Tom Beaulieu

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I consider the variance report to be part of project management, especially huge project management. I’m wondering if, since the Minister did refer to a variance report but saying verifying variance report is what I’m hearing, I’m wondering if the Minister could provide us a variance report, one variance report that compares a cash flow with expenditures so the House could determine where we’re at, like, if we’re on schedule with the construction, if we’re on schedule with the flow of money. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I’ll assume that means that management is standing by the Department of Transportation. I was wondering if the Minister could provide me with some information in the sense of looking for schedules versus stages of construction. I was wondering if the Minister could provide me with a project status report on the Deh Cho Bridge. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he could do more analysis on BIP. I would like to ask the Minister if they can do adjustments to contracts that were already let in the small communities, a new set of adjustments based on 15 percent local preference only and maybe discuss the results with me so that I am able to also determine what the issues are when I am talking to local contractors in Fort Res and Lutselk’e. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister look at the total impacts of changing the Business Incentive Policy from what it is currently to my recommendation? Just a paper exercise. I am looking for my recommendations of applying a flat 15 percent across the board for local adjustments only. Thank you.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] Today I will be talking about education. [Translation ends]

Young citizens are learning how to speak the Chipewyan language, Denesuline, as I walk around the community now much more than it was in the past. Small kids are coming up to me and speaking the language and so on, and I think that putting the elders in the school will only enhance that and make it easy for the elders to communicate with the kids in the school in both Chipewyan and Denesuline and English.

Thank you. Can the Minister place that number into the infrastructure plan for the department, $15 million? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today in my Member’s statement I talked about the completion of Highway No. 6. I’d like to ask the Minister of DOT some questions on that. Mr. Speaker, could the Minister tell me what the plan is for addressing the chipseal stage of Highway No. 6 from kilometre 67 to kilometre 90? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the chipsealing project this summer, can the Minister direct his staff to work with MACA and the hamlet, try to gain some economies of scale, because the community is planning on doing chipsealing in the community as well this summer. I’m just wondering if this Minister could work with the hamlet and Minister of MACA to complete the chipsealing of the community while they’re chipsealing from Buffalo River. Thank you.

Thank you. Could the Minister tell me what the plan is for the rest of the highway, the highway that goes from -- they’re planning on chipsealing to Res, not that portion -- but the portion that goes from Little Buffalo River towards Pine Point? Thank you.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I will be talking about Deninu K’ue in Fort Resolution. I’d like to thank the Minister of Transportation and his department for the work done on Highway No. 6 to date. It’s a very good job. The job is not finished, however, Mr. Speaker. Highway No. 6 is 90 kilometres long and at this time there’s still about 40 kilometres that are gravel. Mr. Speaker, the department has done a very good job in addressing the worst areas first, but Highway No. 6 needs to be brought to a chipseal stage from the beginning to end.

Mr. Speaker, the majority of that 40 kilometres that’s...