Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've got three seconds here. I'm still telling you it's going to take less time, it's going to take no more time to go to tender for a private developer to lease you the space. You don't have to worry about the capital dollars; it's just O and M. You can just lease the space. It's going to take you no more time to put out that tender than it is for the tender for all of the upgrades, and that's the point I'd like to make, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Clause 5.

Thank you. Executive, operations expenditures, executive offices, not previously authorized, executive offices, $19,000; total executive offices, $19,000.

Total department, $3.692 million.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. We’re going to give…Has the motion been circulated? It has been circulated? Everyone has a copy of it? To the motion. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to hear that the Minister recognizes that there is still a place for grants to businesses for start-up costs and things like that. I certainly think when you look at Hay River, you see many success stories that you can point to, businesses now that are manufacturing things, that are employing northerners, that are putting out quality products and are, in fact, shipping northern products to the South and bringing that money back into the Northwest Territories.

Part of that grant money used to come from the federal government in the form of...

Agreed, thank you. Bill 1 is now ready for third reading.

Now onto Bill 2. I would like to ask Minister Roland, then, did you already give comments on this one? Oh, you would like to give your comments from there. Thank you. Minister Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. The motion is being circulated, so we will just wait one moment.

I believe the motion has now been circulated to the Members. The motion is in order. To the motion.