Rylund Johnson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has reviewed Bill 60 I think this is the wrong one, right? One second, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that the Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, be received by the Assembly and referred to Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has reviewed Bill 60, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, and reports that Bill 60 is not ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole and not be further proceeded with in its current form. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, I guess I'm happy to see that there is no current end of run but I'm not sure that's exactly how dams work. I think at some point they just eventually need to be replaced. I note that we are doing a complete overhaul on the Taltson system, which is going to be shut down, and the result of that will be some more efficient turbines to get some more power out of that. Are there any overhauls planned on the Snare Hydro System? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. All of us in this House swore allegiance to the King of England and, you know, some of us begrudgingly but, Mr. Speaker, there is one monarch we can all support, and that is the Snowking, Mr. Speaker. And I am happy to report, Mr. Speaker, that the snow castle is officially open today and thanks to the support of some generous MLAs, it is free for all Members to attend today. 28 years, they've been building the snow castle, Mr. Speaker. I encourage everyone to get down there, enjoy it. There's a great lineup of shows and events, lots of good concerts and fun for the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. It's also one of those kind of not something to celebrate that we have three youth in jail but sometimes that facility is also empty. I'm just wondering if the Minister can speak to whether when that facility has, you know, zero or one inmates that it still incurs the same amount of costs, or is it essentially just the guards will move over to NSCC, or is there kind of a fixed operating cost for that facility at all times whether it has inmates in it or not, the youth one? Thank you.

Yeah, I guess I complain about reviews sometimes but I've seen some reviews lead to really good results. And I think this is one where there probably needs to be a rethink. Even a wellrun community justice committee with a good staff person is pretty limited in what they can do. You know, they can hold a couple meetings and they can work with the accused and get them to do some volunteer service but they're certainly not able to get to run any sort of larger programming.

And I think that's the step that's missing. I'll frame that in a bit of a question. I see there's some federal money flowing...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm looking at page 299. I'm looking at the community justice funding line. I see in last fiscal it was about $5 million and now it's about $3.3 million. Can someone just explain to me it appears it got some onetime funding last fiscal and now we don't have it, but what's going on there? Thank you.

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair, I guess just a bit of a comment. There is a couple private sector operators who are now at multiple years waiting for a response on their commercial lease applications to open some cabins and potentially rent them out. There is also multiple people who have expressed to me that if they were allowed to rent out for any commercial purposes their cabins that they would gladly do that. So perhaps just the Minister could have a conversation with her colleague at the Department of Lands and see what barriers, you know, exist in regulation and/or in accessing leases to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I saw that there's an engagement and a land use permit going in to expand the parking when you get to the end of Tibbitt Lake at the end of the Ingraham Trail. Happy to see that. Happy to see that the signage has been added. I'm just hoping the Minister can clarify whether that's ITI or infrastructure money or operations or capital money, where exactly that money is coming from? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Committee would like to report on its consideration on Bill 66, An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, as ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.