Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues there. We can't forget about our youth. I'd like to recognize two pages there, Alex Aviugana from the community of Colville Lake. And Nevaeh Jackson from Fort Good Hope. Welcome to the House there, young people. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to welcome Ms. Christina Gaudet to the House here. Christina has been a friend to the family here for many decades, and she's the regional superintendent of MACA for the Sahtu region. Welcome.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I got nothing further. Thanks for the opening of the facility targets there, Minister. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks to the Minister. I look forward to that information, and I'll go from there. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Capital-related facilities, such as what's on this page here, sport, recreation and youth, are part of the recreational facility in Fort Good Hope at the arena. And can the Minister explain if there's any discussions going on with the finished portion of the facility to bring it back into operation? I know there's some integral question to the structure and so on, but I also understand some work has been done and some planning has been done. So I just want a status update and if this is going to be a portion of the capital for that project, as part of this capital. Thank...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the week prior, I participated in the Mackenzie Valley Highway promotional reception in Ottawa which was sponsored by the Department of Infrastructure and the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated. The event was well attended by our Premier, Cabinet, Members of the Council of Leaders, Western Arctic MP Minister Alty, federal Ministers, and designated staff and other distinguished guests. The event was well attended and distinguished by its unique focus on infrastructure needs. The federal government's directive on critical minerals and the advancement of nation...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm confident that proper planning was taking place here when we look at the wellness centre allowance there, capital allowance for Deline, Fort Good Hope, and the health and social services centre in Tulita, construction of level B. It tells me these seasonal access communities, in particular the under construction building in Tulita, has allowed for some capital to purchase and spend some costs and the transportation of those purchases over the winter road. So I just point that out to the Minister, and I have every confidence that this capital will be best utilized...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Will the Minister provide me an update on the capital available to that facility. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too would like to recognize translator Lillian Elias. It was always cheerful to see her smiley face in the last couple Assemblies. She will be greatly missed. Mahsi.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll just add one more complementary suggestion to the Minister and staff here, is we know that we're having -- along with the private sector, we know that we're having labour shortage, okay. And we are going to need trades to build these units at the construction centre in Fort Good Hope to be code compliant. So it really opens the door for, as I said earlier, a multi-department approach to stand behind that emerging industry. How much are we going to offset the wages from the department of ECE? And have we got a land tenure arrangement with the department of lands to...