Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am seconding this motion because, as my honourable colleague said, the committee feels that the clarity provided is desirable and improves Bill 5. It is our duty, of course, as legislators to deliver the best legislation that we can. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I haven't seen the evaluation that was completed last year. There was also supposed to be an evaluation of the winter campaign schools. I haven't seen that either.

I want to point the Minister towards a huge and obvious conflict of interest arising from the fact that she is having the public service train the politicians of the future. Mr. Speaker, this is not the job of government. It is the job of an arm's-length agency, and we have one with experience in this area: the Status of Women Council. Can the Minister explain to us why she thinks it is proper for...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my quick math says that there is about $10,000 available per home. I can tell you that, here in Yellowknife, $10,000 would not give you new insulation, doors, and windows. You could pick one, and you might get that, but you certainly wouldn't get all of it. I am just concerned that this is not doing what it says it is going to do, and so any additional detail the Minister can round up would be much appreciated. Thank you.

The Status of Women Council has been running the campaign schools since their inception, and the campaign schools have always included women who are interested in elected positions in their communities, not only in the territorial government. I don't understand why this is a driving factor to yank this program away from the Status of Women Council. Can the Minister tell me why they can't be in charge of redeveloping the curriculum?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I urge the Minister and also the Minister of ITI to consider how to move these projects along. We all know that tourism is a growing industry here in the NWT, and it is important to keep the parks in good repair and repair the things that are broken down, like the shower house in Fort Providence. The sooner that this work can be done, the better. I hope that the Minister will be able to move these projects along and ensure that our parks are ready for visitors. That is a comment, not a question, and I have nothing further.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't question the Minister's commitment to eradicating family violence, but there is a great deal of confusion around who is taking the leadership on this file. The Status of Women Council feels that it is no longer their job. It was their job for 19 years because they are at arm's length, and they are in a unique advocacy role. What is the Minister going to do, then, to put right this issue of the drifting coalition against family violence? Thank you.

My concern is that the inadequacy of the construction will now be labelled "maintenance" or "repair." Will the Minister tell us the amount of projected maintenance costs in this first season, and commit to reporting on the actual costs at freeze-up?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some precise status questions for the Infrastructure Minister. The Minister told us the road was completed, the grand opening in November, but we also know the depth of the road embankment fill was reduced to cut costs and bring the project in on budget. Can the Minister then tell us why he announced the project was complete when clearly it wasn't? Thank you.

I appreciate the Minister's commitment to do that. As I have said in my statement, our record of bringing these big construction projects in on time and on budget hasn't been great. Deh Cho bridge, fibre optic line, and now the Tuk road. My more general question is: what evaluation of the project planning, budgeting, execution, and performance is taking place in the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway, and how are we carrying these lessons forward to the other road projects now under consideration? Mahsi.

The government news release said that this was an all-weather road that was complete and would link Canada from coast to coast to coast. There was no hedging around of "it would be open some of the time" or that it was mostly complete. I would like the Minister to tell us what he thinks the impact of the current status of the road is having on tourist interest, the community grand opening planned for July, and the new business that we created to promote tourism.