Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to return back to the Premier with the earlier question. I did ask how much this establishment of the special envoy office would cost the territorial government in Ottawa. If he could explain that in detail? Because we also know given the reference on the finance website, on the GNWT that is, that principal secretary's position is -- as a deputy head is one of the most expensive paid GNWT employees as noted in the public service. So I'm curious on how much this office is going to pay, how big is it going to get, etcetera. Thank you.

I didn't have it this time.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is where I get to be the long tooth of the Assembly. I remember that same message back in 2003. So what is the blockage from some of these initiatives that's stopping this transfer moving forward? Thank you.

Was the lottery concept part of the redesign by the department? Thank you.

Let's see, can't change the Minister. Has to stay on the question line. I'm old school. I forgot that the land -- Mr. Speaker, with respect to community -- I'm going to waive the question. Thank you.

Was the program relaunching itself, or did it take some intervention by the department and the Minister? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, I don't mind the Premier being a Premier, but this is a significant departure from regular business, especially when Members on this side of the House are asking for action, but he does it unilaterally without any type of consultation. Has he spoken to Indigenous governments that he's appointed his principal secretary to be the Ottawa face of our politics, has he spoken to MLAs? Like, who has he spoken to outside of his own principal secretary and himself? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. What actions or commitments has the Minister provided these organizations with respect to the responses to these changes? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was reading the news the other day, including the news release that the Premier had created a special envoy position in Ottawa, and we're hearing a lot of little hoopla about, well, doing things differently is bad. Well, and we're even hearing it from that side of the House. So I guess my question for the Premier particularly, is, is what mandate has he been given by this House or the people to establish a special envoy position, and where is the money coming from? Thank you.

So just to be clear, again, is the Minister's letter confidential, and was she suggesting she'll provide that to Members? Maybe we'll deal with these one at a time. Thank you.