David Krutko

Clause 3 as amended.

---Clauses 3 through 22 inclusive approved

Does committee agree?

The motion is being circulated. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will support this motion cautiously because I also have been pushing for the Peel River Bridge. I think that we also have to look at other infrastructure in the North. I know that we have to connect our highway systems to communities and I think also realizing that we have to ensure that public infrastructure, whenever possible, should be formatted to some sort of a P3 process. I know that there is a program that is out there. The project is over $50 million. I think that this project gets that.

Again, I would just like to stipulate that I would like to also notify the...

We are moving on to page 1, clause 1.

---Clauses 1 and 2 approved

Mr. Speaker, there is already a Frog Creek development and reclamation plan that has been done between the Department of Transportation and the Gwich’in Land and Water Board. I believe this policy directs the government to do that. They’ve already developed this. It’s a heavy document.

I’d like to ask the Minister, in light of the time limit that is coming close here where the government’s free access will be lapsed and where they’re going to start having to pay to use that pit, I’d like to ask the Minister, can you ensure that you are following the pit management plan, but more importantly...

Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to go back to item 7.

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Deputy minister, Mr. Daniels.

Thank you. I believe that that is the problem with the policy when you have three companies in the same community. They’ve made a major capital investment in regard to the Capital Suites in Inuvik, I believe it was $12 million that they put into it. The Gwich’in put in half of that, which is $6 million, they own half the hotel and they are a local business. If anything, it’s in the Gwich’in Settlement Region, but yet because of a 1 percent difference, they are being excluded from a policy that is, basically, you know… Is there a possibility of a Charter challenge? I don’t know; maybe we should...