Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I guess, just looking at the capital funding and the New Deal for MACA, I just want to make some general comments and ask a couple of questions for clarification. I’ve always felt that the smaller communities in the NWT have less infrastructure, less good infrastructure than the larger communities. I understand that a lot of that infrastructure is built up with property taxes and so on that may not be levied as high in small communities and that creates a market, that creates incentives for individuals to ensure that their own properties are of a higher...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister sort of answered the question that is he prepared to seriously examine substantial budget increases to the Access Road Program starting next year. Thank you.

With respect to the specific project for Austin Lake road, will the Minister be prepared to develop a strategy in conjunction with the mini-hydro project to start the Access Road Program discussions? Thank you.

Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, this project and the Austin Lake road project have tremendous opportunity to effect substantial changes for the community on many fronts. It’s not only an access road for the community, it’s an access road to community wellness. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I talked about the lack of adequate housing for teachers in Lutselk’e. I would like to follow up on my statement with questions for the Minister of the NWT Housing Corporation. Mr. Speaker, will the Minister commit to working with me, and the local district education authority and the community, to see that an immediate solution is found for this situation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am interested in having the department look at expanding the Access Road Program. I think that we have several reasons for using the Access Road Program. I think one here has been to access gravel, as is the case in Tuktoyaktuk. I think Mr. Krutko has been asking for the same type of access to gravel for construction purposes and so on. The case has been used for better construction of infrastructure within the communities and so on.

There is also accessing communities, which, I guess, is essential, the development of access roads to access communities like Dettah...

I just confused current year with the budget year that we’re referring to for a second there. On the Highway No. 6, I guess to ask the question that I guess is a similar type of question to how the budgeting works, I noticed that the project title indicates that this project goes from kilometre 0 to kilometre 90, but the actual budget, prior year’s budget plus this upcoming year’s budget will all be spent on kilometre 67 to kilometre 90. So I’m wondering if this again is an item where the budget will eventually be cash flowed out at the same amount that’s indicated in 2010-11 all the way to...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I did have more specific questions, but I’ll try to keep them as general as possible.

On the runway stabilization of the Department of Transportation, the projects, I noticed that there is a project cost only for this year in the plan. I’m curious as to what system the department uses to purchase the products, because the products are already in the communities but there’s no prior year’s cost.

Mr. Speaker, as per an earlier commitment, during his next visit to Lutselk’e, can the Minister commit to meeting with the local DEA and the teachers so he can hear firsthand on the issue in Lutselk’e? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister give myself in this House an update on what the NWT Housing Corporation is doing on the long-term solution? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.