David Krutko

Maybe I’ll just remind the House to keep the side chatter to a minimum. It’s affecting some of the responses here. Mr. Yakeleya.

To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was going to say I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. I think all things being what they are, this has definitely been a pretty tough learning curve on how we handle P3s in the Northwest Territories. We, if anything, have had a very poor record on P3s. If anything, we should have probably done more due diligence on who our partners were and if they have the capacity to do the job. Also having a company heading your construction going bankrupt halfway through the project didn’t help either. I think we have to be realistic here that we hopefully will...

Deputy Minister Neudorf.

I believe that this is an area we don’t have control over. If we’re not able to generate those revenues on traffic volumes, we will as a government have to pay those additional costs to ensure that we are able to pay down the debt going forward of $7.9 million. I’m just wondering, the issue that’s out there on the Taltson project, which with the Taltson project going into a diamond mine will take 2,000 vehicles off the Highway No. 3 system. Because of that situation which will decrease the volumes even more than what’s already there in traffic volumes, has that issue been discussed between the...

Mr. Premier.

To the motion. Premier Roland.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Next on the list I have Mr. Bromley.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the need for infrastructure is needed throughout the Northwest Territories and other regions. Mr. Speaker, this week we’ll be talking about the Deh Cho Bridge. Mr. Speaker, there’s a need for bridges in other regions and the regions I represent, from the Peel River Bridge, which has been discussed in this House, to the Liard Bridge and the Bear River Bridge, which also has been discussed in this House.

Mr. Speaker, this week what happens to the Deh Cho Bridge will set the precedent for the rest of the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, as communities and...