Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $2 million.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Detail? Okay, thank you. Please turn your attention to page 5 of the document. Government of the Northwest Territories 2014-2015 Supplementary Appropriation (Infrastructure Expenditure), No. 1, Transportation, capital investment expenditure, highways, not previously authorized, $2 million. Mr. Bromley.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Agreed. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses to the table.

For the record, Mr. Miltenberger, please introduce your witnesses.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. I’d like to ask the Minister if he’d like to bring witnesses into the Chamber.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

We’ll proceed with that after a brief break.

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 1-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditure), No. 1, 2014-2015, and would like to report progress with one motion being adopted, that consideration of Tabled Document 1-17(5) is concluded and that the House concur with those estimates and an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Question is being called.

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I’d like to ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witness from the Chamber. Does committee agree that concludes our business in Committee of the Whole?

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Thank you. I’m very happy to hear the Minister say this will not be a broad-sweep approach, because sometimes when the Department of Education comes out with new initiatives, they expect all teachers to take some new approach and best practices and basically have to revamp the way that they are educating the students in their classrooms and sometimes it’s more disruptive than helpful, to tell you the truth. At least from what I hear from them.

If we’re not going to take the broad-brush approach to the implementation of this Education Renewal Initiative, I would like to ask the Minister by what...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 3)

Mr. Bromley.