Michael Miltenberger

Thank you. We’re projecting a fairly aggressive repayment schedule of about 10 years.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. As we had shared information in terms of our projections, but this project is seen to be a revenue generator over time. Once we pay down the capital investment costs, the remote sensing operation out of Inuvik, which is the anchor tenant, would be the main revenue generator where we have countries, and agencies, and departments lined up to put in satellites and rent space on our fibre optic line, and then there will also be the ancillary benefits tied into the putting in of the fibre optic line into all the communities down the valley as we install the main line. So over time this...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have both. We have some long-term debt with the bridge. We have other long-term debt against our borrowing limit that’s self-financing. As well, we have short-term debt. Thank you.

The folks are taking close note of the discussion and debate in this House. The Member has raised some legitimate, pertinent concerns, including the one she just articulated, and yes, we’re going to list all those concerns and then see what’s the best way forward in terms of coming up with an adequate and functional policy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member raised a good point and identified a need in terms of having proper structure in place. There has been a meeting of senior officials as it pertains to that particular policy. They have done the initial scoping out, they are establishing a work plan and they intend to come back in the fall with a fleshed out policy.

Yes.

The Member in the House raised some areas where there were gaps. It was an area when it was raised, and we had officials look at it where there isn’t a lot of clear policy direction as it pertains to Facebook and other social media, and how we do our business on there in an increasing fashion. They’re going to take a look. They’re going to do a review of other jurisdictions and they’re going to pull together, hopefully, the best practices in terms of next steps.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 3, Wildlife Act, be read for the second time.

This bill replaces the Wildlife Act. It modernizes wildlife management processes in a manner consistent with land claim agreements. Provisions respecting the harvest of wildlife were updated and measures for the protection of wildlife habitat are included. Consequential amendments are made to the Environmental Protection Act, the Forest Management Act and the Herd and Fencing Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

This document, I’d be happy to hold up from last year’s. It’s about as thick as this one. The same principle that I’m articulating here today applies to last year’s budget as well. There are audits done. If the Members have specific concerns that they don’t think we’ve met, then we’d be happy to come back and talk to committee. We review the main estimates. We review budgets. We are working with and at the behest of committees when they have issues they want to address.

The money the Member’s talking about is the several millions of dollars that were added late in the last budget. The vast...