Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a number of general comments and then I will have questions when I get to each department.

In looking at the big picture, what we are presented with here, I certainly I have to say I have questions about the way that we do our budgeting. I have certainly said it before; I am sure I will say it again. Many of these expenses that are included in this supplementary appropriation, in my mind, are expenses which we could have or should have predicted. Certainly some of them are extraordinary, but I think we tend to underestimate when we estimate our expenses. There is...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Aumond.

We are agreed. Okay. Employee services, not previously authorized, $617,000. Mr. Dolynny.

Thanks to the Minister for the explanation. I heard an awful lot of we can and we could and we might and some things that are recognized that we have to do. There’s a lot of if we do this and if we do that. I guess my question is, we recognize, I think, as Members that there are things that must be done. The Minister has elaborated on quite a number of things that need to be done. For Stanton and for the Beaufort-Delta authorities, we know that their budgets need to be amended and need to be changed. My question was more to are we doing that. What are we doing? When are we going to have it...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to continue with some questions, that I didn’t get time for, to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs relative to the recreational land lease policy.

The Minister, in answering my questions and my colleague’s questions, I understood him to say that he admitted that there are certain problems with the consultation that’s been done to date and with the report that’s been out there, that there are certain issues in regard to land ownerships and so on. I also heard the Minister say that he felt that those could be resolved by the final draft date of June...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’ve got a few comments here. I’d like to first revert to the discussion that happened the other day with regard to Human Resources and the two unfunded positions which are now included in this interim appropriation. I have no qualm that the particular positions that are being added here are needed. I don’t have any concerns that the individuals that are going to be performing these duties are going to be competent, but I am a little concerned about the process.

I think I’ve understood, in looking at Hansard and listening to the discussions, that these positions were...

Again, thanks to the Minister. I would like to know from the Minister, because this is another area that, in my mind, where lack of information was glaringly obvious. There was no assessment of current use of particularly the Vee Lake and Walsh Lake areas and a couple of small lakes around it like Jackson and Banting, I believe. I would like to know from the Minister if we are talking about a June 30th final document, how will the department get that current use evaluation, that data, how will they get that prior to June 30th. I think it is vitally important that they have that data in order...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. I want to follow up on some of the points that I raised in my Member’s statement. I attended one of the two public meetings that were held here in Yellowknife. In listening to the back and forth and in listening to the responses from Municipal and Community Affairs staff, there was an indication that there was a possibility for more consultation. I would like to know from the Minister what process is intended to be followed now. What steps will MACA take? What is MACA going to do going...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger has deferred to the Minister of Health and Social Services. Mr. Beaulieu.