Wendy Bisaro

Petroleum products, not previously authorized, $309,000.

Transportation, total department, not previously authorized, $72.103 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a couple of comments here. You know, you look at the amount of money in this supplementary appropriation and it’s very large, $105 million, almost $106 million, and it seems huge. I have to echo the comments of one of my colleagues earlier, who stated that we have in the last couple of previous years had a huge amount of infrastructure projects throughout the two fiscal years and we have been taking advantage of the federal dollars that have been available, and I fully support that. I did support it and I continue to support it. Over the years our carry...

Yes.

Office of the chief information officer, not previously authorized, $5,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $666,000.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Page 13, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $62.342 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the seconder of the motion for allowing this motion to come forward. As mentioned in the motion, there are only three jurisdictions in Canada that do not currently have an ombudsman office and we are one of them. There are innumerable situations where NWT residents could use an ombudsman to assist in solving a dispute or a disagreement. I’m going to mention a number. They include but are definitely not limited to:

rental officer decisions that either the tenant or the landlord disagrees with;

landlord/tenant issues that are outside the jurisdiction...

Thank you, committee. Highways, not previously authorized, $62.342 million. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, committee. Page 7, Legislative Assembly, capital investment expenditures, office of the Clerk, not previously authorized, $88,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $88,000.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Ramsay.