The standing committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories met from January 13th to January 24th, 2003 to review the 2003-2004 draft main estimates for each of the departments of the Government of the Northwest Territories.

As part of the wrap-up process, the standing committees on Governance and Economic Development and Social Programs brought issues that were considered to be of broad interest to all Members to the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight for review.

This report will comment on both the general issues brought to the standing committee for review as well as issues that arose during the committee's review of the Department of the Executive's Draft Main Estimates.