Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The construction of the new Highway No. 7, No. 4 bypass on Ingraham Trail started in October 2012. Work continued through the winter of 2012-13 and into the summer of 2013. Now, I’ve been critical of this project from the onset, for good reason. At approximately $2.5 million per kilometre made this one of the most expensive pieces of road construction in the NWT. With delays and the opening almost four months overdue, it does beg me to ask questions to the Minister of Transportation for some clarification.

The construction of Baker Creek Bridge started approximately in...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Northwest Territories is proudly represented by three of its finest athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Please join me once again in recognizing the achievements of Yellowknife speed skater Michael Gilday, cross-country skier Jesse Cockney and Hay River biathlete Brendan Green.

Not far behind them are the young athletes counting down the days to the Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks, Alaska. Each one of these Olympians got their start at the Arctic Winter Games and, more importantly, at NWT schools.

This past year the Yukon government...

Mr. Speaker, your committee would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yesterday, we were witness to the 2014-2015 budget address. Like many, we heard the trumpets of fiscal balance, consecutive surpluses and, of course, the heralded no new taxes icing on the cake.

As Northerners, we have come to tolerate and unwillingly accept long discoursed narratives of cheap demagoguery and over-the-top rhetoric when it comes to our finances. Of course, it sounds impressive or if it’s in a colourful binder full of impressive graphs and pie charts, it must be accurate, right? Sadly, the people have limited options to believe otherwise as they are...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Again, I just wanted to make sure that liability, if there was ever indeed an issue on this road, if we’re still waiting for pieces of pertinent parts of this road to be completed, that the taxpayers won’t be having any type of surprises in the near future. That leads me to my final question.

When can we expect a full assessment of this project being presented to this House of its total completion? Thank you.

Thank you. Sorry, I may have said Highway No. 7 earlier. Sorry. Freudian slip. Highway No. 4 bypass. Sorry to the Member.

I appreciate the Minister’s response here, but we know that the designs of bridges are very, very intricate. There’s a lot of engineering designs, it has to go through a flurry of testing before this bridge would be put on any type of abutments or any type of structure. From the sounds of it, it almost sounds like what the Minister tried to elaborate – and I may be wrong in assuming – that this thing almost went in backwards.

Now, if indeed I’m in error, I’d ask the Minister...

A sports school shouldn’t be confined to one institution. Using existing resources, the program could easily be adapted to other schools in a number of our NWT communities.

Let’s own the podium and give our youth the best chance to win. Thank you very much.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.