Wendy Bisaro

Page 11-25, Transportation, activity summary, marine, operations expenditure summary, $5.717 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Bouchard.

Thanks, Madam Chair. If I could ask for an explanation of the referencing fees for licences, fees, licences and permits – the toll permits I understand – and registrations. Registrations have gone up but fees particularly, road licensing and safety fees have gone way down and the total revenue has only increased. It hasn’t increased the $4 million that we are gaining in our tolls. If I can get an explanation of these revenue numbers. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Neudorf.

Thanks to the Minister. I’m glad to hear there is more than just one poor soul trying to deal with emergency preparedness. I’d like to encourage the department, in conjunction with the rest of government, to look beyond just communities in terms of emergency preparedness. I know quite a few communities have their own emergency plans, but when we have an emergency that occurs outside of a community, I think it’s been pointed out by a number of Members that we don’t have any policy, we don’t have any framework that people can rely on and that they can act upon. There are jurisdictional issues...

Page 11-22, Transportation, activity summary, highways, grants and contributions, grants, $200,000.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. We will start with general comments. Are there any general comments?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess if the Minister is going to establish a committee, then that’s going to happen, but I think we could canvas our employers once, agree to tie it to the cost of living and then we’re done.

My question to the Minister now is, if this committee is established in the spring, when are we going to see our next increase to the minimum wage? It’s been two years since we’ve had one. Thank you.

Thank you. We move on to page 11-33, Transportation, activity summary, road licensing and safety, operations expenditure summary, $5.490 million. Mr. Dolynny.

I guess I’m struggling to understand, and I would just ask the Minister to discuss with his other ministerial cohorts, why it could not be just one lump sum. It may be targeted for programs, it may be targeted for base funding, but it doesn’t make much sense to me that we’ve got three pots of money. As the Minister knows, I’ve said that before.