David Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I did have an opportunity at the Far North Oil and Gas Conference where there were some members of the Hay River council. We offered them a tour of the ATCO Novel facility. We also put them in contact with the people who work for ATCO with regard to this project. The issue of the possibility came up of developing some sort of plant facility in the North. There are certain components of these facilities that can be built in the North by these portable plants. They have plants all around the world and there is no reason why we can’t do that. Through those...

Mr. Speaker, again, I met with the individual a year ago. Basically, at that time, we asked him to put a proposal forward. It has to have a good business case behind it, and it has to be financially sound. That was the offer given at that time. To date, we have not received any correspondence regarding that proposal. So unless we have a proposal, we don't really have anything to talk about. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we all know, the programs that are provided through the Housing Corporation are application-based programs. We have worked out different pilot projects in different communities with the First Nations' governments so that they can work with their membership to make these improvements; but a lot of these programs are based on need; and we definitely try to focus on those people in those conditions that the Member mentions. Again, it’s important for the public to realize that you have to fill out an application for these programs, and I think it’s...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there has been no contracting out. All the work has been done in house with the resources we do have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we all know, we do have a budgetary process that has to pass through this House, and it has to be approved in that process. How it gets there is determined by the department and the demands of communities.

In regards to elders’ facilities, the population does fluctuate where we do have other alternative uses for facilities. I think because of the capital process, we go through departments, come forward with the capital requirements to this House, and get the capital dollars to construct them. In regard to those facilities, I believe that there was a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I don’t have that detail here, but I’d like to offer that to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have made it clear to ATCO and the other parties that we would like to have some sort of benefit that will flow through the North. I know that there have been councillors from Hay River meeting with ATCO and looking at the possibility of establishing some sort of a plant structure in Hay River. I think that it is important that we are able to work with the parties and allow the respective community leaders to meet with the different companies and see exactly what they are willing to put out. We have made it clear that we would like to ensure that...

Mr. Speaker, a lot of these facilities are built and designed with the Department of Health and Social Services, through the arrangement to provide seniors’ facilities in communities, and also in regard to alcohol and drug programs. The department, along with other departments, has done an assessment of all of the facilities that we presently operate with less than 30 percent capacity. We are presently in the process of working with those different agencies.

You touched on an area that was raised in the House earlier in regard to the Deline facility. We have a committee in place, and we’re...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in answering this question, we are not committed to this idea until the project is concluded, when the facilities will have to be abandoned and moved off site after the pipeline is built. So in order for us to make our expenditure -- there are no expenditures needed at the front end. The expenditure will be done at the back end. The rough estimate of what we were looking at is $90 million from the federal government. We assume that it is going to cost us in the range of…it depends on the negotiations. I think that we do have to be able...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member keeps referring to 42 units. As we all know, the last 20 units were implemented this year. At the time that it was presented to the House and we approved the budget, we made it clear to them that those 20 other units will not be on the ground. I would just like to have the Member realize that we went through a logistic problem the first time around, and we are going through it again. A lot of these communities are through the road access, and also ensuring that we have to deal with barging. As I said, Mr. Speaker, I don’t think we discriminate between...