Tom Beaulieu

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have questions for the Minister of Transportation on his Minister's statement. As we are proposing more P3 projects adding Slave Geological to the previous P3 proposal for a Whati road, I would like to ask the Minister if there is any indication on when the P3 approval of the Whati road would occur? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, could I get clarification on what "community projects" means? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am going to stay with the Small Community Employment Program. It was not exactly 100 per cent clear to me that the $928,000 that sits in contract services was targeted to small communities. Could I get that clarification first, please?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So approximately $1 million out of contract services is targeted for small community employment? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I will have to try to figure out what that means eventually. So there is a reduction of the communitybased teacher program. Is that right? The communitybased teacher program, I am assuming, is that we are training teachers at the community level and that is being reduced? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay. I'm sorry if I don't feel like it's been clearly explained or if I'm not getting my point across. There's a reduction in college contributions by a certain amount. I'm asking if that reduction has to do with the fact that they're no longer taking in first-year students for TEP because it's going to wind down in the next three years. So I'm assuming that next year we'll only have second-year, third-year, fourth-year students and then another year of social work, because that's also been reduced. So I'm wondering where that is reflected? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Chair rise and report progress. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, just a couple of questions that I'm looking for clarification on. On the college contributions, the decrease of $1,580,000 on page 45, if that's a reduction in the intake from the two programs that will eventually be cut out -- I think maybe social work immediately this fall, and then the intake for TEP -- is that what the decrease is? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Minister is advising us that the $151,769,000 that is in the mains includes $2.4 million right now for JK, and that there will be another 2.7 added to this through some sort of appropriation? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Minister a very similar question to my last question, and that is: why are we proposing a P3 as opposed to going straight to the National Infrastructure Fund? The National Infrastructure Fund, if approved, would be 75 per cent funded by the federal government. Also, it would be something of national significance because, eventually, Slave Geological Road could end up joining up with something from the Port Road of Nunavut, so it is definitely significant nationally. I was wondering why they don't move to the National Infrastructure Fund...