Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Abernethy.

I’m struggling to understand the Minister’s response. I think I heard him say this committee will be established and it will be looking into how to set up something to have regular increases to minimum wage. Could I get him to clarify for me? Is that the intent of this committee?

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Maybe you can hold your questions, Mr. Hawkins, until we get to that page, at least on dredging. Mr. Hawkins.

The Minister mentioned in his opening remarks that, I think in the 2013-2014 budget year, the government is going to implement an accountability framework. I think the Minister did a statement on this earlier in session. I’ve always had some difficulty in understanding just sort of what the makeup of the accountability framework is, what it is we are trying to measure, what we are holding municipalities accountable for. Can I get a bit of an explanation, I guess, of what the framework includes and what it is intended to do?

Thanks for both the Chair and the Minister indulging me with a capital question.

I do have a question with regard to the number under details of other expenses. In this year’s budget we have other, $6,000 and previously it was more than $8 million. So I’m wondering if that is the interest expense on the bridge or if it’s something else. Can I get clarification? Thank you.

Thank you, committee. We are on pages 11-36 and 11-37, Transportation, information item, work performed on behalf of others, $2.129 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I’d like to go back to something that I’ve been talking about for quite some time. Since the 16th Assembly, I’ve been after the Minister and the government to increase minimum wage and to bring us on a par, or at least close to par, with the rest of Canada. We did have an increase in our minimum wage on the 1st of April of 2010, and then again on the 1st of April of 2011. They were, thankfully, not an April fool’s joke.

Since 2011, I’ve been anticipating the development and the...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.

Thanks to the Minister for the info. I think I heard the Minister say that the water and sewer funding formula has been changed to provide more money for communities. Is that every community that got an increase in water and sewer funding?

Thanks, Madam Chair. At the risk of angering the Chair, I just want to ask one question with regard to the Inuvik-Tuk highway, I listened with interest to the exchange in the House earlier this afternoon, and I believe the public is interested in knowing details about the project and what is planned, and what the planned costs are. I would like to ask the Minister if he could advise when the public might be able to see or have access to those sorts of intricate details on the Inuvik-Tuk Highway Project. Thank you.