Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I appreciate that there is a plan. My concern is that we’re already committing to building 30 houses and we haven’t completed the plan yet. Shouldn’t we have that current plan in place before we implement those houses and some of those office studies?

How do those two link? How does the government go ahead and spend millions of dollars on housing and office studies when we don’t even actually have the plan in place? How does the Premier explain that?

Thank you, Mr. Goldney. Activity summary, negotiations, operations expenditure summary, $2.640 million. Agreed?

Thank you. Page 4-15, corporate management, active positions. Are there any questions? Agreed?

I have difficulties believing the Premier when he talks about decentralization and phase 2 of devolution, which put more than 200 positions into Yellowknife and only 90 out to the regions, so how is that decentralization? It sounds like centralization to me.

What is the government’s plan going forward to decentralize positions and what is that plan specifically? We’re currently planning to build houses in certain communities. We must have a plan that we’re going to put specific positions into those communities. What is that plan?

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Mr. Robertson.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This Assembly, at the beginning of it, set some priorities to increase employment opportunities where they are needed most, by decentralizing more GNWT positions.

Last year’s government budget indicated that they were going to do more for decentralization and set it as a priority. We did do some decentralization and I thought we were on the right track to making this an effective way of getting jobs out into the communities.

This year during the budget, though, very little was indicated on what we’re going to do in the future. We talked about the 18 positions we did...

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Deputy Minister Goldney.

Corporate management, grants and contributions, page 4-14, in the amount of $1.145 million. Agreed? Ms. Bisaro.