Michael Miltenberger

It’s subject to approval by the House.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There’s the broader work on the capital planning process. The first significant step is being carried out through the Cabinet Subcommittee for Infrastructure, working through and with the Refocusing Government Strategic Initiative Committee. Through that process we’ll commit, as we bring forward the whole package, that we have the appropriate checks and balances and that accountability is built in so that whatever we do, in the final analysis, is set up to have the proper support and set-up to succeed.

The number that’s in the capital plan of $115.365 million, the number that’s been agreed to, though not finally signed off by the Government of the Northwest Territories, is within that appropriation.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chairman, we have a very clear, specific figure that’s been agreed to, but the contracting process has not been concluded. Therefore, we have to respect the confidentiality of that process until the final documents have been signed. Once those documents have finally been signed, we would be very willing to share that number with the committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll be happy to work with the Member to complete the tour that was interrupted earlier last spring.

I wish to table the following document entitled Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2009–2010. I also wish to table the following document entitled the Yellowknife Gasoline Prices. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Document 93-16(2), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2009–2010, tabled.

Document 94-16(2), Yellowknife Gasoline Prices, tabled.

I appreciate the Member’s enthusiasm for getting ahead of the parade, but I’ll just once again ask him to have patience. I’ll be coming forward with a Minister’s statement that will speak to those issues. Then we can engage in any number of questions that the Member may have.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member is aware, we’ve been doing extensive work on this particular subject since we were formed as a government. I intend to come forward in this session with a major statement on that issue, and I’ll be prepared to put that information before this House at that time.

Mr. Speaker, the statement I’ll bring forward will lay out the work done to date, what we see as the work yet to be done, a timeline for doing that type of work and rolling out the implementation with target dates set in there.

In regard to the taxes the Member was apprised of what was going on. There has been a significant mail-out across the Northwest Territories. We’ve consulted with a multitude of organizations. We’ve had a two day round table, and we’re still soliciting support until the middle of next week. We look forward to bringing forward a very comprehensive piece of work that lays...