Robert Bouchard

Thank you, deputy minister. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, committee. We’ll go the Minister responsible. Minister Lafferty, do you have witnesses to bring into the Chamber?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Lafferty.

We’ll continue after a short break.

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Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Heide.

Good afternoon. I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Heide.

I did hear that comment from the Minister in the media a while ago about the lack of industry support this year, but this government has been around for a long time, and I know industry is not there that much this year in the Sahtu especially, so they haven’t been beating up the road as much. But the roads are in terrible shape right now.

Is the Minister looking to put more money and more cycles into the maintenance of the highways?

Agreed. Page 62, corporate management, active positions. Questions?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today will be for the Minister of Transportation. I know the Minister, before Christmas, got an opportunity to go on the winter roads. I’m glad that he went early, because from what I’m hearing the roads are in rougher shape now than they were back then.

My first question is does the Department of Transportation have a fixed budget on winter road construction and maintenance?