Sandy Lee

I wonder if anybody notices the irony that the Cabinet could take a whole assembly to make a decision like this, but Members on this side have no say whatsoever. We get two weeks' notice and we have to go with it or else. We are being told over and over the government will not revisit this, that he will not put any brakes on this. Mr. Speaker, I think there is less than full information that we know about what is surrounding this contract. All the Ministers have suggested that they are waiving the policy, because having the policy in this contract has the potential to increase the cost....

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One final follow-up. On those other expenses for $1.620 million, Mr. Speaker mentioned that most of it is on the interest lease. Could I ask how much of that is the interest lease? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I ask for the breakdown of the other expenses? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, for the mainstream male operators, it might seem quite normal to sit around the table where all the players are men. They might not even notice that something is amiss when this is happening. But I’m telling you this is not acceptable in the year 2004. I must say over and over again that we must have a government that reflects the face it serves. We expect the Premier and Cabinet to take intentional and deliberate actions to make sure this happens: that our decision-making body has real representation from the other gender and all of...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I have the breakdown for other expenses, please?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm wondering if the Premier could commit to providing us with regular reports in writing, whether the forum itself or from the government, as to what the government is hearing. I think this group advised to the Intergovernmental Forum, Aboriginal Summit, and the GNWT is part of that whole process. I would be interested in knowing what they have to say about the economic development question. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a written question to the Honourable Brendan Bell, Minister responsible for WCB.

Please provide the following for the years 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, at the earliest opportunity:

WCB revenues, specifically the categories of assessments, average assessment rates, and investment revenues.

WCB expenses, specifically the categories of total number of claims, number of accepted claims, cost of claims, and administration with a separate categorization of salary included in the administration budget.

WCB profit and loss statements for the same period.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that those boards who were charging these fees have decided that they would not charge those fees to anyone at all, not just those who have been defined to be exempt. Does the Minister have any indication as to what the dollar figures were that school boards who were charging them were raising under this fee?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a last follow-up on that item. Could I get the details for contract services for $631,000? I believe what he just said has to do with the computer services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m sure we’ll have more chance to debate on that one. I do understand that we need to be prudent and we don’t want to spend every penny that comes our way, but I think it is something that we need to talk more about.

Mr. Speaker, my next question has to do with the announcement of $400 million for immunization programs by the federal government. We in the NWT just did an immunization of youth and I believe we approved a supplementary budget or special warrant in the amount of about $800,000. Can I just ask the Minister what sort of impact this new money, I think it’s...