Kevin O'Reilly

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There’s a reduction in two positions here and can the Minister or staff tell us whether those are vacant positions and what they are and so on? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I’ve probably been asleep at the wheel for a while here, but 17 and 12, it looks to me like there’s a difference here of 11 positions in this section. Can the Minister tell me what happened with those 11 positions, generally what they are, and whether they were vacant or not? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks for the explanation. Not that I don’t want to spend money on minor repair, but why is it the difference between last year, in 2015-16, and 2016-17? We just haven’t accrued the year end stuff through the accounting or what’s happening there? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That sounds helpful. I’m just wondering though, does the department think it would be a good idea to develop some sort of criteria or way to measure the success of this program? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I’ve been out hiking on parts of the Canol Trail in the past and have myself actually become entangled with wire. I really want to make sure that work gets done and that it’s safe for tourists and local people to go out there. I appreciate the efforts of the department in getting that work done and making the trail an important tourism attraction. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

I appreciate the Premier’s response on how we’re going to work together with the federal and provincial governments, but he still hasn’t answered my question about what this government is going to do to help implement this declaration. We’re one of the first sub-national governments that actually endorsed this back in 2008, so what is our government going to do to help implement this legislation, and can he commit to report back to the House, and this side of the House, how we intend to do that?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Well, while the department may not see it as a problem as I understand from NFTI they do have a problem. They spend a lot of time and effort in trying to apply to the different regions for pots of money and there’s some administrative burden involved in filling out different application forms, trying to talk to different regional offices about status of applications and so on. I’m going to leave it at that, but I hope the department would try to find a way to make sure that we can better promote agriculture and support this institution in building capacity in the regions...

Mr. Chair, that’s the questions I have on this page. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

No more questions, sorry.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I’m just trying to understand this a little bit better. The money appears in the contribution section, so to me that sort of indicates that we’re giving the money out to a third party, but what I hear the Minister saying is that the money’s actually used to support GNWT staff going to meetings. Am I misinterpreting or misunderstanding this in some way? Thanks, Mr. Chair.