Daryl Dolynny

Thank you very much. Sergeant-at-Arms, could you please escort the witnesses into the Chamber? Thank you.

Minister Beaulieu, if you could introduce your witnesses to the House, please.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Committee, we are on page 5-4, Public Works and Services, activity summary, asset management, infrastructure investment summary, infrastructure investments, $25.572 million. Committee agree?

Great, thank you, and I appreciate the Minister’s response. As he mentioned, a new project that we just received here, a new news release from his office, Project Gearshift, we’re looking forward to reading the terms of that and looking forward to that.

Can the Minister of Transportation inform the House what percentage of our teen drivers aged 16 to 20, how many of them have a valid driver’s licence and if there is any regional disparity in that data? Thank you.

Thank you, committee. With that, we’ll go to the Minister of Health to see if he has any witnesses he’d like to bring in the House.

I’m hearing detail. Thank you, committee. We are going to defer 5-2 here and go directly to 5-4 in your capital estimates binder. Public Works and Services, activity summary, assets, asset management, infrastructure investment summary, infrastructure investments, $25.572 million. Does committee agree? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. October 18th to the 26th is designated Teen Driver Safety Week across Canada, and it’s a great time to raise awareness and talk about the reticence that teen drivers might have and hopefully they can improve their skills and awareness and hopefully prevent injury. More importantly, this awareness talks about some of the extra risk-taking behaviour of some of our teens, and hopefully deal with some of the lack of experience they may have as drivers.

For the record, our Graduated Drivers Licence Program in the NWT, administered by the Department of Transportation, is a...

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that we’ve concluded with the Department of Public Work and Services?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I’ll treat that as a final comment on the subject. Committee, we’re on 5-10, Public Works and Services, activity summary, petroleum products division, infrastructure investment summary, infrastructure investments, $910,000. Committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Yakeleya.