Daryl Dolynny

Just for the sake because this is an addition here that I was unfamiliar with, if he could just briefly read through the highlights of what’s included in the $100,000, that would be appreciated. Thank you.

Again, just to reiterate, because it got a nice paid political statement here that, yes, the contract will be honoured and we all hope that this will be done according to the contractor, and I’m not going to disagree with you. Okay? My question still stands.

Do we have any unforeseen costs that taxpayers are going to be having to look at in the foreseeable future on that highway realignment?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Some of the information on here is a bit different than what I looked at earlier in the week and there is an additional amount of $98,000 that, according to the provision here, is to provide funding for improvements to increase accessibility in the Legislative Assembly building. Can I get some more clarification on that entry? Thank you.

I hope maybe Mr. Beaulieu will drive Highway No. 3 one day and maybe that comment might be challenged, but we’ll leave that for another day.

My last question has to do with the bridge over Baker Creek. We know that last fall there were a number of delays and a number of questions in terms of the bridge that was going in there, and the fact that there were some abutment issues, to the point that there was concern that that bridge was actually put in reverse. We know that’s not the first time a bridge has been put in reverse in the Northwest Territories. In fact, anyone who wants to do any trivia...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the Minister’s and deputy minister’s response. My final area of questioning has to do with where we sit with respect to the Building Canada Plan, which I believe ceased about over a year or two ago. There were some residual projects which I believe were tied to some old monies. I’m looking at the accounting aspect. We cleaned up a lot of that money with the Infrastructure Canada plan we prepared for the Corridors for Canada III, which is a whole new other aspect of infrastructure and building.

Can we get, maybe, a broad overview? Have we used all the...

I guess if we can get confirmation that because we opened the road early, a lot of the granular on the surface was dissipated, was moved around. Some of that granular, actually, now is in the ditch on that road, which means that we need to get more granular on that road. We all know well how much granular costs in the Territories. Has granular been an issue now as a result of this early opening, and again, are we going to see unforeseen costs?

Thank you for clarifying that. I appreciate that. I guess I’m just looking at your opening comments and it talks about this is the lowest in the past 10 years in terms of carry-over. You are using the term 21.3 percent.

Can you possibly give an explanation as to the possibilities why we are seeing such a lower carry-over than we have in years past? What has been the trend that has caused a lower carry-over? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I finally want to go into a last question here, and I’m a bit perplexed. We’ve heard from the Minister today that he might look into this and that the policy might be reviewed in the next negotiation. We’re asking here today that the policy be looked at for its integrity. I believe we need to go a bit further in addressing our GNWT volunteer base who specialize in our safety and security.

Will the Minister commit to a proper review of all human resource policies applicable to these volunteers, to ensure that we are maximizing the strength of these volunteers as a...

The GNWT Human Resource Manual also has a list of various boards where GNWT employees, if appointed or elected, may access special leave for travel to attend meetings as part of their duties. Sadly, CASARA NWT board members are not on such a list.

Can the Minister indicate why CASARA NWT board members are not included and would the Minister consider such an addition? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to introduce, to you and through you, one of the residents from Range Lake. She probably doesn’t need any introduction, but Ms. Carmen Moore who is from the office of protocol and she’s one of our best ambassadors that I think we have in the North and, of course, our special guest. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you.