Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to just follow up a little bit on the tail end of our conversation, the Minister and myself, through you, our Chair. I asked about would the Minister consider implementing a mechanism that’s in the Greenhouse Gas Strategy, and that’s a renewable energy portfolio, a mechanism whereby we would require industry, new industry, for example, to start providing some basic minimal amount of their energy needs through renewable energy. The Minister responded, noting that he is spending many millions of dollars. He has got many projects. He’s replacing boilers. He has a lot...

Maybe I can pursue this at another time. I’m interested in if we’re saving 13 million litres this year, what is that as a proportion of the total litres of fuel we’re consuming this year? That’s a statistic. I’m looking for both fuel and electricity if it is available.

With respect to devolution, I’m asking the departments to maybe explain the changes that they’re encountering as a result of devolution. How many new employees and what will the duties be that will be new as a result of devolution? I know some are going to be just expanding the TSC program; I recognize the need there. So if I...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Very quickly, I am very excited about the Detah road. I am happy the Minister has decided to move on that and I’m wondering when exactly that negotiation or that request for proposal or whatever will start happening. I know the summer season is the best to do the work and I am obviously hoping to see that come out in April.

I also want to mention that in the Inuvik-Tuk highway, I think the concern is that the economic benefits are not rippling very widely, they are largely accruing to the large companies there.

There was one other issue. The forecasting of runway issues...

Mr. Chairman, thanks for that information. What will be the participation of the federal Ministers in this decision-making?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That’s good to know and I think it would be of interest if committee could see that report, obviously. Territory-wide, was it like all our communities or did it include the highways and other transportation corridors? Do we know? Just in association with that, and I’ll see if I can finish this up here, I’m wondering if we’re working with Transportation on this, as well, because they might have a role to play too.

You do indeed have a duty to consult. That’s exactly what I’m talking about. You are choosing to fund only half the people of the Northwest Territories.

I brought this up during early discussions on this department and got the agreement of people at the table that this needs to be recognized. This government is dividing people by not recognizing this need. This has been brought up repeatedly and recognized as a legitimate point. Nothing is happening. We’re at the birthing of a new department and a new approach by this government. Where is this recognition? I mean, let’s put our money where our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to table a press release, entitled “New Study Demonstrates Alberta Failing to Enforce Environmental Legislation,” which includes highlights from the report Environmental Incidents in Northeastern Alberta’s Bitumen Sands Region, 1996-2012.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Everything is in the definitions, of course, so I guess I would ask, what does coordination mean to the Minister. Does that mean he will just make sure the formatting is the same and that the departments’ voice will be clearly heard and they will be contributing directly into the decision-making? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In terms of emergency management, I see a bump-up in the grants and contributions of a couple hundred thousand, and I know the Minister referenced another $350,000. What is the Minister aiming at here? One of the things that has come up in terms of community management planning is the increase and the expectation of further increases of the transportation of toxic and explosive materials through our communities associated with the fracking activity in the Sahtu as well as along our highways and rivers and lakes and so on. I know the Minister is familiar with what’s...

I see contributions for Aboriginal groups for consultation and supportive decisions on disposition of lands and again for Aboriginal groups in North Slave and South Slave regions supportive land use planning processes. Obviously, we need to be consulting with other people that are not Aboriginal or don’t have Aboriginal treaty rights. Where is the budget to support consultation in those areas? Thank you.