Robert C. McLeod

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. This is all capital. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we review them annually. I might ask Mr. Schauerte to expand on how the review takes place. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I responded before, we have worked with the DOT to provide some first responder. If it’s more technical training, if they have, the community has, individuals that they identify that may want to take some training to be able to be first responders, then, you know, the community can make that decision or the individual can make that decision to go get further training.

Through our partnership with the DOT, we try to provide some first responder training, again so we can have the folks qualified to respond to any incidents that might happen without fearing...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do try to promote the training that we have to committee councils. Our preference is that they request our folks to come in and do the training. As well, I believe, during the NWTAC AGM there is a training component to it for elected officials. There are opportunities for them there too. At the end of the day, our preference would be that they would request some training for elected officials and then we will provide it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll commit to the Member that we will look at that, because I take his point that, if they’re in a location and they have to fly home and come back, then there’s an extra expense to the government. I will commit to looking into that and see if there are any opportunities for us to make some changes to that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this was money that was to help the communities as they applied for water licenses, and they do have some money through the money we provide to them. We provide them with some technical assistance and some administrative assistance, and I can assure the Member that the quality of the drinking water across the Northwest Territories, with the work that the communities have done building their own water treatment plants, is very good, and they’ve done a really good job with that. It was for water licenses, and they use the money that they have now, and we support...

Do you want to go through me to go to him?

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that’s correct. It can be used to help supplement the other capital programs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I have with me today to my left Mr. Tom Williams, the deputy minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. To my immediate right I have Ms. Eleanor Young who is the assistant deputy minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. To my far right I have Mr. Gary Schauerte who is our director of corporate services. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we had the one report done, and it identified a lot of issues that are still relevant today. I don’t really see the need to go out and do another report when we know it’s basically going to say the same thing that this one is saying. The numbers may have changed a bit, but, I mean, we’ll have a review of the report, and we can have a review of it with committee and, if we feel there’s a need, to go do another one. I think at the end of the day, we’ve had one report done. Why do another one when it’s going to tell us the same thing? Let’s just try and implement...