Wendy Bisaro

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks, Mrs. Ballantyne. The program review office has been in place and in effect for a number of years now. I wonder if I could get an idea of a number of projects or the number of reviews, I guess, that the department does in any one year. Thank you.

Perhaps the Minister could explain to me what things cannot be done on-line.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have to start with my pet peeve and that’s the amount of money that’s in “other.” I talked about this a lot. I thought we’d gotten rid of that, Mr. Minister, and I understand the explanation. But if it’s an amount that’s $50,000 or $200,000 then it probably isn’t too much, but when we have an “other” of $13 million, although I appreciate that $8 million of it is the debt, it’s a little difficult to sort of look at the budget and kind of go yeah, yeah, we just have $13 million of undescribed money. I’ll just leave that at that.

I wanted to talk a bit about insurance and...

Sergeant-at-Arms, if you would please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. Abernethy, if you would introduce your witnesses for us, please.

Thanks to the Premier for that information. We’re doing three in this budget year that we’re discussing, so is it the intention of the department to add another two or three every year until we reach the complement of where we want to get to?

Thanks to the Minister for that information. I look forward to seeing those amendments when they come forward.

My other question on this page had to do with legal registries. As we move forward in this electronic world of ours, I believe it is a goal of the department to do more and more on-line, and to provide greater access to documents and making applications on-line, et cetera. Where are things at with the department in terms of getting or allowing our residents to have greater access to information and to application forms on-line?

Thanks to the Minister. What kind of a time frame are we looking at? Is it going to be within the 2013-14 budget year or are we looking at 2014-15? Thank you.

I will call Committee of the Whole to order. Committee, we are dealing with the Department of Justice. Mr. Abernethy, do you have witnesses you wish to bring into the Chamber?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I gather there was no report that was done that perhaps could be shared with committee. If there is, I would appreciate clarification of that.

My last question has to do with whether or not the Department of Executive has a human resource plan. I understand that each department has been tasked with developing a human resource plan. I can’t remember whether the Executive has one or not.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a couple of questions here on this page. The first area I’d like to reference is that of the rental office. The Minister knows I’ve asked a number of questions about the rental office and the Residential Tenancies Act over the years. Specifically, my recollection is that the Minister has advised committee that the department is undergoing a review of the rental officer’s recommendations from the last number of rental officer reports. I’d just like to know whether my recollection is correct and, if so, what the next steps are in terms of the review that the...