Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Now I will ask the Member for Range Lake, Ms. Sandy Lee, chair of the Social Programs committee, to present the committee’s comments on the review of Bill 4.

Bill 4 is now ready for third reading. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Hawkins.

We will do that after a brief break. Thank you.

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Agreed. Thank you. To the bill as a whole?

I call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Minister Dent. General comments. Detail. Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Education Act, clause 1.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, the Minister is right; in order for the North to be competitive on this, you do need to look at things like access to raw materials, material that could be brought in by train into Hay River, and the fact that the finished products could be shipped out by barge down the Mackenzie River system. All those kinds of things go together to give the North the competitiveness that they need to get involved in these activities. I would like to ask the Minister, for the benefit of those people in Hay River who are interested in, perhaps, participating in such a...

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, and they are in follow-up to some of the issues that have been raised about the capacity for northerners to participate in the manufacturing of units which could serve as camps during the construction phase of the pipeline, and, ultimately, housing units after the fact. Mr. Speaker, in some instances, it's hard to discuss these things on the floor of the House, because we are dealing with proprietary information; we're dealing with patents, in some cases; we're dealing with...

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Ms. Lee.