Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Committee has agreed to go to detail?

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Thank you, Mr. Lovely. Mr. Bromley.

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Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Miltenberger, could you introduce your witnesses, please.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know it’s key for the film industry to have that encouragement here, but does the department currently have a link between the film industry and… I know Ice Pilots was very appealing to tourism. Is there a link that has the film industry and tourism tied together?

As I indicated, Ice Pilots has been the big attraction throughout Canada and throughout the world to come to Canada, come north, come fly on a DC-3. So, have we used that in our tourism promotion as well? Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Ms. Bisaro.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Total department, not previously authorized, $400,000.

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Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Bisaro, are you done?

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Total department, not previously authorized, $764,000. Mr. Bromley.

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Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Committee, the motion is on the floor. The motion is being distributed. The motion is in order and is not debatable. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Tabled Document 155-17(5) will be reported and recommended as ready for consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, committee.

Committee, we will move on to the next tabled document, which is Tabled Document 154-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2014-2015. Does the Minister have opening comments?

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We just received the report, so we haven’t had a full analysis of it.

Can the Minister indicate the revocations of the current industry that we have in the Northwest Territories and what kind of impacts and benefits we’ve been getting from that? Thank you.