Daryl Dolynny

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.

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.

Thank you. Page 6-14. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’ll go to Mr. Williams.

I will be looking forward to maybe asking that question when we get into the capital side in a few months, so I appreciate that. I remember some time ago we talked about, I believe in committee format, it was referred to as the On Course Marine Strategy. Can the department give us a bit of an update as to where we’re at with that strategy and maybe some of the goals or strategies that could be affecting this budget for this year?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Mr. Schauerte.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I do appreciate the Minister and deputy minister’s answer earlier. Keeping on the topic of airports, if we could maybe get a brief update as to the Public Airports Act. This has to do with airport parking or use of parking or parking issues. Has this been problematic for the Department of Transportation to implement this act?