Frederick Blake Jr.
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Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister Sebert.
Thank you, Minister Sebert. Mr. O'Reilly.
Mr. Speaker, you know what, we'll see what happens with the Joe Greenland Centre this coming winter, but you know if that does not resolve the problem, will the department look at other heating systems, whether it's wood pellet boilers or something like this? I know the government is leaning towards more wood pellet boilers in the community, so you know that may be an option that we may have to look at if that doesn't resolve the issue. So will the department look at that alternative?
Thank you, Minister Sebert. Ms. Green.
Okay. Thank you, Minister Sebert. Any further questions, committee, to page 277? Okay. Office of the regulator of oil and gas operations, operations expenditure summary, total activity, $1,869,000. Are we agreed?
Thank you, Minister Sebert. Any further questions, Mr. O'Reilly?
Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister Sebert.
Thank you, Minister Sebert. Mr. O'Reilly.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just under safety, you know, I notice in the past they used to do a lot of highway patrols, but it doesn't seem like, in my region anyway, it doesn't seem to be as much highway patrols. You know, at times, there tends to be a little bit of speeding. So, you know, I think it would be a great idea to do a lot more highway patrols, just to have a little more safety on the highways, especially on the Dempster. It gets pretty dusty, and it would be nice to have some patrolling on the stretch there. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a few questions for the Minister of Housing. As I mentioned a few times in this House, we recently have the Joe Greenland Centre that opened last summer. A great facility, Mr. Speaker. We also have one that's under construction in Fort McPherson. The main issue with Joe Greenland Centre's since we noticed from October to April was the heating system, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, even through the election campaigning when I was visiting the elders there, they had little heaters set up in their units, Mr. Speaker. A couple of them had burnt out just...