Jane Groenewegen

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.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.

Clause 3.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. General comments. Any further general comments?

Thank you. Page 14, Public Works and Services, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, directorate, $36,000.

Very good. Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If that long list you read off to bring it up to code is considered a minimum amount of work at a price tag of $3.5 million, I would say that that has been…So it wasn’t that list that you read off then. Okay. I understand my time is running out, so I want to tell you what I think you should do. I think you should go right away to tender for a private developer to build you the space to replace the required square footage in that building. You know what? I guarantee you they will build a whole building for $3.5 million and you can lease it for a reasonable rate. Talk...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement today, I talked about this government’s role, how it is particularly significant right now with the increased potential of resource development in relation to small business. Mr. Speaker, we have gone through some processes here. We have divided RWED. We have Industry, Tourism and Investment. We have consolidated the BDIC, the Business Development Investment Corporation. We have undertaken all these various exercises at some degree of energy and expense. I was wondering if the Minister today could articulate for us how those...

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Back, then, to the bill as a whole.