Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Next on the list for general comments I have Ms. Lee.

At this time then I’ll ask the committee if they would agree to ask the Minister if he would like to bring witnesses into Chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think that adequate is the operative word here and that’s the thing we need to think about is adequacy. We, as Members of the Legislature, have had information shared with us with respect to this business case that can attempt to be made on behalf of this courthouse, but there hasn’t been much communication out there in the public. So even though we’re only spending $1 million, $1 million is still a lot of money on an engineering study and I think the communications should have preceded any expenditure by this government. I’d like to know where we are at...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wasn’t going to ask any questions today, but then somebody reminded me about the courthouse, so I have to just jump on that bandwagon here for a minute. Mr. Speaker, when we perform our duties as a government and as a Legislature we take some great pride in saying that we consult with aboriginal governments, thus things like the Circle of Northern Leaders. When we talk about our capital planning process we also take some great pride in the consultation that takes place around that; protection of people, protection of assets, all those good things. Mr...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m sure that Justice Richard and Justice Halifax will like to know and read Hansard today and find out that they’re responsible for the new courthouse at $41 million just like the previous Justice Ministers were all rhymed off yesterday in terms of taking responsibility for some of this. Before the $1 million is spent, what tangible consultation is going to take place? Can the Minister commit to today, Mr. Speaker? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Justice makes it sound like this $41 million expenditure is not debatable and that there are no other options or alternatives to be considered. With respect to looking at the future of justice and the delivery of justice in the Northwest Territories, how much of that is there any flexibility in with respect to what will be devolved to aboriginal governments? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, March 8th, today, is International Women’s Day. Traditionally, International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made in the areas of women’s political and social rights, a time to call for change and a time to celebrate acts of courage and determination of ordinary women who play an extraordinary role in creating strong and healthy communities.

The national theme for this year’s event is, “You are Here - Women, Canada and the World.” The national theme urges us to pause and take stock of exactly where women are as a group today. There have been...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker it is just a little more than unfortunate, I must say, given the already relatively low number of public service jobs in Hay River; I believe there are only 281, excluding the health board positions. If you look at it on a percentage, in fact, the government was looking at almost 20 percent of the government jobs in Hay River in one fell swoop, in one year.

To keep my supplementary question brief, Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Finance Minister, when he laid out the reductions that were going to be attempted to be achieved over the next three years...