Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Beaulieu.

Again, I heard the word “auction off,” but I’m thinking on a bigger picture that we have a number of NGOs out there that obviously are in need of equipment, they’re on very limited budgets for the most part and what is deemed near the end of our lifecycle for a government may be very appropriate for a lot of our NGOs throughout the Northwest Territories.

I believe a lot of these NGOs are not even aware that they could have some of these assets available to them. Does the Minister or department do any type of outreach programs informing NGOs throughout the Northwest Territories, especially our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister for replying. It sounds like there are some measures that are going to be coming forward to decrease these wait times in Yellowknife.

How are these measures going to be monitored so that we know, as Members, that constituents’ needs are being addressed here for Yellowknife?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Within this section of infrastructure upgrades on 5.8, we talked about the term evergreening. So again, for the sake of getting proper definition to the next series of questions, if the Minister could provide the proper definition for the term “evergreening”.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sorry about that. Last week in Yellowknife I had the pleasure of attending the Northern Governance and Economic Prosperity Conference that brought together indigenous northern government, business leaders, policymakers, social activists and economics under the theme Pathways to Prosperity.

The premise of the conference was to reflect on northern political institutions that could change to better adapt to various governance authorities while balancing the social and economic challenges. This was a tall task, but I must praise the work of the conference co-chairs, Mr...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Beaulieu.

I guess in one sense – and I’ll have to go back and look at the Hansard – we’re doing a better job to get a better handle on our deferred maintenance. Buildings are coming off the queue, so to speak, with new buildings, and that this number was coming down from what I think was said by the Minister. Now we’re hearing that that number is going to stay consistent because the projects are going to be compounded. I guess as a Regular Member I have a hard time understanding both sides of that definition. We’re making improvements and yet that number is going to have to remain the same as an outlook...

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Minister Beaulieu.

I appreciate the Minister’s forensic review of those terms just so we know what we’re talking about, and I think everyone appreciates knowing the terms.

That said, as the Minister indicated, the deferred maintenance component on the capital side has been in historical past a fairly large and significant number of the budget. I believe that number has come down over the last couple budgets, but is still, as the Minister just indicated, it is a $5 million component.

What is the forecast that the department is looking at in their deferred maintenance budget for the next couple of years? Is this a...