Wally Schumann

As I said, in the wintertime, we will have a weekly look at doing these things, especially around the toilets. As far as the garbage goes, that would be on a daily basis. The Blackstone Park that the Member is referring to, there is a contractor in place, and that should be looked after on a daily basis. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our intention when bought this was to look after residents of the Northwest Territories. As most people know, and I have said it a number of times, we have no intention of interfering with the barging company out of Fort Simpson. They tend to look after the Norman Wells Esso-type stuff in that region, and we will continue on with the core base of business that the previous owner had done. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is a memorandum of understanding between the Department of Infrastructure and the Department of ITI on these roadside turn-offs. The ones that have washrooms available, the Department of ITI looks after that. As for the garbage disposal at the turn-offs and the cleaning of snow removal and the grading and such, it is the Department of Infrastructure. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The establishment of the revolving fund, in our view, is a transitional step. We were going to return to standing committee in the fall with the proposal for the long-term structure of this entity; and moving forward, that was our whole role and intent as the Member alluded that he does not think this is a necessary step. We can probably run empty, yes, without doing this, but it would cause a lot of confusion around the finances about how this thing operates. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, in December of last year, the GNWT took steps to ensure the North did not lose an important transportation link that delivers essential petroleum products and cargo, including consumer goods and construction materials, to communities and customers on Great Slave Lake, the Mackenzie River, and the Arctic coastal region, when it purchased the assets of Northern Transportation Company Limited. These assets included the Hay River shipyard, properties in Hay River, Norman Wells, Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, and a fleet of specialized tugboats and single-hulled barges for transporting deck...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Infrastructure consulted internally with the Departments of Finance and Justice regarding the establishment of the revolving fund for the MTS, and we also consulted with Transport Canada, the Department of Lands, and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources to discuss regulatory and safety requirements associated with MTS as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to point something out. Total department for Health and Social Services, I believe, you called $30,000,000 and it is actually 38. I just want to make sure we get the correction right for Hansard.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree with the Member. This is a very important program for the film industry. It has been successfully used by 10 productions since its inception two years ago, but, as we know, we are reviewing the success of this program and an annual budget going forward. We are in our budget cycle coming up, and we want to find ways hopefully to find money to support this and make this initiative continue to grow. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

As we all know, the Agricultural Strategy that we have tabled in this House is a five-year strategy, and we are into year one of that. There have been a number of initiatives that were identified in that strategy around the growers and implementation of the strategy and the challenges that we have around regulations and stuff to bring this industry up to where it needs to be. In the meantime, I want to remind all Members that local growers already have access to real supports of $1.2 million that we have that we spend annually to help support the agriculture industry, and, as we move forward...