Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann
Hay River South

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If they were to send me a request, we would have to take it into consideration, and then we could put it in our next budget. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was the bid deposit stuff from the Sahtu that was forfeited. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will double check, but I am sure there is not an issue with that. It is no different than a grants and contribution report. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair, although I think that's the point I was trying to make. There's no commercial fishing that has been done in that region yet, but, if it was, that money would be there for them. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will have to follow up and make sure that that was in there, but I can't give the Member a direct answer right now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is right. That is one of the initiatives that we are looking at. The money that we are using currently within ITI is funds to do the survey and how do we promote the industry. Moving forward, if that is a path that we end up taking on labour market subsidies, we will have to come back to this Assembly and figure out how much money we are going to need to do that and which department will be leading that initiative, if it's a labour initiative through Education or if it's through business promotion through ITI, but that is something that is going to have to be...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

The yearly subsidy has remained approximately the same over the last five years. It has fluctuated a bit year to year, but it is very close.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled "Yellowknife Airport Five-Year Business Plan 2018-2019 to 2022-2023." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

As I have said, at kilometre 140, everything seems to be working fine. The department will continue to monitor the other culverts moving forward. We will be installing these four heat traces in the springtime at 213, and we will monitor things going forward. If this becomes something that we need to do at other sections of the highway, we will have a look at it.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 15)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This issue came up last year, particularly around the Georgetown area, and we are continually monitoring this area with overflow issues on the Dempster in a number of places, as the Member has spoken about.

In particular, right now, at kilometre 213, we have an issue. The department built a couple of berms there to hold back water, but, due to climate change this year and the warming temperatures in that region, a lot of water is coming up from underground, and we had an issue on the highway. A contractor has been out there. He has ice-plated that section to make it...