Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. At this time I would like to thank Ms. Young, Mr. Williams, thank you for joining us and, of course, the Minister, R.C. McLeod. Thank you again. If I could get the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

Okay, we’re going to turn our attention now to the next on the list, the NWT Housing Corporation and the Minister responsible. I’ll ask him if he has any witnesses to bring in. Minister McLeod.

Okay, so what I’m hearing is that 8,400 square metres of vacancy space in Yellowknife. What is that in square feet, because I deal in different numeric here. What’s that in square feet?

We also know that, I believe, there was a contingency reserve fund put aside within this project. I can’t remember the exact number, but I believe it was around $5 million. Has any of that contingency money been used, and if so, how much and for what and is there any anticipation that that contingency fund might be used in this upcoming construction season? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Again, we are on pages 24 and 25. Forest management, infrastructure investments, $21.571 million. Committee agree?

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Ms. Hannah, Ms. Haener, welcome to the House. Committee, again, we are Justice, which is pages 51 and onward. We’re going to turn it over to general comments. General comments, Justice. Is committee prepared to go into detail?

Thank you, committee. Mr. Warren, Ms. Hilderman, thanks for joining us for an easy one, and thank you, Minister McLeod. Sergeant-at-Arms, if I could get you to please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

Okay, committee, we are going to continue with capital estimates. Next on the list we have Municipal and Community Affairs. Again, I will turn it over to the Minister responsible to see if he has witnesses he wants to bring in. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Just for reference, Mr. Bromley, page 69, item 7, there is a unit there. But I’ll let the Minister follow up with that. Minister McLeod.

I notice also on here we have a new airport sweeper, obviously for the Yellowknife Airport. I just notice that, not knowing the breakdown, I don’t want to run the competitiveness of any type of bid, what type of valuation do these airport sweepers have in terms of replacement for new? I guess, what is the range of new pricing we may be looking at for this new sweeper? Thank you.

Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort our witnesses in, please.

Minister Ramsay, please introduce your witnesses to the House.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Ramsay.