Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister kind of got to my next question which was to be the question of the success of the program. So, considering it's been successful, it sounds like, can the Minister describe the adjustments that are being made to make it more accessible? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate that answer. So we're doing $5 million a year. So $10 million a year for effective maintenance. So I guess I would just ask again, and maybe some better clarification could be given, about the $50 million a year deficit that I was under the impression we were in. Can the Minister or her staff just help me better understand that and whether we are getting at that problem. Because -- and I'll just put it quite plainly. My understanding of the issue is that if we aren't addressing the $50 million a year problem of O and M, we're losing units. And so building...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Minister's timeline on the website. Does the Minister have any idea when the physical presence might be possible? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. That's certainly good news. I think that's it for me for questions on this one. Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of ITI.

Mr. Speaker, in their response to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment's report on the regulatory framework, they mentioned an NWT regulatory web page that they'd be establishing. Can the Minister provide more information on this initiative, and can she give us an idea of when this initiative will launch? Thank you.

There you go, thank you, Madam Chair. I just quickly wanted to ask, to put it simply, why we're operating the Hay River Fish Plant, the newly opened fish plant, with a supplementary estimate. That's my first question.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, I really appreciate those answers from the Minister, and I will be waiting with bated breath for that resiliency study to come out.

I guess the last question I'll ask and then I'll cede would be I'm assuming, because the Minister has mentioned it, that the study is going to be made public and available to MLAs. So I'll be looking forward to seeing that. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Is the Minister aware of any data that the department -- I know that the department of ECC collects data on changes in water levels throughout the NWT. Is there anything indicating that the current low water levels have any chance of changing over time? What I'm asking is should we be expecting that this problem is going to continue?

That's okay, Madam Chair. As I said before, there's a lot of lakes in Yellowknife.

The first question I have on this one is, is any percentage of this $12 million needed to be required because of the acquisition of infrastructure associated with the takeover of Hay River infrastructure by NTPC from Atco? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And that all sounds quite practical and makes sense to me. I guess one of the questions I would ask, I mean, it seems like our need for added capacity for fire management is growing. What are we doing to, you know, look at our base amount of funding that we get from the federal government and whether that is adequate to cover this cost? I guess I would just say it seems like we're playing catch-up on every given year. And, you know, it's very clear what the territory is facing. You know, I just saw a report come out recently showing that effectively the prediction and...