Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister confirm that the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority has the ability and financial backing of the department to negotiate an agreement with the workers at Aven Manor? Wage parity is the one critical issue that needs to be solved. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just on the same matter as Mr. Yakeleya was raising but on a different screen, what was the valuation on how much money they would save by switching over when you consider the money of just over $900,000 to do all this conversion? How much money are they looking at saving over what predictable lifespan are they talking about? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a number of people to introduce, a number of constituents and employees from Aven Manor. I’ll start with Jacqueline Brule, employee and local president; as well as Victoria Duculan, Sue Beztilny, Eva Embodo, Bella Husky, Evelyn Sabourin, Sheila Laity and Gloria Taylor. From the PSAC office I have Dorothy Ablitt, Marija Babic -- I think that’s right -- and Heather Longstaff. I hope I got everyone’s name correct.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. Wouldn’t we be providing this service already in our environmental protection unit to manage and evaluate water related issues specific to types of development? Wouldn’t it be incumbent upon the developer to provide an environmental impact statement as to what will happen? I am just trying to get a sense of…Are we here to verify their information? I understand the policy, but it just seems like a large…I would have thought we would be doing that through the environmental protection unit.

I am on page 23.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So this would be somebody who travels around and checks our water, or is this somebody who deals with the agreements or transboundary agreements, etcetera?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This motion is bigger than it states on words on the paper. Mr. Speaker, we talk about those who are dependent and we want to denormalize the issue, but we have to also recognize those people who are living with these people who are abusing alcohol. I'd like to take this time to talk about a couple small stories. They're really small, but just to give you sort of a personal sense of where it's sort of gone and come from in my perspective.

I remember growing up in Fort Simpson and knowing somebody who flew in from one of the communities so he could get his hands on a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, Mr. Speaker, I’m sure the Minister is quite accurate on all that information, but I’ll tell you, the public opinion of what seems to be right and wrong sometimes dances a different line and to a different tune than maybe what legally may be correct. I’ll tell you, people out there would think that folks providing false information on a competitive tender is wrong. I do. So, Mr. Speaker, what is the Minister doing to address this ethical question that seems to be overlooked? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, will be supporting this motion. It was quite some time ago I talked to Mr. Yakeleya about this issue about trying to find new ways to help communities. I talked to Norman about saying, well, what if we bumped up the subsidy rate to $800, would that help? We had a bit of a discussion on that and there was some free-flowing talk about does that work, will that suit their needs. You know, we’re not 100 percent sure, but there are many ways out there to help folks. That’s kind of why I support this motion, is because it looks at different dynamics...

Mr. Speaker, does the Minister of Public Works and Services monitor the percentage difference between contract bids and contract payments and, if so, what is an acceptable percentage if things are over? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.