Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The money from liquor revenues flow into general revenue. Out of general revenue, we do the budget. Out of that budget, we target about $350 million a year to Health and Social Services. That figure increases yearly at the highest rate of any department in government. That includes the cost related to addictions. So every Assembly I have been in – five now – they say, let’s have the symbolic gesture of taking some money that already goes into revenue and target it and have some special levy on alcohol that you can point to that we are doing work over and above $350...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 11, Financial Administration and Public Agency Statutes (Borrowing Provisions) Amendment Act, be read for the third time.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Microphone turned off] 32-1(2) of the Financial Administration Act, I wish to table the following document, entitled “List of Interactivity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 for the Period April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013.” Thank you.

The information I provided to the House was accurate. The Member is quoting chapter and verse from some document, some feedback he’s providing this House that I don’t have before me, and of course, we always check when there are issues raised by the Members and they query the actions of government and they ask us to double check. Of course, we’ll do that.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is a process underway. The Member has raised some concerns. He has a different point of view than we do as a government, so we’ll have to agree to disagree on that particular issue.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome all the people to the gallery, Aboriginal government leaders that are here, the hardworking devolution crew that is here, taking a moment’s respite from their labours and taking close notes about the concerns of where we are today.

Eighteen years now I have been an MLA and I have been waiting that long for this day, myself and Madam Groenewegen. This fact is one of the reasons that I ran for re-election. It was to try to conclude the process that we started late in the last Assembly.

As I can say once again, this is the biggest political moment...

What we have is a lot of assertions and opinions by the Member. He says they’re facts. He asked me to check. We’ll check.

We have submitted the position of the territorial government. We have reviewed the application from ConocoPhillips. Those are the two facts that I put on the record yesterday.

Mr. Speaker, the issue is the Minister has risen on a point of order where he’s said the Member opposite was imputing motive contrary to our rules of order. We’re engaging in a debate over material not before the House, so the Speaker is going to be required to use all his skill to sort through what has transpired. The information we’ve seen was that the documents filed were by private individuals that didn’t identify themselves.

It’s a busy day today. Today is important for other things. I would suggest, Mr. Speaker, that we do our normal good work and carry on with the business of the House...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me Ms. Kelly McLaughlin, director of the legislative division.