Denny Rodgers

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 385-20(1), 2026-2027 Capital Estimates, Education, Culture and Employment, Finance, and Department of Justice. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And speaking of innovation and all those wonderful things that the Minister hopes to see in there, my assumption is obviously the Minister has done a mandate letter for this new board. Can the Minister speak to some of those -- realizing it's a big document, Mr. Speaker, speak to some of the things in that mandate letter. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister. Certainly, yes, we are aware of everchanging times with settling, and likely that runway will be settling for many years to come as many of the roads and infrastructure are in my region.

Given that, Mr. Speaker, and these delays, can the Minister speak to the communication between both the contractor, the Indigenous governments, and all the proponents, including the town of Inuvik for information purposes on these delays and having that communication open with them as well so they're aware what's happening as the project moves forward...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, following up on my Member's statement regarding the Inuvik airport runway extension project, again the great work that's been done so far, I'd like to ask the Minister of Infrastructure if he can give an explanation of the -- or a breakdown I guess, I shouldn't say explanation -- of the commitment going forward and timelines to get this project finished, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the town of Inuvik was designated as a northern operational support hub in March 2025 by the Department of National Defence federal minister. The western Arctic location of Inuvik makes it a strategic Arctic security and sovereignty location to monitor and defend Canada's Arctic.

Mr. Speaker, the 3,000-foot extension to the Inuvik runway will make Inuvik the most strategic northern operational support hub for the Royal Canadian Airforce and other NORAD partners. Mr. Speaker, make no mistake, this is a great news story, something we need to celebrate.

Mr...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move the chair rise and report progress.

Thank you. I certainly appreciate that. And I know the drivers and residents driving that highway regularly will also appreciate it, Mr. Chair. Can he also give me kind of an overview of Highway No. 10, the highway upgrades and rehabilitation. I believe that's the Inuvik to Tuk highway.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, under the Highway No. 8 reconstruction under the ICIP, can the Minister confirm if that is the work, any upgrade or upgrade the section to -- I mean, that work is allocated to the section from Rengleng River to Inuvik. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am happy to speak to this motion today. Mr. Speaker, I was perplexed when I both -- I guess from a political perspective and from an operational perspective when the GNWT flatly just rejected this recommendation.

Mr. Speaker, I don't know what the exact answer is. I do know that given the amount of hours we put in as Regular Members and Cabinet on determining how to go about this review, how to move it from an inquiry to an after-action, we collaborated on it, Mr. Speaker, we all had representatives to give us information back as this process went on. So, Mr. Speaker...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move the chair rise and report progress.