Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Although I don't think the Member has to sit on the edge of his chair to wait for something to hit him pretty hard and surprise him, there are some reductions that we did make that are going to affect all Members in how we operate in the Assembly. For example, the capital allowance for Members; we've made some decisions where we looked at the cost of a two-bedroom apartment and it was up to about $30,000. With the amount of available rental space in Yellowknife now, we think that the price has pretty well levelled out. So we decided to put the rent scale back to 2003-04 levels, I think it was, and that still allows for $27,000, which I think is still ample for a Member to get an apartment here in Yellowknife. There are even issues like the reduction in security out here after midnight, when Members can't get in from midnight until 6:00 in the morning; transcripts from committee meetings, if we don't think that they're an official meeting or that it's overly important that we have those meetings recorded, we've cut back on those services a little bit. But, all in all, I think that the cutbacks are fairly minor. So I don't have all the areas, but we do have them in here and I can certainly make those available to the Member. I don't think the Member has to worry about major cutbacks that are going to affect the Member in a big way; but if he wants the detail on all the areas where we have made some minor adjustments, we have the detail to give him that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Paul Delorey on Committee Motion 33-15(3): Recommendation To Consider Options For Regional Coordination
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Committee Motion 33-15(3): Recommendation To Consider Options For Regional Coordination
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 8th, 2005
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