Wendy Bisaro

Thank you. Anything further, Mr. Hawkins? Mr. Hawkins is done. Next on the list, Mr. Bromley.

Thank you to the Minister, thank you to the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Hawkins.

Is committee agreed that we have concluded consideration of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment?

Both the response from the Minister and from Mr. Guy indicates to me that what we have is piecemealed. We don’t have an all-encompassing policy that goes across all our departments. At the moment every office, almost every department it sounds like, does their own thing and I think there’s an opportunity for us to provide a bit of an incentive, a bit of a shot in the arm and some support for arts in every one of our communities. Existing buildings aside, I think future buildings could – if we had a policy in place – provide a base for arts. I didn’t hear the Minister say that. He said the...

Okay, committee, we’ll now return to page 6-2, department summary, Health and Social Services, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $36.189 million.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Page 8-7, Education, Culture and Employment, activity summary, education and culture, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $12.344 million.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a couple of comments at the outset. I want to state my unreserved approval for a focus on deferred maintenance. I know PWS is the department that pretty much has the Deferred Maintenance Program and we’ve certainly expanded that program over the last several years. I think it’s very definitely the way to go and I certainly support the focus that we’ve put on deferred maintenance in all of our areas.

I do wish to speak to the suggestion by Mr. Bromley about providing arts space in new GNWT buildings. I don’t believe his suggestion was earmarked specifically...

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. I have no one else on the list. Any other comments on page 6-4? Health and Social Services, activity summary, health services programs, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $28.089 million.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Daniels.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. I was pleased to hear the Minister earlier say that there will be an opportunity for residents to provide some input, and that’s, I think, a large concern for me and also for many constituents. What avenues will there be in sort of a specific sense for residents to direct their concerns to the government so the government will know what individual residents and/or community governments feel about the process of hydraulic fracturing? Thank you.