Kevin O'Reilly

Yeah, thanks. Well, I guess sometimes I wonder why I ask these questions but that's it. Like, so our operating surplus went from $130 million down to $4 million. I just so next year we're projecting $178 million, and it's probably going to end up way, way, way, way less than that. But, okay. I just wonder about these things. And I just don't like it quite frankly. Our ability to predict our finances doesn't seem to be very good. I don't know what else I can say, Madam Chair. I'm not very happy about this. Thank you.

Thanks. I think there were a few gasps in the room.

How do we get from $81 million to $194 million? Like, who provided the original cost estimate of $81.3 million? I guess I just need more of an explanation here. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I'm going to sound like a broken record. Where so what did we start off with as a supplementary reserve and what impact will this how much of that is offset by or sorry, the new money, how much is offset by feds, and what's the net effect on the supplementary reserve? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Finance on the recent review that seems to have been carried out around the fiscal responsibility policy. So can the Minister outline how this review was carried out and who was consulted? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks. So I think I heard the Minister say so then at the end of 20222023, the operating surplus is going to be $3 million; is that what I heard the Minister say? Thanks.

Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. So what's the total cost of the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link with this settlement and all the rest of it? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I would be very interested in seeing that because I I've heard rumblings about some departments not being able to get work done in a timely fashion or that they have to go outside, and there seems to be some issues there. And not knowing enough about it, if there was some information that the Minister could share and if it has to be done on a confidential basis, that's okay in this case, but I'm not convinced that this move of these 77 people and centralizing this has actually made anything more effective or efficient. So anything the Minister can provide on...

Thanks, Madam Chair. I think the Minister just slipped there. It's not $35,000 for the supplementary reserve. At the beginning, it was $35 million. But that's okay. So I guess the reason why I have to keep asking these questions is because this information isn't public. So is there a way that we can do this in the future where the information in the sup, somehow there's a page or something that says how much we're getting from the feds in general for this stuff, what the net effect is on the reserve and, you know, how much additional debt is being added. Is there a way in which we could do...

Sorry, they're not going to get away with this one. So I guess I'd like to get an explanation of what this $27.75 million is for. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So, you know, I think it was in the last Assembly I think it was in the last Assembly where 77 staff people were kind of culled from different departments that had been previously working on different, you know, IT stuff, and they're all put into Finance now and because it was apparently going to be more effective and efficient. Has there actually ever been an evaluation done of the transfer of the funding and staff into the Department of Finance? Thanks, Madam Chair.