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Health and Social Services, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, negative $172,000. Total department, not previously authorized, negative $172,000. Agreed.

Detail? Okay. If I could get your attention, please, to page 4 of the document. Education, Culture and Employment, labour development and standards, not previously authorized, $1.250 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $1.250 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank the mover and seconder of the motion and for them bringing forward these issues in such an articulate manner. I agree with everything that has been said up to this point without reservation and support all of the items that have been spoken to. Honestly, it’s one of those things that there should have been more work done on this strategy and all the work that went into it and all the recommendations. It hasn’t happened.

I’m glad that even though this is very late in this Assembly, it’s being brought up and it will be front and centre of the radar when...

Thank you. I thought you were going to say if I’m ever driven to smoking. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, Minister Miltenberger, Mr. Aumond, Mr. Kalgutkar. Sergeant-at-Arms, thank you.

Question is being called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

I would like to thank the Minister and his officials. I’ll turn the floor over, then, to Minister Miltenberger for his opening comments on our next bill, please.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know that there is a pre-set method by which capital assets are disposed of by this government. To the fact that the hospital in Hay River, the old hospital, at some point in the next two to three years, two years perhaps, will no longer be used by this government, I would like to ask the Minister of Public Works and Services if this government would entertain an unsolicited proposal from a community partnership coalition in Hay River for the acquisition of that building and land. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I’ll go to Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We are going to, I think, report progress here fairly shortly. I will let him answer you, but that clock is wrong. It’s actually five minutes to six right now. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. Ms. Bisaro.