Kevin O'Reilly

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I think a lot of it is. But when does the department expect to make a submission to, say, the land and water board for permits, licenses, to carry out that project? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. That's what I'm kind of concerned about, is the you know, okay, over the last three or four years, my wife and I we've driven a lot of the highways in the Northwest Territories. The Liard Highway, terrible condition. Terrible condition. The road to Fort Simpson, there's this stretch after the pavement ends to maybe around where the campground is there at Sambaa Deh, terrible condition, unbelievable. We almost went off the road when we were going out there for a committee meeting a couple or three or four years ago. I don't know what to say, Madam Chair, but we can't...

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress. Thank you.

Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. How much is being budgeted for that in 20232024? Thanks.

Thanks, Madam Chair. How many did we do last year, or how much (audio). Thank you.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I'd love to see the list. Does that mean the master plan is now finished; we've got a fully functioning committee, whatever that thing is called, and is appointed by the Minister rather than the deputy minister. So the money's going to start to flow, changes are going to happen. That's what I want to see. People have been paying airport improvement fees for a long time without seeing a lot of progress. You can't even get a cup of coffee apparently on the air side of the terminal at 6 o'clock in the morning. So what's when are we going to start spending this money...

Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I think have some vague memory of some of this. There's kind of like four pots of money or something. And so is the I think we got the money. Is this, like, applicationbased by third parties and is it an issue of us you know, I don't know, maybe a combination of things COVID, supply chain stuff, people weren't applying, or do we need to better communicate what the parameters are of this, and maybe evaluate submissions faster? I'm just trying to understand where what the block or the barriers are. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I too want to thank the Minister and staff for the commitment on an asset management dashboard. I think we've raised that issue before in the House and look forward to seeing what that looks like.

I'd understood that there was going to be some changes to the standards that we use for well, the amount of chip sealing we could do. Is this the right place to ask about this? And I think something about bridge inspections as well, is this the right place to ask? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Okay. Before the clock runs out completely, can I get a number for what is available to actually spend on capital improvements at the airport and when we're going to start spending some of that money? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. On page 265, the energy line, it kind of bounces all over the place, you know, as low as $9 million or about $10 million, as high as almost $20 million. Can someone explain to me what is happening here? Thanks, Madam Chair.