Sandy Lee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a short question. The Minister of Health indicated earlier that this is as a result of a pilot project being funded by the federal government and that there are 11 different projects. Did he mean that there were other projects being funded under this program, and, if that’s the case, where are those programs located? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question on the sport, recreation and youth for $400,000. I just would like to get some information on why we have seen the kind of increase from the projected budget on the Arctic Winter Games budget. Mr. Chair, I obviously support the work and mandate of Arctic Winter Games, so that is not the issue here, but I just want to know if some anomaly or something extraordinary happened that caused such a big increase in the budget. I understand that the regional trials travel, for example, was budgeted for $92,000, but now we are projecting $195,000. So that is...

Thank you. I wonder if the Minister could tell us how much of this increase…We’re looking at $1.2 million more than what was budgeted in 2005-2006 budget. The Minister is indicating that some of that has to do with more than expected use. I guess those things could happen, but I’d like to know, I think the million shortfall is quite large and if he could say anything about why the budget was so underestimated. Does the new budget reflect that increase?

Thank you. So I’m understanding that this is the government spending on government employees as a government employer, not as the government as the health service provider under the Department of Health budget. Is that right?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that we report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to say, for the record, that I respect the contribution that both sides do make to our city and our territory. I appreciate we want to make them work and we want them both to prosper. Mr. Speaker, however, in talking to both parties -- and I've had an occasion to talk to them -- I'm not sure if at least one party, anyway, understands that this is an issue that the government has any place in. So I'd like to know what specifically he's going to do to make sure that we are a party to that. We have a great deal of interest in the success of both...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe that the report of the Standing Committee on Social Programs speaks on a number of issues that we heard from the communities, but I just want to make a couple of points here that the interested public might want to know about how we have considered their input. I have been, and I think some of the Members in this House have been, contacted by those who really feel that we should not have made changes to the requirement that would have prohibited bars from selling cigarettes. I understand that there are studies done in this area and there are many experts who...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today go to the Minister of ITI. Earlier in this session -- and we have been sitting here for almost a month -- there were some questions about the discussions that need to be held between the secondary diamond industry companies and the diamond producer. The Minister made a commitment to bring them together to see if their differences could be worked out. I would like to know, as we are about to leave this House and we are not going to sit until June, I wondered if the Minister could update this House as to where we are on that file....

(Microphone turned off)…budget. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to speak about women’s achievements in various fields, especially in politics and sports. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in one of the meetings in the back room, one of my male colleagues suggested that I should stop being so anti-male. Obviously this is a highly offensive statement, but I am used to that in the world of politics. But it did get me to start dreaming about what it would be like if the Cabinet across the floor were made up of all women instead of all men. I am sure all of my questions and objections to what they are doing or not doing...