Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And the reason I bring it up, Mr. Speaker, is because I'm suggesting that for some of the projects that they're advocating for to move forward, we need more capacity in our regulatory system. So what I'm asking the Premier is not just have you considered it, but would you consider bringing this forward as a change to the way we're doing engagement to help our system move forward so that the projects we're trying to advance can actually advance through the system. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what is being done by staff who are developing -- I'm going to keep referring to it as a strategy -- the new strategy response to the concerns raised by the 2025 environmental audit about effectiveness of previous strategies? I won't go into the audit here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

Mr. Speaker, what is the status of development of an economic vision and investment strategy by the department?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Does the Minister see the lack of capital requests coming forward as signaling a shift away from our territorial campuses and in-person educational delivery for Aurora College? I guess I'm mostly just asking why are we not seeing asks come forward considering a couple of years ago we had a master plan that laid out a number of needs, pretty significant ones. So what's happening or what isn't happening, I guess. The Question can go either way.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll turn to a slightly different but related issue. I just want to note that the current capital estimates do not include references to any renovations and retrofits that may be required in schools where elevated levels of lead were found in the drinking water. I won't list the schools; the Minister's aware of them. Is the department budgeting for these planning studies and their associated capital costs? I know that there's going to be renovations needed. I know there's some mitigations that have already been put in place. Just asking as we haven't seen it in the budget...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I note the first thing I wanted to take note of was an absence, Mr. Speaker -- or Mr. Chair, sorry.

Both school boards in Yellowknife have indicated that they have needs for urgent repairs. I don't see those in this budget. Can the Minister describe how she's been engaging with these school boards on the issues that they're facing with infrastructure and how does she propose that they would be addressed? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Premier. Mr. Speaker, recommendations 14, 15, and 16 of the Standing Committee on Economic Development's Regulatory Framework Report all speak to the need for more federal support to help build the capacity of our regulatory system. Has the Premier considered packaging these needs into a cohesive request to the federal government as part of our federal engagement strategy? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would just note that in the government's response to the 2025 environmental audit, it very specifically says in there, in writing, that it is a strategy. I'm curious about this. And I guess I would just ask the question, what is the point of developing a vision if you don't have a strategy to implement it? Thank you.

Thank you. And I wanted to similarly ask some questions about the Gordon Lake patrol station. So I'm just looking at the most recent mobile core Bathurst caribou management zone, and the patrol station is on there. It looks from the map that the patrol station is not on the main winter road route. I could be wrong about that. But is there talk of relocating the station to the winter road, or am I just simply mistaken?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I always say, there's lots of lakes in Yellowknife so it takes a while to get us all figured out.

Mr. Chair, I really just wanted to put my comments on the record and just compliment the committee on an excellent and comprehensive review and really wanted to highlight, again, the recommendations that committee made. They're extensive. There's 15 of them in total, and I think it's important to note that if you take the recommendations in their entirety, and I guess I would direct these comments towards Cabinet. I mean, they're going to be directing their staff and the...