Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Infrastructure mentioned the DND procurement. I just wanted to follow up further a little bit on that. As we know, DND has a pre-procurement that's gone out publicly. Mr. Speaker, does that procurement align with the work to modernize the airport that the Minister was speaking to earlier that has been going on now for at least a couple of years. Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Frame Lake. Minister of Infrastructure.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So far, with the departments working together with DND, everything is aligning. You know, they've been working hand-in-hand to make sure that everything is going to work together. This has been going on for a while. You know, they've been working with the Department of Infrastructure for fully utilizing their land use plan for the strategic planning of YZF area. So, yeah, for now, it is working, and we'll continue to work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, does the Yellowknife airport have enough land for any kind of meaningful expansion? I know that the DND has talked about a fair number of things, so I am curious if we even have land available to do so. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, currently we do. I mean, obviously if there's bigger and better plans that come along with all the developments going on, it may not. But as it currently stands, there is enough room. You know, it's a little tight in some areas when you're dealing with cargo and stuff and, you know, different sizes of aircrafts. But currently, as it stands there is enough room within the area. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ty, Minister of Infrastructure. Final supplementary. Member from Frame Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to confirm with the Minister are all these parties who are planning out this development in the same room making plans, how often are they meeting? If the Minister can share any details with the House, I am sure Yellowknifers are -- and people in the NWT are interested to hear it. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So all these plans have been going on for quite a while, long before my time, so it goes back to 2022. And, you know, obviously with the new development of, you know, the plans for building up the YZF airport, you know, there's been lots of work going on there so there's been public engagement that's been done with the area and for the people who use the airport. So a lot of the work that's been going on has determined that there is enough room. And until something otherwise from the Department of National Defence and infrastructure, currently everything is working as planned. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
