David Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document Workers’ Compensation Board of the NWT and Nunavut 2007 Corporate Plan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

So with that, I'd like to thank you very much. Enjoy your trip home and I wish you all the best. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, we are willing to enter into an agreement with the Town of Inuvik, the recreation department, whoever that may be in regards to facilitating this issue and have a signed agreement to spell out exactly what the costs associated with the replacement, where the new field is going to be located, make sure it is in black and white because I think the Member made it clear. We learned from the mistake we made in Aklavik. We don’t want to repeat that and make the same decision. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been working through the Town of Inuvik with regards to the relocation of the new high school in Inuvik. We are working with the town in regards to the replacement of that ball field, again working with the Slow-pitch League in Inuvik. Again, we are basically working through the Town of Inuvik by way of a consultative process and allowing them to facilitate, organizing these meetings with the different interest groups so that we do try to minimize the effects on all interested parties in regards to this decision. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can direct the department to notify communities when the water levels will be raised by way of raising the water in the dam. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to give you a status report on the energy conservation initiatives undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Services. This work was initiated last year through the GNWT's energy conservation action plan and supports this government’s action on climate change, as described in the NWT Greenhouse Gas Strategy, while upholding the principle of the NWT energy plan.

Earlier this year, I reported that PWS had been working with the Department of Justice to install a biomass heating system -- wood pellet boilers -- at North Slave Correctional facility. This has...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll refer that question to Mr. Voytilla.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to looking at consultations and the aspects around compensation, again the corporation, Deze, has just formed a couple of weeks ago. It will be that agency or board who will be the ones doing consultation in the communities through our partnership with the Metis and the Akaitcho. We feel that allowing that agency to do the consultation and filing and application to the environmental regulatory boards will now open it up to public scrutiny where the public now has a format where they can ask questions, they can debate issues, they can talk about the...

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Biomass Heating System Project Report: North Slave Correctional Facility, Yellowknife, NT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.