Wendy Bisaro

Thanks, Madam Chair. Just a question here. I note that we are increasing the staffing in this budget by three. Could I know where they’re going and why? Thank you.

Thanks, committee. Page 11-34, Transportation, information item, road licensing and safety, active positions. Any questions?

Mr. Dolynny is done. Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a number of comments in no particular order. Some of them have already been mentioned and I’ll just kind of add emphasis to them as I add them.

I want to thank Mr. Hawkins for bringing up 911. The Minister knows it’s something that I’ve been somewhat passionate about for quite some time now, and I recognize that there’s no money in the budget for any kind of 911 this year, but I would hope that the department would seriously consider looking at providing some assistance to the City of Yellowknife if you get a proposal for the 2014-15 budget year. It’s not a huge...

Thanks to the Minister. I appreciate that we don’t want people stopping there, but maybe we could just brainstorm a little. I mean, sitting here listening to the answer, I totally agree that we don’t want people parking in the drop-off zone, but maybe if we put luggage carriers outside. You know, something like that just to make life a little simpler. There are a lot of people who simply drop somebody off and move on and you cannot get out of your vehicle unless you want to get a parking ticket. So something like that would make things a little more inviting.

I also wondered with regard to...

Thanks, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Neudorf.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Next on the list is Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks to the DM for that explanation. I think I totally understand. I heard him say that we had an increase of about $529,000 through the fees and licensing and so on, the revenue from those. Then we increased our toll permits about $3 million, it looks like, $2.7 million. I guess the numbers do add up. It’s about $3 million difference in revenue in total. Okay. Never mind. I talked myself out of my question.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Ramsay.