David Krutko

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.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, May 20, 2010, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories calls on the Government of Canada to fully reinstate the funding previously provided to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation; and further, that the Speaker formally transmit this motion and the content of our proceedings today to the federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs for his consideration and action. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, in regards to the contracting processes that I would like to ask the Minister, I know I mentioned negotiating contractors in my statement but also I have supported negotiating contracts for projects in McPherson and Aklavik which were submitted to the regional office which I gave to the Minister. It was supposed to go to Cabinet in April. I would like to ask the Minister what is the status of those contracts. Again, that is another avenue that has to be used but again we are not hearing anything back from Cabinet on that. I would like to get an update from the Minister. Why is...