David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That confidential briefing was provided to Members two weeks ago. It included a risk matrix. I also committed during that meeting to provide Members with an updated risk matrix.

We don’t have a funding agreement with the federal government. We haven’t wrapped up negotiations with the Inuvialuit on royalties and land tenure. There are some things that we have to finalize before we can get that number into committee and get another presentation before the standing committee. No decision has been made on this project. We are still awaiting word from the federal government...

Yes, there is. There are those types of discussions that happen and Edelweiss is one of them. We certainly have to be taking a look at the infrastructure that we have at YZF. Runway length has been talked about. That would probably require $40 million to $50 million to lengthen the runway. Also, other infrastructure that would be required to handle different types of aircraft, and also the requirement of customs personnel and a customs handling area at YZF. The dialogue continues and we certainly understand and appreciate, from a tourism perspective, what having direct international flights...

That would be a capital cost, and we don’t have the capital dollars to do the improvements right now. That’s why it was going to be put as a spare, but that’s not to say that it can’t be put back into service and we can find the capital dollars to upgrade at a later point in time.

As I mentioned numerous times in response to questions today about the Inuvik-Tuk highway, there are risks associated with the project. Those were shared with committee two weeks ago. As we move forward, we will be providing Members with updates. It is this Assembly that is going to ultimately make the decision on whether the project moves forward or not. All this information is going to be available to both Members and the public.

Thank you. Yes, with NorthwesTel and we’ve also had discussions with the NWT Power Corporation for using the bridge and the conduit in the bridge, and that would be done on a chargeback basis. Thank you.

Thanks, Madam Chair. That was 1990 and in relation to that agreement, we are responsible for ferry landings and I think that’s what the Member is alluding to, the fact that DOT is responsible for dredging near ferry landings, but definitely we’re not responsible for a port like Hay River, to dredge that port. Thank you.

First off, we haven’t made any decisions on the project. We’re still a ways off on making those decisions. Secondly, that is a very hypothetical question. Thank you.

I would have to get that detail for the Member. There was a little bit when, I believe it was in the 15th Assembly, we had to find $11 million to use for the upgrades to the main terminal building. But prior to that, probably 2001 was the last time that fees were reviewed. I believe it was just specific to landing fees in 2006, that we had to find an offset for the $11 million to upgrade the terminal at YZF.

No.

We have a contingency. We don’t get into any project with the belief that it’s going to go over budget, so for the Member to ask questions about the what ifs, what if you go over budget, that is a hypothetical question.