Robert Hawkins

Okay. So it’s full cost accounting and just because it showed up in the truck and it’s parked, until it’s plugged in and used and treated as 100 percent asset, ready and available, then it’s then accounted for on the books. Got it. MLA accounting. I think I got that now.

The last question, I think, on this particular page – just because I’m noting the clock, we’re at 6:00 now – professional fees have maintained the same. I guess my question really is around why is that the case. Do our professional fees not increase? Do they change at all? Is it based on a flat number which is it doesn’t matter...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to first rise and begin with something that I keep hearing about. I hear about all these southerners, and certainly I’m going to say this westerner, and when I say westerner, I’m actually referring to the Member of Parliament for the Yukon, and these southerners I sometimes refer to as these Albertans, and all I ever hear about is how much they want to make us like the Yukon. I have to tell you, I like the Yukon. I enjoy visiting there. I like the people there. I like the feel of the Yukon, but I don’t want to be the Yukon, and I wish people from Alberta and the...

I’m curious, maybe they could explain, and perhaps they explained it during business plans, but I may not have been there or certainly not there at all during that day when they had done this review, but I am curious why capital transfers keeps dropping significantly. We go from $9 million a few years ago down to basically $1.5 through main estimates and then revised just barely over $1.1 million, and now down to $300,000. Perhaps I can get some explanation in that area.

Would the Premier be willing to ensure that these people are guaranteed a job somewhere in the government if, after their training experience, there is no job opening up for them?

I can tell you some of these folks have been doing jobs like they’ve been doing today for 20 or 25 years, and their jobs have been reclassified and they have been told to go reapply for them. By the way, they don’t qualify for interviews anymore. That’s part of the problem here, so I’m asking what guarantees will this Premier provide this sector and what message is he sending by just letting the process roll out by...

Obviously we are running out of time this round, but I wouldn’t mind some details as to medical travel. I would assume that we would have a revenue, if it’s listed here on this page, that points to, for example, third-party insurance coverage. If it isn’t on this particular page, I’m curious as to where it would show up and how much it would be.

To give a specific example, in my view the territorial government shouldn’t be picking up all the costs. Insurance companies should be the first whistle stop on some of these expenses. As far as that goes, whether it’s automobile accidents or, for...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I raised the issue yesterday about direct appointments, and my view is it’s very important to create them in a transparent manner. At no time, of course, did I say I was against direct appointments, but it’s simply based on the transparency of them. In my Member’s statement I certainly spoke about two dozen shared services employees that have been shown the door by this government in its reorg. Now is an opportunity for the Premier to start using his direct appointment authority in an open, transparent, and maybe even a reasonable way.

I would ask the Premier, would he...

It’s under Non-Insured Health Benefits five-year summary of expenses by authority and total revenue recoveries and it’s my understanding it’s actually from the Minister’s office. It’s an internal document. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, in the wisdom of this government, they developed a unit called shared services for financial transactions and procurement in the wake of implementing the new financial system.

When the government announced this initiative, they said it would be a positive benefit that would flow from this model such as the department being able to focus on core business and people will be able to receive high quality and timely services. They also said employees will benefit from a shared service organization by clearly having the career progression path developed for them and they can enjoy...

Maybe just a follow-up on another perspective to Mr. Dolynny’s question. I think the Minister had pointed out we bill and we get paid for it. I guess he’s going to provide some type of spreadsheet information on what’s billed and what’s covered. Can he also include what is billed and refused on this stuff? Thank you very much.

Just changing gears, same kind of concept though. I understand we have a team that does an amazing job at fixing that equipment over at Stanton, that tech crew. I’m not sure what the exact name is and I almost feel embarrassed that I don’t know the name of it, but the tech crew there that works on all the fancy equipment in Stanton certainly provide regional support and they get out to our regions. In essence, do we bill for other regions on that? Do we bill across authorities on that? Who picks up the cost of that? One of the Stanton folks who is a tech, who is an expert in fixing some of...