Glen Abernethy

Three seconds to spare. Is it a fixed-price contract?

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. There’s a motion on the floor. The motion is being distributed. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d like to thank the Minister and the deputy minister for that. That didn’t seem so hard. I think that’s important information and I think the people of the Northwest Territories want to know that the people we’ve put in charge have the skills. I’m happy that you’re confident and I’m happy you went through the process that you went through to get individuals that you’re confident in.

With respect to the timeline, how much involvement of these people, these experts that you’ve brought on as your project management, how much involvement have they had and how much disclosure...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Ms. Melhorn.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Next on my list is Ms. Bisaro.

Seven years isn’t that long. I would encourage you to try, if you can, to get some additional time in there.

One of the other questions I wanted to ask was with respect to qualifications of the new project management team. As indicated, I don’t have confidence that the project management team put in place by the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation has the knowledge, skills and abilities to deal with a project of this magnitude. This is a huge infrastructure project and I think if we had some individuals in the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation who had the background to deal with such a large infrastructure...

Thank you, Minister McLeod. We’re on page 5, 2010-2011, Supplementary Appropriation No. 2, (Infrastructure Expenditures), Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $165.439 million. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is more than just the western route; there are the two across-the-lake routes, and if I remember correctly, I think the costs on those aren’t quite as high as going all the way around the west. One might be $40 million and one might be $50 million. I don’t know for sure, but it’s quite a gap from the $100 million that the Premier is suggesting. I’m thinking that the costing that we got was from Deze. Deze wants to go around the east. How do we know that the costing we’re getting for the other routes are fair and reasonable? Would the Premier commit to actually...

Thank you, Premier Roland. Mr. Krutko. Next on my list is Mr. Hawkins.