Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are in follow-up to my colleague from Hay River North when he was asking about if there were ways of consulting with the public with respect to ways of affecting our budget here as a government.

Mr. Speaker, the Minister made reference to his roundtables he has held on revenue options and different things. I would like to suggest that one other idea for input that is not so much public input but it comes from a very reliable source, is asking our own employees of the Government of the Northwest Territories where there are ways to do things more cost...

Does the committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 3-17(2), Supplementary Estimates, (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2011-2012? Agreed?

Community justice and corrections, not previously authorized. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you. So apart from the pressure that we could put on industry to try and have their people live and work in the North through inducements and incentives for their employees, what kind of a campaign do we have to try and communicate to people? I mean, we obviously love it here in the North. What kind of campaign do we have as a government to show people the kind of lifestyle, unique lifestyle that they can have here in the Northwest Territories? The Spectacular NWT is a wonderful campaign; you know, a nice place to visit, wouldn’t want to live there. Or does it say come and see us and...

Forest management, not previously authorized, negative $963,000.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. General comments. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement today I talked about the declining population of the Northwest Territories. There are ways of addressing that. We can attract new people. We can keep the people we have. We can multiply the people we have or there is another huge target audience out there, the people who work in the Northwest Territories but live somewhere else. That is what I want to ask the Minister of ITI about today. Have there been changes in the socio-economic agreements that were originally signed with the diamond mines? We hear that the Yukon is doing so well because of...

Total department, not previously authorized, $63,000.