Herbert Nakimayak

I appreciate the response from the Minister. It looks like we can work with the Inuvialuit on that. Mr. Speaker, my second question is: what steps can be taken to make sure small businesses will pass food inspections and get local foods into local stores?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to welcome all our colleagues back to the Assembly, and yourself for the warm welcome. Mr. Speaker, spring is a busy time for traditional hunters across the Northwest Territories. Spring hunting is also very important to the people of Nunakput.

Mr. Speaker, spring is when the caribou migrate north to calve, arctic char can be caught in large numbers as they swim from freshwater lakes to the Beaufort Sea. Traditionally, the Inuvialuit cut a hole through ice and fish with a net or jigger with a line and lure. The fish were then prepared and dried for...

My third question, and this may overlap with the previous answer, but: how is the Department of Health working to help small operators sell locally sourced meat products?

I appreciate the response. Mr. Speaker, it appears that we may not have time to make seal and ivory sales happen for this season unless things happen very quickly. Is the Minister willing to direct the department to work with communities to seek ways to maximize the benefits from summer tourism and in the interim that do not necessarily involve animal products that can develop and diversity the local economy?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Crystal Serenity Cruises is planning another trip through the Northwest Passage this summer. More than 900 tourists and 600 crew are expected to come aboard for the summer cruise season, the majority of them from the United States, Mr. Speaker.

The Crystal Serenity is a luxury cruise liner, nearly three football fields long and 13 storeys tall, and the largest cruise ship ever to traverse the Northwest Passage.

Mr. Speaker, tickets start at $20,000 per person and guests can watch polar bears and muskoxen, kayak along Canada's northernmost shores, and land on pristine...

That answered pretty much all of my questions. My final question to the Minister is: will the Minister be willing to accompany myself to Ulukhaktok during the Crystal Serenity visit?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of ITI. Mr. Speaker, my question is: cruise ships bring great economic benefit to their ports of call all around the world. How is the department working to maximize the opportunities available for our remote communities from increased marine travel through the Northwest Passage? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Transportation. Mr. Speaker, earlier I had talked about the completion of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway, and my first question to the Minister is: what work remains to be done on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway before it is considered complete? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this winter is the last chance to drive the seasonal ice road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. Next winter, the frozen path will be replaced by an all-season overland highway, a project that has been planned for decades.

Mr. Speaker, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway is an extension of the Dempster Highway, a famous road that follows an old dog sled trail and gets its name from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector William John Duncan Dempster.

In 1958, the Canadian government decided to build a road through the Arctic wilderness from Dawson City to Inuvik...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I appreciate the direction. Mr. Speaker, my final question for the Minister is: what is the government doing to commemorate the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk winter road and the people with expertise that went into this annual construction and maintenance? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.