Tom Beaulieu

The Department of Transportation does not have that type of reimbursement program. Thank you.

The department has done some debriefing meetings with the Town of Inuvik, the community of Fort McPherson, Inuvik Gas Ltd., people that provide the energy to the community. Internally, we know that we have dealings with the Power Corp and we try to have these meetings to debrief amongst each other and see what we can learn from what has occurred since the last season when we were trying to operate the ferry right up until the winter road was open.

I’m more than willing to meet with the federal Minister responsible, although I can’t set his or her schedule, but I will have the department make contact with the Minister responsible to check to see if it is a possibility that we could have that discussion Minister to Minister or department head to department head to see if something can be done with the dredging in the Hay River port.

We agree with the Member that dredging in the Hay River is essential to transportation of goods. We continue to urge the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. I haven’t engaged the Minister directly; however, the department has been doing some work with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the federal department, and urging them to get the dredging done as we, too, see that as essential.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do.

I’m not aware of any studies done.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can’t speak for whether the senior management at DOT has seen that report or not. I know that it wasn’t directly related to the bypass road, and I have not seen the report. Thank you.

As that road is still under construction, I will speak to the department and the work that they’ve done. They have done some work with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources when that road was being planned. I’m assuming the department, if advised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, another department of the government, that it would be dangerous to build a road there, that the road would not have been built there, but I will check with the department and get back to the Member. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I don’t know that there were no baseline studies done on the Highway No. 4. I’d have to get to the department to determine whether or not there was a baseline study done. I’m assuming that there was, and if there was some danger there to building the bypass road there, it would not have been built. Thank you.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to pay tribute to a young Rhoni Morgan Beaulieu of Fort Resolution. Rhoni was born February 24, 1998, and passed away on August 15, 2014, at the tender age of 16. Rhoni died of smoke inhalation in a house fire.

Rhoni was raised in Fort Resolution by her grandparents Ronnie and Cecile Beaulieu, and she referred to them as mom and dad.

Rhoni had completed Grade 10 and would be going to Grade 11 this fall. She was very active in all kinds of sports from a very young age and was considered a great team player. She had many friends from all over the NWT and...