Daryl Dolynny

I will take the Minister up on his offer. I think I’m speaking not only as a Member of Yellowknife, I think there are community members here who would have very similar concerns. I would take the Minister up on his offer.

Last is, because we’re dealing with public safety, there is the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program. This was a federally initiated program, which I believe closed this year. I don’t believe it’s part of our budget this year. I think it was a zero. This was a cost-sharing program for capital enhancement at community level for safety.

Can the Minister indicate, for the years...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister McLeod.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I do appreciate the Minister and deputy minister’s answer earlier. Keeping on the topic of airports, if we could maybe get a brief update as to the Public Airports Act. This has to do with airport parking or use of parking or parking issues. Has this been problematic for the Department of Transportation to implement this act?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins, it is the Chair’s purview that the Minister has the right to respond in a way and means he sees fit. He did make a commitment that he will deal with some of those general replies within the details. We’ll hope that the Minister holds true to that promise. If not, I am sure the Members will cue the Minister if need be. With that said, I appreciate the comments, Mr. Hawkins, but duly noted.

Committee, before we commence with detail here, we are actually going to take a very short recess. Thank you.

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I will take the Minister up on doing some more Google searching for what I consider a pretty large project.

Just on an aside, with respect to the Department of Transportation website, which I believe is a new website here that’s up and running this fiscal year, when I look at any of the highways or highway information, October 2011 was the last time on the Mackenzie Valley Highway that we’ve seen any type of report. I indicated May 2011 with Inuvik-Tuk. Highway traffic reports, 2011. I’m seeing very little with respect to highway information, information that I know, if I was a member of the...

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Ms. Young.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Hawkins, was there a question embedded in that?

Can I get maybe an indication, is this an annual accreditation that an airport authority has to maintain, or once your accredited do you have a two-, three-, or five-year life cycle before you are up for an accreditation again?

Great. Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. General comments. Okay, I’ll allow the Minister to reply to general comments. Minister McLeod.