Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question will be to the Minister of strategic infrastructure, including the long name that comes after that. No one seems to be able to remember it.

Mr. Speaker, knowing that we're moving forward on the Clean Design initiative in Fort Simpson, which I think is a fantastic problem being involved and confronted with real tangible guaranteeable solutions, Mr. Speaker, does the Minister intend to expand this potential solution to other areas, such as Yellowknife and other large communities and regions, such as maybe Inuvik and Hay River. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I will take whatever the Minister can provide, including that analysis I was asking about. Mr. Speaker, that said, Mr. Speaker, what is the department's strategy if there are no people to provide this particular service? Can the Minister broaden the particular support mechanism by allowing parents to access services privately, either locally or through Alberta? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, the formative years of a young person are so critical to get positive response. It may not cure them fully, but yet it changes the dignity and the life that they may be able to fulfill in a positive way.

Mr. Speaker, does the department in any way assess looking back on overall a continuum over the last, say, 5 to 10 years on their types of response and assessment times? In other words, have they been able to say they've serviced 90 percent of the young people within six months, that type of assessment. Have they or are they able to do that type of assessment to show they're...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of health only because they're great questions, and I look forward to her answer.

Mr. Speaker, many parents will tell me that they're concerned that they need the speech and language pathology services, and they're worried about positions not filled and their loved ones, their children, not being seen. And, of course, Mr. Speaker, the last point is they're worried this government is more interested in servicing the other regions in Canada, Nunavut, over our children and our loved ones, Mr. Speaker. So let's get it on the record. How many...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when an application comes in, it should have sort of a -- we'll call it a target time. In other words, this application must be fulfilled within 90 days. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Minister agreed to that earlier in this Assembly. Mr. Speaker, is that policy being implemented that upon an application received in good order, it will be processed within 90 days? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we need to move from a very fickle power system to an opportunity of resilience.

Mr. Speaker, last Thursday evening, in case some of you might have missed it, Yellowknife sat in darkness for four hours as temperatures plunged at minus 25. Mr. Speaker, a four-hour outage in a southern city may be an inconvenience but in the subarctic, it's a ticking clock that's deafening.

Mr. Speaker, again, an inconvenience to some, but a tragic experience for many. I heard over the weekend stories of frustration where pipes in modular homes had frozen and broken in some...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister speak to how long this practice has been ongoing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that. To me, it's about the three Ps. I like the project. I like the partners. I am afraid of the payments, Mr. Speaker. When will there be a clear and transparent business case put before the public so we know what the realities will be and what the offsets if we do get any support from government -- federal government so we can see what the actual payment might be before we have a go/no-go on this particular initiative. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions will be directed to the Minister responsible for strategic infrastructure, and it's in particular to the Taltson briefing we had the other day.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the briefing, and I certainly am a fan of the overall concept of the project. One of the things mentioned by the witnesses about the fears or concerns that we must protect to make sure we don't mortgage or children and grandchildren, etcetera, and I think he was quite correct in that observation. So my question in particular to the Minister is that when will a business case actually be built...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister dovetailed perfectly into my next question. I was driving by the museum the other day and saw the old stove type barrelling smoke, Mr. Speaker, unregulated I am sure, Mr. Speaker, and the Minister said fire marshal. Mr. Speaker, when has the fire marshal officially given their stamp of approval that these two encampments are safe? Thank you.