Bob McLeod

We would certainly appreciate the Member’s support and all the Members’ support to get the federal government to speed up the cleanup of the land so we can turn it into a territorial park. We’re also spending up to $50,000 on signage for the trail. I know the Member is inviting some of the Ministers to go on a constituency tour with him, so I’d be prepared to do that and talk about parks with the communities. Thank you.

My understanding is there have been discussions to connect the new Public Works and Services office building. The total cost is $1.5 million. Certainly, we’re interested in all of these kinds of residual heat projects. My understanding is that NTPC has been in discussions with the project managers and I would certainly be interested in these types of projects.

We all know that when there are forest fires, usually a year later there’s a growth of morel mushrooms. In the past, as a government, we made this information available and provided some equipment. I believe we even had some training sessions. As far as licensing and certification, that would be something that if we wanted to do that we would have to check the legal requirements to do so. But it was mainly like picking berries. You don’t need to be licensed to pick berries.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the Sahtu region, we’re working very hard to see the introduction of one of the largest and most beautiful parks in the Northwest Territories, the CANOL Trail Park, and we certainly want to work with the Sahtu region to get the federal government to speed up its remediation of the land before it can be transferred so that we can have the area designated as a territorial park. I think no one knows better than the Member, who has walked every step of the way of the CANOL Trail. I think it will be a major attraction for tourism not only in the Sahtu but in the Northwest...

This office helps coordinate the activities throughout the government and is also responsible for coordinating with community governments and aboriginal governments. So they have been travelling to the different communities to update them on what’s been happening with the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline.

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Mr. Speaker, each year the Government of the Northwest...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think those are all very important questions. I think that with the environmental assessment the rationale and logic is that there’s a very tight business case. It will be a function of the power purchase agreements and how the financing would be arranged. I think that it will all hinge on the environmental assessment and negotiations with the diamond mines. That’s where the regulated/unregulated difference is and I think that hydro power is a very important part of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, I would.

Our expectation is that the money would be available from existing ITI funding programs. If there was a requirement for additional funding, we would have to look at the $2 million that’s available from... We’d have to work with ENR for any incremental requirements.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chair.