David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Yes, thanks, Madam Chair. I certainly wouldn’t want to downplay the work that our staff does out there. I know they do a yeoman’s job out there and they should be commended for doing that. I guess what I am trying to get at here is not necessarily the staffing. That’s another issue. What I’d like to get at is a dedicated ward for palliative care where the atmosphere and the surroundings are much different than they are in the long-term ward or any other ward in Stanton for that matter, because it needs that extra nice touch, I guess, Madam Chairperson, that people should be afforded and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Transportation, Mr. McLeod. I know the Minister knows how important the issue of an access road into Kam Lake Industrial Park is to me. I am wondering, from his role as the Minister of Transportation, how the granting of access to the Deton'Cho Corporation to access the sandpits is going to impact any future development of an access road into Kam Lake Industrial Park. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’m glad to hear that the Minister is on top of what is transpiring out there, by the sounds of it. The other question I’d like to ask is how a decision like that, made by the Minister, impacts the IMA that’s in place currently between the Yellowknives Dene and the City of Yellowknife and his department. To me, it goes against the protocols as set out in the IMA, to just grant access to the Yellowknives Dene to access the sandpits. Maybe the Minister could speak to the IMA and what impact or precedent this sets going forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don’t know if the Minister has this detail with him today, but I’d like to understand who has to be at which tables and why the expense has gone up from $64,000 to $174,000. A little more detail would be nice. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’ll pick up where I left off with my statement. That is questions regarding the Deton’Cho access to the area known as the sandpits here in the city of Yellowknife, within the municipal boundaries of the city of Yellowknife. The first question I’d like to ask the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs is how that decision was arrived at. I’m wondering if the decision to grant access to the sandpits was a decision made solely by the Minister of MACA or was it a Cabinet decision. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.