David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that. From where I sit, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the department has spent a lot of time and effort on the Deh Cho Bridge project and we talked about the Kam Lake access road, the city of Yellowknife bypass road and the Building Canada Fund. Where exactly is that road? I stood up in this House for four years asking about the Kam Lake access road. We are spending our time and effort on the Deh Cho Bridge and we are not spending enough effort in other areas of the territory, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister -- he brought...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm wondering if the Minister could provide the House exactly today what the GNWT is liable for. Thank you.

WHEREAS Rule 85 requires that Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Government Operations;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Government Operations:

Mr. Glen Abernethy, the Member for Great Slave;

Mr. David Krutko, the Member for Mackenzie Delta;

Mr. Kevin Menicoche, the Member for Nahendeh;

Mr. Jackie Jacobson, the Member for Nunakput;

Mr. Robert Hawkins, the Member for Yellowknife Centre;

AND FURTHER, that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Government...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, November 29, 2007, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Government Operations: Mr. Glen Abernethy, the Member for Great Slave; Mr. David Krutko, the Member for Mackenzie Delta; Mr. Kevin Menicoche, the Member for Nahendeh; Mr. Jackie Jacobson, the Member for Nunakput; Mr. Robert Hawkins, the Member for Yellowknife Centre; and further that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I feel very strongly that we need to learn a lesson in what happened here. The only way for me to get some satisfaction that we have learned a lesson is to find out exactly what happened, who the players were and why that agreement was signed on September 28th. Can I ask the Premier to find out why that agreement was signed on September 28th? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Premier. Again, it relates to the Deh Cho Bridge project and what I see as a rush to sign a concession agreement that was, by most accounts, an incomplete concession agreement signed on the 28th day of September. That was a Friday. It was three days prior to the territorial election on October 1st. I would like to ask the Premier if, in fact, he would call for a public inquiry as to the conduct of the previous government in dealing with the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation and the signing of this incomplete agreement? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I’m wondering why the government would sign the concession agreement on the 28th of September -- a multi-million dollar deal, a multi-year deal -- without, again, the approval of the Members of the last Legislative Assembly. It looks like the project is full steam ahead; the concession agreement has been signed. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister if he would entertain a full public inquiry as to the decision-making process on this project. I think the public deserves to know…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Yakeleya. They get back to the Deh Cho Bridge project and the concession agreement that was alluded to earlier and was signed on the 28th of September, three days prior to the territorial election on October 1st. I’d like to ask the Minister of Transportation, what was the communications plan with the public on detailing the concession agreement? When they went to Fort Providence with the shovels and the photo op, that was when the limited approval was signed off, the concession agreement...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take a moment to welcome my colleagues back to the House. Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure and an honour to be back here in this building working with you and the other Members of the Legislative Assembly.

Mr. Speaker, on November 7th, at 9:58 a.m., my wife, Amanda, and I welcomed into the world a son.

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Thank you, colleagues. His name is Malachi David Ramsay. He weighed just under five pounds at birth and came to us five weeks ahead of schedule. He was born at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton and had to spend 12 days there before...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.