Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Devitt. Mr. Menicoche.

In 2005 the cost of runway expansion for the Yellowknife Airport was estimated at around $35 million. The premise back then was to enhance or increase the opportunity for tourism, opening the corridor to opportunity. Knowing full well that this is not a capital budget, but the philosophy, obviously while we’re talking about airports, is something near and dear to a lot of Yellowknifers and people in the tourism sector. The question to the Minister is: Do we have any, is there any appetite out there that this is something that’s going to appear sometime in the near future in terms of the runway...

Madam Chair, thanks to the Minister for clarifying where that overage is going to be spent.

Most recently an organization here in the Northwest Territories – and I refer to them as the Artists Run Community Centre, or ARCC for short – unfortunately lost their facility due to an expansion of a building or construction of a new government building in the downtown corridor. We know that, as I say, the statements that we have heard in the House with respect to supporting arts and the culture regarding arts is a priority. However, this organization, which really is a backbone or a facility that...

Thank you. Education, Culture and Employment, activity summary, advanced education, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $34.133 million. Is committee agreed? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. Can I get the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring the witnesses into the House, please?

Thank you. Minister Ramsay, would you like to introduce your witnesses to the committee here?

Contributions, on pages 10-18, 10-19 and on 10-20. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Minister Lafferty.

Given the fact that you may not do that with other initiatives, this is obviously more of an initiative in which I think safety is critical. If the Department of Transportation is not willing to use that as a public relations opportunity to promote good driving, would the Minister or the department agree to sharing information on a quarterly basis to Regular Members?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand here before you today in strong support of the motion that we have before the House. As I mentioned in my Member’s statement and also with the motion here, we need to send a very strong and meaningful message not just to the government here but to all those watching, all those departments out there who are collaborating to make sure that this is a high priority. The Assembly here has made that a priority. We are hoping that we are doing the same.

As mentioned earlier, in zero to three is really the target and focus of what we are trying to get across and that...