Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ve listened with interest to all of these comments. I guess they call it a debate for a reason. I don’t know if this is a debate or not, but I’ll tell you this is a debatable investment, that’s for sure.

I feel conflicted. There are so many unknowns, so many needs, so little resources and we’re kind of jumping off the bridge here blind and hoping we’re going to find a parachute on the way down I think. I guess that’s the nature of taking risks. We take a leap of faith and you hope for the best.

But some of the concerns, Mr. Chairman, if I can summarize them, and I...

Thank you. We’ll take a break and then we will resume with that.

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Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. The witnesses are already here. They have already been introduced for the record. This is a continuation. General comments. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Community justice and corrections, not previously authorized, $908,000.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Next I have Mr. Blake.

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.

Question has been called.

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Does committee agree we’ll move on to Tabled Document No. 2-17(2), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2011-2012?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today we in the North mourn the loss of a long-time friend. Bishop John R. Sperry passed away in Hay River on Saturday, February 11th, at the age of 87.

Bishop Sperry, known to his friends as Jack, was born in eastern England in 1924. He joined the British Royal Navy in 1943 and served until 1946 on the destroyers and escorts, doing convoy duty.

After completing his tour of duty, he immigrated to Canada in 1950, serving parishes in Kugluktuk, then known as Coppermine, and Fort Smith. He served as the diocese bishop of the Arctic for the Anglican Church from 1973 to 1990...

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Beaulieu.