Daryl Dolynny

Thanks, Ms. Bisaro. Will the Minister want to reply?

Where I’m kind of going with this is that I believe it was, as the Minister put it, an initiative that was overdue in terms of the reviewing of airport fees. Does the current process allow that these fees are being reviewed on a more frequent basis? Is there a provision or a proviso within the review program that will not allow this to lapse, that we actually are keeping up with either inflation or use of our facilities?

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Schauerte.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’ll go to Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today as this is formally the second time we have heard from the Department of Transportation on a shared cost estimate proposal with the federal government on the northern portion of the Mackenzie Valley Highway system. It appears, once again, that we have been given a glass-half-empty program that appears now to have been formally fast-tracked to the feds for review.

I have said on more than one occasion in this House that I support this project only if the math was sound and a full risk matrix was on the table. It is clear that the project glass is, again, half...

I just thought that it would seem that if we’ve got a ferry that is being re-allocated, we would have a ferry that is not in use, therefore, are we keeping it as a spare or is this something that could be used as a cost-recovery for the taxpayers?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Hawkins, your time is up. Moving on with questions on this page I have Ms. Bisaro.

This economy is going to be faced with, as the Minister has put it many times, we’re going to see some substantial economic growth, which will probably put a little bit of strain and pressure on our airport system. Can the department indicate to us: Have the airport fees been reviewed as of late, and is there any inclination of increasing those fees to accommodate the increased traffic that we may be seeing, especially in areas like the Sahtu?

Thank you, committee. 6-9, Municipal and Community Affairs, information item, revenue summary. Mr. Hawkins.