Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Madam Chair. We are faced now with the ultimate go/no go scenario. We knew that was going to happen later today. It’s unfortunate that we are late in the evening now, after a very glorious day in terms of signing of devolution and now we are doing a second major milestone here for the 17th Assembly all within eight hours, so it’s quite a lot to take in for a lot of us. I know many of us are tired and I appreciate everyone here who has some input into this project.

I liken this to no different than if I was a CEO of a company and I had a board of directors who were pitching a project...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Again, since we’ve opened up this debate beyond the $5 million, I’m going to spearhead my conversation on that premise as well.

I’ve got to give a lot of credit to IRC and the people of Beaufort-Delta for putting on a very good program bringing this project to light. They were very well organized, and I believe that they deserve a lot of credit for bringing it forward. Where I find a problem is I don’t think our government was in line with the project. By that I mean the fact that we’ve asked and always asked from a Minister, whether it’s the Minister of Finance, the...

They’re already here. Thank you. Minister Miltenberger, again, for the record, if you could introduce your witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Bisaro, your time is up. Moving on page 5, I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Neudorf.

Thank you, Madam Chair. With respect to the $5 million for the Inuvik-Tuk Highway Project for the Source 177 access road, the bullet point and what also is mentioned in the opening comments was that these costly parts should be covered from the federal government for this cost-shared project. I wonder if the Minister or department can indicate as to where would that be classified in the cost-sharing estimate in terms of a descriptor. Thank you.

Okay, committee, would the Minister have any opening comments?

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Continuing on this page with questions, I have Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Moving on with questions on page 5 here, I have Mr. Hawkins.

Mr. Menicoche, what is the wish of committee?