Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Question has been called. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Nadli.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Committee, we’ve completed all items in Committee of the Whole. I will rise and report progress. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you. Motion is on the floor and being distributed. Motion is in order. To the motion. Ms. Bisaro.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Question has been called. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Go to Mr. Yakeleya.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated with the last motion, I think some of this stuff is very premature. This motion is even worse. We talked about taking a couple of years in the last motion, taking a couple of years to get information out to the public, get informed. Now we’re going to rush it over six months, and now six months from now the public has to make a decision on whether we’re going to have a plebiscite or not.

Honestly, our committee didn’t even hear about this until a couple days ago. This decision to do a plebiscite, we’re going to take this to the people right now? We haven’t...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Dolynny.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Thank you, witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

Committee, as we’ve agreed, we’ll go to Committee Report 16-17(5), Report on the Review of 2013-2013 Public Accounts, and I’ll go to the chair of Government Operations, Mr. Dolynny.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Dolynny.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 83)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am just wondering if I can get clarification. So, the GNWT provides half a million dollars to NUL to operate in the communities, not in Hay River or Yellowknife, in the other communities where it’s too costly to operate right now.