Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am wondering about the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation expenditure. The amount under revised estimate for ’08-09, I assume that means given the adjacent blank column that that wasn’t a planned expenditure or revenue, whatever the case may be here, and that there is some dollars budgeted. I wonder if the Minister could explain this item to me and what is going on here. Thank you.

Total department, $1.908 million.

Total department, $3 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our government has recognized the problem of our changing climate and we are making some moves to mitigate the situation. Today I would like to highlight the opportunity we have to address a particular part of the problem. That is the lack of fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

In the NWT Greenhouse Gas Strategy, we learned that up to 30 percent of our greenhouse gas pollution comes from the transportation sector. Despite this recognition, very few of the initiatives in the strategy actually address transportation issues. While the challenges are great, I am...

Page 11-26, information item, marine, active positions. Mr. Krutko.

Total department, not previously authorized, $120,000. Agreed?

Total department, not previously authorized, $3 million.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. There is a motion on the floor and is being distributed now. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Krutko.

Once again, Mr. Chair, I am wondering if the Minister feels that his would be a good stance to take, that our input should be to encourage the federal government to adopt progressive fuel emission standards, such as three of the jurisdictions in Canada, in line with the California standards that I suspect is working its way through the North American system fairly rapidly now with Mr. Obama at the helm. But we could be ahead of the game by considering that now. Thank you.