David Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regard to my Member’s statement, I raised the issue of conflicts between harvesters to subsistence and also government operations. In particular, the ferry operations on the Mackenzie in regard to the Nazon fishing camp, which is on the Inuvik side of the river and has been located there long before the highway was even built.

In the Gwich’in Land Claim Agreement there is a conflict resolution section, which is 12.4.13. I think it’s important that this government maybe consider reading that, because I think this government has to either resolve this dispute with the...

General comments in regard to the committee report. Mr. Lafferty.

Does the committee and that Committee Report 8-16(3) is concluded?

Page 17, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $5.091 million.

Okay. Turn to page 5. Page 5 in regard to the schedule. Agree to the schedule?

We are still on page 5. We can hold our questions until we get to the page we are asking the questions on. With that, we will hold the question until we get to page 6.

Supplementary Appropriation No. 4, 2008-1009, Executive, operations expenditures, Financial Management Board Secretariat, government accounting, not previously authorized, $9.348 million.

Thank you Mr. Minister. Welcome, witnesses. Are there any general comments to Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2009-2010? Comments? Mr. Menicoche.

Total department, not previously authorized, $1.567 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Environment in regard to the biomass initiative in Scandinavia. I think it took them 30 years to get to where they are today. We don’t have 30 years. I’d like to ask the Minister, in light of the efforts by this government to look at biomass, which are mostly taking place in larger centres, what is this government doing to ensure that we are able to put biomass projects into communities such as Jean Marie or other communities who have resources or have the assets in those communities and expand those systems so that we can cut down our...

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. At this time I’d like to ask the Minister responsible for the bill if he will be bringing in witnesses. Mr. Lafferty.