Norman Yakeleya

Mr. Chair, I want to find out the issue of analysis of field samples that we don’t have any budget. Can I ask the Minister in terms of this item here: analysis of field samples?

I have just one more point. I know the community of Colville Lake is dealing with an issue here on their tank farm and I know it’s quite a costly endeavour to work with Colville Lake to move the tank farm. I just wanted you to know that I’d like to continue working with the Minister on this issue. It’s quite a costly endeavour and Colville Lake has made a request on their tank farm situation. It’s going to cost them about a million dollars to move to a place where they want to do it. It’s within their community plan. However, Colville Lake just doesn’t have that kind of dollars to be a partner...

Thank you. I know that small communities that rely on trapping people have gone out trapping for a good portion of their lives, these elders, and certainly there are some young trappers who also want to be part of that lifestyle. I agree with the Minister that there are programs that contribute to trappers in the Northwest Territories. Just in saying that, I wanted to ask the Minister about the Trapper Training Program. I’m not too sure if it quite goes with the youth trapping, but I could be wrong. It was just something that they were asking that, you know, we have a group of trappers, but...

Thank you. Just on the environmental management, they had a close call during spring breakup in terms of the petroleum products fuel lines. Has that been rectified and are there other issues like that, that when the ice breaks up, the fuel lines are being monitored and there are safety mechanisms in place that we don’t have a fuel spill into the Mackenzie River?

There is a misunderstanding later, because they do not fully understand what they’re signing for. We need to make sure that the NWT Housing Corporation receives proper orientation to understanding their clientele.

In closing, the issue of bringing up the treaty will continue until it is clear what was meant when the government asked for our ‘X’. We were promised, as the saying goes, as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the river flows. This is a good treaty.

Yes, last comment, just on the technical support for Safe Drinking Water Initiative. Can the Minister just allude to the standards that we want to bring up in terms of the water for the Safe Drinking Water Initiative, the support for the municipalities that desperately do need the valuable support to make sure that our water is always at a standard, that we can assure our people that this is an issue that is being monitored throughout the year?

Mr. Chairman, in terms of the revenue source, are we, specifically in this city, the Yellowknife Airport, revenue in terms of the leases and the area? Are we seeing that we had enough so potentially we could even publish support if we provide the rent there as the reason we are late there? We could say that this airport could be self-sufficient if we did look at it from a business case point of view. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, I’m going through this park in detail because I want to make sure that I have some clear answers from the Minister in terms of the parks here. I certainly appreciate the Minister’s comments to look at other parks in our region.

I really wanted to also say probably to the Minister that we appreciate the work that he’s doing in terms of having this CANOL Trail designated. It’s world-class and a beautiful park. I just hope and wish that someday the Ministers can actually walk on the trail there and experience it themselves.

I want to say that I’m hoping that the Minister can make some...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In terms of forward thinking here, some of the residents in the Sahtu are asking if or when the bridge is built and the Deh Cho Bridge is finished and built and people are using it, is there any possibility of this department looking forward in terms of maybe having a ferry service from Wrigley or wherever to Tulita or the Wells area? They like to come down to drive on the highway there. I know it’s something that they could look at, look at the cost or whatever, or at least do an analysis of it and say, yes, it’s a good thing or, no, it’s not a good thing. I know they...

In the 2009-2010, you have 276. Sorry. Okay, I’m good.