Michael Miltenberger

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 6, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, June 15, 2012, I will move that Bill 10, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 7, 2010-2011, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I have heard the Member’s concern. Finance and the liquor folks are tracking their sales or consumption, the off-sales to individuals. We’ll check with the RCMP. We’ll make sure that we track their detailing and their statistics of all the potential charges or charges that they do lay. We will also be looking at the court dockets, things we are currently doing, as well, to make sure that we are as thorough as possible trying to track this issue.

I will remind the Member, once again, he and I have had this discussion. The issue of liquor store hours is only one part of the alcohol...

Mr. Speaker, we have to keep in mind, as well, we don’t want to give people the impression that the people of the Sahtu are now turning into consumers of alcohol way above what is normal there. The Sahtu, as well, has the benefit, and will continue to have the benefit, of an economic boom with the tight oil play that is going on there and the amount of people coming there. It all contributes to more activity, money and people in the region that don’t currently necessarily reside there.

We’ll look at the information that comes back from the letters. The Member and I will have a discussion and we...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 7, 2010-2011. This document outlines an increase of $8.5 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2010-2011 fiscal year for the Department of Transportation to provide appropriation authority to record the valuation adjustment on the long-term debt associated with the Deh Cho Bridge Project. I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to acknowledge and welcome to this House Mr. Sonny McDonald, a Fort Smither, long-time government employee, imminent northern artist, all around good guy, and he sits on the Mackenzie River Basin Board representing the Northwest Territories. Welcome to the Assembly.

Justice has been receiving forced growth, so at this point it would be too early to tell if there’s going to be a requirement depending on population counts, price increases and those other factors. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2010-2011. This document provides an increase of $5.754 million for operational expenditures for departmental over-expenditures in the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

During the year-end process to finalize the 2010-2011 GNWT financial statements, adjustments are typically made to departmental expenditures to ensure the statements are prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. The 2010-2011 year-end process identified a number of adjustments that resulted in...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have with me deputy minister of Finance, Mr. Mike Aumond, and Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar, the deputy secretary to the FMB.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, June 14, 2012, I will move that Bill 9, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013, be read for the first time. Thank you.