R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In the South Slave, we have many of the traditional tourist attractions: the waterfalls, wildlife, campgrounds, and miles of sandy beaches. We have to continue to preserve and promote these attractions. However, we need to think beyond these traditional forms of tourism. There are exciting and unique opportunities in my region that we need to capitalize on in order to diversify our economy and insulate us from fluctuations in global commodity prices. The government is working on the commercial fisheries revitalization strategy. As home of the commercial fishing industry...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do you have a breakdown of how many positions were reduced in, say, senior management, and how many were reduced in positions that offer frontline services? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm sorry if this is later on, but what is the territorial contribution?

Thank you, Minister Moses. I'm looking at the Canada-NWT Cooperation Agreement for French and Aboriginal Languages as well as the line item below that “Agreement for Minority Language Education and Second Language Instruction in French.” I was wondering if that was funding for the French schools in Hay River and Yellowknife, and if so, what the breakdown is on each government's contribution. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Moses. We will now proceed to consider the detail for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. I will defer the departmental summary and review the estimates by activity summary. There's that org chart on the first two pages. Do the Members have any comments or questions about the org charts? No comments, questions. On the third page we have graphs. Are there any comments or questions about the graphs? No comments. We can move on to page 50, revenue summary. This is an information item. Are there any questions on this page, questions or comments?

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Would you like to bring witnesses into the Chamber?

We will re-adjourn after a short break.

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I now call Committee of the Whole to order. Mr. Beaulieu, what is the wish of committee?

Nothing further right now, and just so the other departments are aware, I will be asking this of most of them, so thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One thing I have heard from some of my constituents is that they find ECE to be a topheavy department, and I was wondering, when you're looking at these reduction exercises, how exactly are they done? Who is it that decides what gets cut, who gets cut? Is it upper management looking down into the department? Because I know that universally accepted best practices for internal audits are you get someone from the outside or you get someone on the inside who is independent, who can talk to anyone, who can report to anyone. Is this someone from the outside looking in the way...