Daryl Dolynny

Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses into the House. Thank you.

Alright, committee. Minister Abernethy, if you can introduce your witness to the Chamber, please.

Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. Next on my list I have Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Guy.

With that, we will go to the Minister of Public Works to see if he has witnesses to bring into the Chamber. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Heath. Next on my list I have Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Mr. Yakeleya.

I appreciate the Minister’s response to that. I encourage the Housing Corp to look at all the different pilots that are out there. The one in Inuvik that a number of Members here had the opportunity to go visit was quite impressive and one in which will probably set the gold bar standard what we’re going for and trying to achieve. That said, we need to create an environment where we’re doing more than just a pilot. We need to be looking at all our rollouts, looking at all energy efficiencies out there. So I encourage the Housing Corp to come up with more ingenuity. I know there are great ideas...

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, committee. Page 5-10, Public Works and Services, activity summary, petroleum products division, infrastructure investment summary, infrastructure investment, $910,000. Does committee agree? Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, need was just identified by some of the statistics we heard, only 33 percent of our community teens do have a driver’s licence. So I would be the first to agree that the creation of a DOT drivers’ education and licensing program in schools would open up questions such as liabilities, insurance premiums and overall costs of the program. However, with the GNWT having some of the lowest WSCC rates in the Northwest Territories and leveraging our access to fleet vehicles and insurance, I believe we are in a perfect position to initiate a pilot program.

So would the...