Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister tell us where we are at with regard to any contract work to do the maintenance on the road? Has a contract been signed, or is it out for tender, or what? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. The reason why I'm raising this is that some of us have had an opportunity to meet with the Northern Territories Federation of Labour on this specific issue of how other jurisdictions actually use their large infrastructure projects for training, well, to build capacity for doing training and trades and apprenticeships, and so on. If we don't really have a policy around that, I'm a bit concerned.

Mr. Guy talked about how some of this was done on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway. Can the department provide us with a little bit more information, then, about how these matters...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister tell us, then: is there an allocation in the budget here for O and M related to the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway, and how much is it? Thanks.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Well, the other alternative explanation was that the government wanted to get this money off the books as part of its fiscal reduction strategy, but I don't want to engage in that debate on the floor right now. I don't think I have any further questions. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

I just want to understand better from the perspective of the department the large sort of renewable and alternative energy projects, the larger ones, say like the Colville Lake solar panel array, that kind of thing. Those things would normally come out of the capital budget. We wouldn't see them in the departmental budget. Is that correct, in the O and M budget? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thanks, Mr. Chair. So I am just a little bit confused. So, this $2.894 million surplus, is that net, then, of the capital improvements that the Minister has already talked about? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I would like to thank the mover and the seconder for bringing forward the motion and for continuing the public debate around gender equity and political leadership. It's consistent with what I have always said and believe, and I look forward to the day when my daughter, her daughter, and indeed all of our daughters fill this House, so I will be very happy to support this motion. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. It looks like I am going to have to have some questions ready for public accounts in April. Thanks. That is all I have on this one, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I would like to thank the Premier for that. I wish we had written.

The Northwest Territories is a member of the Mackenzie River Basin Board, which provides a forum for discussion of basin level issues at a multi-jurisdictional level, but the board has no teeth, and it can only make recommendations. It doesn't seem to really have any control over upstream actions of jurisdictions once removed. Does the Premier believe that we need to push for a basin-wide regime or agreement to deal with projects like Site C? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. This is getting a little bit clearer. The amount that is not amortized, does that show up as debt in the Department of Infrastructure? Thanks, Mr. Chair.