Sandy Lee

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the Minister could advise as to whether or not this Cabinet, this government or any previous government has ever considered launching a legal action against the federal government to put more added pressure and to express our seriousness about the impossible situation and the urgency to resolve this claim. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I have a breakdown on the $73,000?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 93(4) and have Committee Report 2-15(3) moved into Committee of the Whole for today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 3-11, if we are still on that, the deputy minister mentioned that the details for $2.6 million is on the next page, but may I get a breakdown on the details on the difference between $3.1 million and $2.6 million? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I have done regularly during my time as an MLA, I attended the parent advisory group meeting at Range Lake North School last evening. In listening to the parents, Mr. Speaker, I was reminded again -- and it is my job, I believe, to remind this House again -- about the situation of crowded classrooms in our Yellowknife schools.

Mr. Speaker, while the last Assembly made important progress in reducing the pupil-teacher ratio by legislation from some, I believe, 18:1 to about 16.5:1 and even in a shorter time frame than originally planned, this has not...

I would like to pose the same question under other expenses, $3.1 million. May I get a breakdown? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I get a breakdown on that $305,000 under other expenses, please? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've been commending the Minister for two days now for working with realistic numbers, and now I'm being told here we're working with best numbers. So I hope his best assumptions work out here, because the reduction of the insurance premium from $2 million to $1.6 million is quite drastic.

Having said that, I have further questions about insurance in general, understanding that this department not only takes care of the insurance coverage for the government and taking care of the risk management of government assets, but also it regulates the insurance industry and...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have some questions on the opening statement with regard to the insurance issues. I need to know more about this. On the first page, we are seeing a reduction in the amount of $1.6 million plus, because of a reduction in premium costs. Later on, we also see a decrease in our short-term interest costs because of changing estimates of the government's cash requirements. I don't understand this, because from all indications that we have seen we are still borrowing a lot. So I would like to know more details about what this is about. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So that increase as a result of taxation does not go into the revolving fund. It goes into our general revenue. Does it go in here? Where would that show up on this page?