Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. For that we’ll go to Mr. Williams.

I do appreciate the Minister’s reply, but this is why we’re still asking the same questions. The public has yet to have seen these.

It appears that the Department of Transportation almost forgot about the $12 million that has been advanced to this project in preparation for such a cost estimate for the federal government. Can the Minister of Transportation indicate if this $12 million is included in the $299 million cost estimate? If not, why?

Thanks to the Minister. With all the industrial development that’s anticipated in the Sahtu region, does the department anticipate a much bigger increase in marine traffic or activity, and is this reflected in this year’s budget?

Okay. Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. I’ll take that as a comment. The Minister has already replied to that. Moving on with questions I have Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister McLeod.

Can the Minister indicate to the House here when was the last time those airport fees were reviewed?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’ll go to Ms. Young.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to touch base from what we heard yesterday in Committee of the Whole and what the Transportation Minister, Mr. David Ramsay, said during his opening budget comments on the northern portion of the Mackenzie Valley Highway system.

Admittedly, the Minister clearly has indicated that we have reached what he referred to as an important crossroad on this project. For the record, I agree. According to the Minister, the formalities of the environmental approval is imminent for the project to go forward, and with 85 percent of the design of the highway complete, the...

I believe my notes indicate that we are anticipating to see the completion of that On Course Marine Strategy in the 2012-2013 budget. It’s interesting to see that it is still not completed, yet we do have a lot of changes in our marine vessels, especially with the Merv Hardie. With that said, we service, currently, four river crossings with ferries, and with the changes that we’re seeing with the Deh Cho Bridge finally in active services and the Merv Hardie possibly being re-allocated to a future port of call, is there any cost recovery with any of our fleet that may be coming off the books in...