Rocky Simpson

Thank you, committee. We will now move onto the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. I will remind committee that the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is including in the capital estimates as an information item and the totals are not voteable. The committee has previously considered the activity summaries and will return to the corporation summary found at page 64. Are there any questions or comments from the committee? I see none. Does committee agree that consideration of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is complete?

Does the committee agree that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment is completed?

Thank you, committee. We will now move onto the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. The committee has previously considered the activity summaries for the department. We will return to the departmental summary on page 61. Are there any questions or comments from the committee? I see none. I will now call the departmental summary. Capital Estimates 2021-2022, Municipal and Community Affairs, $29,000,000. Does the committee agree?

I call the Committee of the Whole back to order. Committee, we have agreed to resume consideration of Tabled Document 181-19(2), Capital Estimates 2021-2022. We will consider those departments that have previously been deferred by this committee. Before we return to those departments, we will go to the Minister of Finance for some opening comments. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, committee. We will now move onto the Department of Lands. The committee has previously considered the activity summaries for the department. We will return to the departmental summary on page 58. Are there any questions or comments from the committee? I see none. I will now call the departmental summary. Capital Estimates 2021-2022, Lands, $234,000. Does the committee agree?

I call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the will of the committee? Mr. Norn.

Thank you, committee. We will now move onto the Department of Justice. The committee has previously considered the activity summaries for the department. We will return to the departmental summary on page 50. Are there any questions or comments from the committee? I see none. I will now call the departmental summary. Capital Estimates 2021-2022, Justice, $1,541,000. Does the committee agree?

Will the Minister of Finance confirm that Indigenous Aboriginal culture is incorporated into the recruitment and interview process?

Thank you, committee. We will now move onto the Department of Infrastructure. The committee has previously considered the activity summaries for the department. We will return to the departmental summary on page 40. Are there any questions or comments from the committee? I see none. I will now call the departmental summary. Capital Estimates 2021-2022, Infrastructure, $292,766,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Prior to creation of the Affirmative Action Policy, the deficit of Indigenous Aboriginal hires within the public sector has been and continues to be a problem for this government. Madam Speaker, will the Minister of Finance confirm the percentage of Indigenous Aboriginal men and women currently employed within the GNWT public sector and are we moving in a forward direction? Thank you, Madam Speaker.