Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. I did regret at the outset to suggest we have response from the Minister to opening comments once they are all done. So if Members are agreed to that, we will carry on with Mr. Nadli.

Page 11-30, Transportation, activity summary, Community Access Program, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $980,000.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Campbell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s hard to know where to start after my colleague’s comments, but I am totally in support of this motion.

I fail to understand how voting against money to look at different energy sources is not going to impact my bottom line and my power rates, and everybody else’s bottom line in their power rates.

I have to say I was quite dismayed when I looked at this year’s budget and realized that we were going to be reducing our input into research on energy and energy projects, that we have pretty much slashed it almost to the bone. I felt that in the last Assembly our...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Campbell.

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Thank you. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to return to item 6 on the Order Paper.

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you to the Minister. Committee, we are on page 13-7, department summary. We will defer until we have considered detail. We’ll move on to page 13-8, information item, infrastructure investment summary. Are there any questions on this page? I did forget general comments. Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Are there any general comments on the department? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 3-17(3), Northwest Territories Main Estimates 2012-2013, and would like to report progress. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.