Sandy Lee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the copies, but I would like it read into the record. Thank you. So I would like the Minister to state the breakdown for other expenses under Commissioner's office. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to pursue questions on the BIP issue. Mr. Speaker, last Friday in Hansard on page 826, the Minister of RWED…My question is to the Minister of the Housing Corporation. I do want to say that the Premier and Ministers McLeod and Bell on Friday made commitments to this House to provide various stats and figures, based on which they made the decision to waive the BIP. It was supposed to be done before session and we still don't have it, so I have to pursue more questions. Mr. Speaker, I am not clear about how these decisions came about to waive...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the answer, but $1.6 million out of $4.3 million leaves me with almost $3 million. Can I get the dollars attached to the travel and transportation, materials and supplies and any other big ticket items under that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I be allowed to go back to page 2-13, please?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is a known fact and an embarrassing truth that our legislature is the only jurisdiction in Canada without representation of women in Cabinet. Our sister territory, Nunavut, has really shown us how they can do much better in this regard and I’d like to congratulate them on having chosen two women Ministers in Cabinet; both of them in senior portfolios. Mr. Speaker, I understand fully that under our system of consensus government the Premier does not have full control over who gets to sit on Cabinet, but he does have the power and responsibility to take...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I accept your advice. I would like to know whether or not there is any increase in utility bills from last year’s budget to this year’s budget. Not utility, but power bills, whatever it costs to light the building. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question on the contribution for the NWT Economic Development Advisory Forum. We see in the books that this group has existed for a number of years and the funding has been ongoing, and there is sharing with the federal government, as well. But I have not heard much from this group. How often do they meet and how do they produce their advice to the government and how are we, the Members on this side, informed about what they're doing with respect to our economic forecast? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank you for that answer. I would look forward to hearing more about that from the Board of Management whenever they are ready to present to us. I do appreciate the work that the Board of Management does. It is very tough work, but I know they are working very hard at it.

Mr. Chairman, I have another question on the second paragraph of the opening statement of the Speaker. It is with regard to the budget item for upgrading and replacing the camera and sound system…I have a question not specifically on that, but in terms of the lighting we have in this building. I...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Are they all standing contract agreements or are they subject to renewal as of April 1st? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I have the breakdown for $217,000 please? Thank you.