Jane Groenewegen
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Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Would you like to bring witnesses into the Chamber?
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
Moving onto Transportation. Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $2 million, total department, $2 million. Mr. Bromley.
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
Agreed. We’ll do that after a short break.
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Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Aumond.
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have two items before us today. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, committee.
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
We are not really supposed to make reference in the House to documents, and numbers, and information that were before committee. We can certainly speak to what is here. I believe it to be a genuinely interesting question, but I am hesitant to start digging out committee documents for reference. Mr. Miltenberger.
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
That’s quite an assertion on the part of our Transportation Minister to say it will be that road and we will spend money on that road. It will be. It kind of makes me wonder, you know, where we are in terms of our level of commitment on this. When we started out and it was $150 million from the feds and $50 million from our government, okay, I could see it. But we haven’t even determined what the cost of the road is yet, so how can the Minister say this will be it?
What if the road comes in at $400 million? How can the Minister make such an assertion? How does he know with such certainty?
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 25)
Thank you. The motion is in order.
Debates of
, 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 23)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to talk about a fundraising initiative that has been most beneficial to Hay River through the Hay River Hospital Foundation.
The Hay River Hospital Foundation was established in January 2000 to assist with the mandate of Hay River Health and Social Services Authority. The role of the foundation was to support and assist the health authority in achieving its goal, with particular emphasis on providing much needed funds for capital equipment or training needs for its residents.
Raising money is never easy and I’m always intrigued at how organizations...