Bill Braden

I don’t know how much more we can get out of this, or at least I can get out of the discussion this afternoon in the absence of some of this analysis and the options that the department might put forward on where this extra money is going to come from, but, you know, Madam Chair, it puts committee in a bit of a spot here to approve, to be asked to approve only 30 percent, 35 percent of a multimillion dollar deal leaving a whole bunch of it floating. The North depends to an extraordinary degree on air transport, and what Mr. Ramsay, Ms. Lee and I have been working this debate this afternoon...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct a question to the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation and it’s in follow up to my colleague, Ms. Lee’s question about the market housing initiative. My understanding, Mr. Speaker, is that one of the reasons this program was undertaken was to, almost on an emergency basis, provide communities that had housing shortages with units for essential public services workers; teachers and nurses were especially highlighted. I would like to ask the Minister of the units that are now on site in various communities, how many of these are...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Then the suggestion or the information that is provided in the supplementary bill that $6.6 million will come from airport user fees, is just a suggestion or an option, or are we locked into that?

Mr. Speaker, the process going on on the other side of town at the Miramar property is quite different. I think there is more substance to it, in that under, I believe, the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, there is a process by which the cleanup of that property has been broken down into, I understand, eight different components. There is a process underway to evaluate and approve. However, the public access to this process is quite limited. Can the Minister provide some information on the progress of that cleanup approval process? Thank you.

What kind of communications or information flow has there been with stakeholders, the tenants at the airport, passengers or anybody else who is involved with this? What kind of a program of information has been put out on that to date? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Honourable Brendan Bell, the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and the caretaker of our environment. Mr. Speaker, as I referred in my statement, we are engaged in two processes regarding the cleanup of the two mines in Yellowknife. Both of them are underway under quite different circumstances. I would ask my first question, Mr. Speaker, in relation to the Giant Mine situation and what I understand to be a jurisdictional dispute between ourselves and the federal government over who has responsibility and...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll pick up where I left off a few minutes ago, and that was to explore the negotiation that we undertook with CATSA, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. Minister McLeod assures us that his officials negotiated aggressively and we got the best deal, but that doesn't answer my question. How do we know we've got a deal that's at least comparative with other similar sized airports? Have you done the analysis? Have you got the comparisons to show that Yellowknife is at least being treated on an equitable basis for the investment that we're going to get in...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To this item, the aspect of repairs and maintenance to fuel tank farms is something that is pretty well established. We’ve got considerable familiarity with this over the years. Something that’s unusual about this is a project of this size, just over $1 million, comes to us as not previously authorized. The maintenance and placement of tank farms is usually something we can plan on quite normally through the business planning process. Why does the Sachs Harbour project appear on this more urgent basis? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Chairman, could the Minister advise what kinds of programs or projects or initiatives are being contemplated here by the Fort Smith Metis Council? I’m trying to get a sense here of where public funds are going and if there is a well-thought-out plan and a way of measuring and reporting back on what this money has done. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Were any of these damages covered by insurance? Thank you, Madam Chair.