Robert Hawkins

Just of particular note, I paged over to 6-7, which happens happily to be of course Municipal and Community Affairs, and coincidentally it’s also the DM’s old department, but TSC chargeback is consistent under that heading. Therefore, it does beg to wonder why we’re changing the heading under this particular one. It doesn’t follow any consistent practice. Now, I only went to one department, but it was the first department I went to and I’m just curious, does it come to a formal direction by some accounting experts? I’m not trying to put too fine of a point on it, but we’re changing the...

I recognize that the more you exceed it in certain cases, you also decrease the operational cost. Is that type of analysis taken into effect on these energy observations? Would the deputy minister agree that it costs more to build a building the further we increase that percentage?

Thank you for the answer. Why is it so high, though, that it seems to be a bit of a distinguishing gap between what looks like a couple of years prior, $14,000, $21,000 to almost $1 million in services. So why?

I thank the DM for that detail. During some of the assertions about building above and beyond the National Building Code, I heard the phrase that we had met or beaten those objections by the Minister repeatedly. Would he be willing to share some of those examples here today?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that we report progress.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that we report progress.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some of us in this Chamber may have heard of a little project referred to as the Deh Cho Bridge. As a matter of fact, it’s the largest infrastructure project that our government has ever supported to date. With all projects, it certainly has had its challenges, its issues and certainly it’s had its concerns. But frankly, let’s put it on the record: what project hasn’t had problems, challenges, or issues or concerns?

We all know that the Deh Cho Bridge was a project born out of the vision and aspirations of the people and the community of Fort Providence. It’s a project...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The fullness of time is always the worst response from this Minister, because it could be a lifetime. It is not an answer, Mr. Speaker. Quite frankly, this Minister should be concerned that this project financing, that portfolio, that file got pulled out and embarrassed on his shoulders while this happened. And he should have fought like heck to make sure it didn’t, Mr. Speaker.

The fact is, this should be investigated. I’m not calling for a royal commission on this particular issue, I’m talking about will he start a process getting this kicked off, because this could...

I have to say I’m kind of disappointed by that last answer by the Finance Minister, because, quite frankly, the lenders cutting off funding to the territorial government through the Deh Cho Bridge have nothing to do with the ongoing process. That process has been done. That bridge has been burnt. It’s over. So now is our chance to look at the situation.

There must have been significant correspondence from the lender. I’m asking the Finance Minister would he be willing to provide the correspondence between the Department of Finance and the lenders to Members of this side of the House as well as...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s a pleasure to rise today to talk about a very important subject that I’m very passionate about as well as the realignment of Highway No. 4, but I’ve always been passionate about first aid and the training that we can ensure others can have.

I’ve got a long history of being a First Aid instructor many years ago in a previous life that I did long before politics, and I can tell you many people have often told me that they wouldn’t know what they would do if they hadn’t had first aid training. You know, I hear things like it’s easy to distinguish the difference between...