Robert C. McLeod
Statements in Debates
MACA sits as a very active member on the board. As our deputy has pointed out, he sits as the vice-president. We’re a very active member.
Mr. Chair, I wasn’t prepared for that particular question, so I will get the information and share it with the Member.
The highway rescue, I mean, it’s something that’s really come to light lately, and we have an interdepartmental working group, I think ourselves with Health and Social Services, Justice and Transportation, and so they’re doing some work there as to the next steps we can take. The Member is correct, though, in saying that if you have an accident out on the highway, we need to have some kind of protocol as to who is going to respond first or who should respond first. Obviously, you always have your Good Samaritans that will act quickly. I think we need to do some work in trying to establish a...
Thank you. A lot of these are small amounts in the work that we do. I do have some detail. However, the detail that the Member is asking for needs a little bit more work on my part and I will commit to gathering all of the detail for all of the Member’s questions, the ones that he’s asked and the one that he’s about to ask and we’ll get that information back to him.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It will be my pleasure. The NWT Association of Communities gets $240,000. Local Government Administrators of the Northwest Territories get $180,000. Arctic Energy Alliance gets $50,000.
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We have funding within our budget to help train these folks and we also help them write up their emergency plans. But again, the communities have done a great job taking the initiative to come forth with their emergency plans and we support them any way we can. We provide any type of expertise that we’re able to provide, so I think it’s a good partnership and one that’s just going to continue to grow.
Thank you. As far as the last time a lot of these have been reviewed, I mean, we’d have to go back and gather that information. Once we get the information for all these particular issues, we’ll share with the Members of the committee. On this particular one, there was a slight increase in the number of licences that were issued. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. All of the information that the Member is asking for is on the website. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document, entitled Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Motion 19-17(3), Child Tax Benefit Clawback.