Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Schauerte.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you are aware, your committee reported progress last night with one motion being adopted. Unfortunately, we were unable to adopt a concurrence motion for the report of Committee of the Whole due to loss of quorum. As we now enjoy a quorum of Members, I now wish to report on our committee activities and decisions for both days.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 9-17(4), NWT Main Estimates, 2013-2014, and would like to report progress with one motion being adopted. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred...

I am totally in agreement with the Minister here. If we can open up our doors to the world, I think our tourism budget would reflect that.

The concern I have is that within the premise of this operations budget for airports there is no provision what I see here for future thinking or future growth in that area of attracting. I would assume the provisions and putting together a proper study or planning document or emphasis on capital, which I know we’re not discussing, but this is about operations, and operations means planning. If these discussions are indeed transpiring, what reassurances do...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Williams. Mr. Hawkins, one last supplemental.

I think the question is not hypothetical. The question is whether or not the $299 million is including this $12 million. Again, this was opened up in your statement yesterday in the Minister’s own words.

A final question I have here, and just so that I’m perfectly clear on all the regulatory changes that we’re going to be faced here in the GNWT, is there any increase in our operating costs to this department with respect to marine activity?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister McLeod.

Thanks, Ms. Bisaro. Will the Minister want to reply?

Where I’m kind of going with this is that I believe it was, as the Minister put it, an initiative that was overdue in terms of the reviewing of airport fees. Does the current process allow that these fees are being reviewed on a more frequent basis? Is there a provision or a proviso within the review program that will not allow this to lapse, that we actually are keeping up with either inflation or use of our facilities?