Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses to the table. I would like to welcome back Deputy Minister Mike Aumond and Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Sandy Kalgutkar with the Minister here today. As I said, we left off on page 6. I will read it o

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  I would like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. When we adjourned yesterday, we were dealing with Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-2016. At this time, before we resume with page 6, I would like to ask Minister Miltenberger if he would like

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Agreed. We’ll commence with that after a brief break. Thank you. ---SHORT RECESS

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Does committee agree?

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order for today. What’s the wish of the committee, Ms. Bisaro?

Question 941-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m glad to hear that the matter is not concluded and that the Premier has expressed a willingness today to meet with the principals of Rowe’s Construction to see this matter brought to a satisfactory conclusion, understanding the challenges of the electio

Question 941-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  I would like to ask the Premier if it is within his purview to instruct someone within the Department of Transportation to meet expeditiously with the Rowe’s to see this matter brought to a conclusion. I am led to believe that there may be people in the Department of Transportat

Question 941-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  The Premier and the Minister previously have spoken about legal liabilities. Again, this project is not without its challenges and difficulties, but the government and Rowe’s agreed to a referee arbitrator. In the arbitrator’s report it says I believe Rowe’s is entitled to a part

Question 941-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Referee Claim Review  I’m going to join my colleagues on this side of the House today and also weigh in on this issue of the Deh Cho Bridge. I haven’t talked about the Deh Cho Bridge for a long time, and I’m going to direct my questions to the Premier, if I may, today. We’re aware of the situation wi

Question 931-17(5): Personal Costs Associated With Addictions Treatment  Thank you, for that commitment. Thank you.

Question 931-17(5): Personal Costs Associated With Addictions Treatment  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not sure who I should direct my question to today, but as I said in my Member’s statement, I have a constituent who took the matter of their own well-being, their own welfare, into their own hands and took the initiative to get themselves to a resident

NWT Addictions Treatment Services  So, although we can say that we have a streamlined process, there are these one-offs and these unusual circumstances which do occur at times. For this particular case, I am asking this government, again appealing to these Ministers for discretionary latitude to help this family o

NWT Addictions Treatment Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our days in this House are drawing to a close. I want to speak about something today that’s still very, very important in the Northwest Territories and that is the subject of addictions. I don’t think anybody who works for this government around this table

Report Of Committee Of The Whole  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 325-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 3, 2015-2016; and Tabled Document 324-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-2016; and woul

Committee Motion 141-17(5): Concurrence Of Tabled Document 325-17(5): Supplementary Estimates (infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016, Carried  Thank you. I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, Minister Miltenberger, Mr. Aumond, Mr. Kalgutkar. Sergeant-at-Arms, thank you.