Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, As I mentioned in my Member's statement, there has been much discussion about accountability and how that will be applied to the 14th Assembly.
Mr. Speaker, I pull from the Financial Administration Act, part 3 on appropriations. Section 27 states " No person shall incur an expenditure without the authority of an enactment."
Then I go to section 29: "The Minister of Finance shall submit to the Legislative Assembly, in accordance with section 25 of the Northwest Territories Act Canada, an appropriation bill for each fiscal year based on the votes and items of expenditures set out in the estimates."
Section 30 says "no person shall incur an expenditure unless it is pursuant to an appropriation and in accordance with the activity set out in the estimates on which the appropriation is based."
Mr. Speaker, I would like to know from the Premier, seeing as he is the head of government, the symbol that we all fall under in the sense of leadership and accountability, if he has defined, or if it has been pointed out to him, if in fact departments have gone outside of the rules set out, what would the Premier do to rectify the situation? Thank you.