Sandy Lee

Thank you. Unless I missed it, I heard $60,000, but I didn’t hear the remainder of the dollar figures. May I have that, please?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my understanding, from the information the Minister has provided to us, is that the Legal Services Board had toured the facility and saw that there might be some concerns about the privacy of the clients. They’ve asked for the window, for example, that is there right now -- because it’s a storefront location -- that those windows be frosted, so that privacy could be guaranteed. I am sure there are extra costs that are going to be incurred as a result of this space being a shoe store at the moment and having to be turned into an office space. The...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Could I get the Minister to explain why this money has been taken out of this budget? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a number of questions in this area. I will try to be as quick as possible here. First of all, I would like to know why this is being approved or the government is bringing this under a special warrant. I can see a tank farm that’s deteriorating that has potential environmental consequences or a school collapsing. I could see those things brought forward for expenditure under a special warrant, but why is a second Legal Aid clinic and renovation of that coming under a special warrant? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think it would be pessimistic to not expect questions. Madam Chair, I have a question for the Minister on the cost overrun on the heating fuel and power and maintenance cost of the new Inuvik hospital. I know there were lots of questions raised on this yesterday and I only have one final question. It has to do with whether or not any specific investigations were done as to whether there was a major defect in this area, or it’s just a case of not crunching the numbers. Often houses get built and you start heating for a year and things come up and are noticed that...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am ignorant in this new area here. Is this a new approach to the delivery of programs? It must be the integrated service model that Minister Miltenberger has been talking about for the last five years or the last three years. He’s been the Minister for the last three years. Is that a move to bring all these providers under the same umbrella incorporating what they are doing and they have to be in the same building? Is that the need for improvements, or is it that the separate offices where they are housed need separate renovations? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It seems to me that the federal government is somehow involved in investigating this. Could I ask the Minister to tell us whether or not the GNWT is responsible for monitoring and enforcing and cleaning this, or is it the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could I get some information on the $355,000 for Inuvik and $350,000 for Yellowknife? Are any of these offices for Inuvik services being housed in the new hospital by any chance, or is it in a completely different building? Is it just for renovation? It just says improvements. Could I get more detail on that? Where is this office space for medical and support staff being renovated in Yellowknife? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is to the Premier in his responsibility as the Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation. It is with regard to the oil spill at the Jackfish plant.

Mr. Speaker, in the newspaper on October 8th, the story was covered. The Minister indicated that, because of less usage of the plant with the Bluefish plant being more operational, there has been less need for 24-hour supervision or there has been some cut. It is a cost-cutting measure. The Premier questioned whether or not having more people there would have prevented it. I think...

Thank you. I’d like to have some more information on that because it sounds to me like this is an ongoing program and why is it that this was not in the budget to start with? Why did that happen? Thank you.