Jackson Lafferty

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 2, Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act, be read for the second time.

This bill implements the 1965 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States.

First and foremost is the consultation process with the community and how that structure’s going to look, if there’s space availability within the school, the modifications, the cost factor. Those are the issues that we need to take into consideration. I will keep the MLA in contact and in the loop with the community as well. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, we did look at, like I said earlier, options in the community, whether it be a rental space, but we haven’t had success to date in that respect. Certainly, we have to keep in mind about the capital planning process. Once the discussion takes place with the DEA and the school staff and also the parents and the community, we can certainly move forward on that. Again, I have to respect the wishes of the community of how we can proceed with this. I’m more than willing to hear more from the MLA on how we can proceed with this from the community’s perspective.

Mr. Speaker, with our department we did explore various options in the community. The first option is, of course, the Member identified the new building if it could hold the library books and so forth. Certainly, the second floor, there’s space available but the weight of the books certainly cannot be feasible to having a library on the second floor. Also, PWS, I’ve been working closely with them and they confirm that Fort Simpson doesn’t have a suitable rental space available in the community.

We’ve done what we can as a department in working with the community. We do continue to work on an...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, we have been working closely with the community of Fort Simpson on this particular area. We have been working with various organizations in the community. As you know, the Deh Cho Hall is in the process of closing down because of the inspection that took place. At the same time, Mr. Speaker, we are working…I appreciate all of the correspondence that the MLA has sent to my department, to my attention. We are doing what we can to work with the community on finding solutions to have this community library based on if there are any vacant working units. At this time...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 2, Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act, be read for the second time.

This bill implements the 1965 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States.

First and foremost is the consultation process with the community and how that structure’s going to look, if there’s space availability within the school, the modifications, the cost factor. Those are the issues that we need to take into consideration. I will keep the MLA in contact and in the loop with the community as well. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, we did look at, like I said earlier, options in the community, whether it be a rental space, but we haven’t had success to date in that respect. Certainly, we have to keep in mind about the capital planning process. Once the discussion takes place with the DEA and the school staff and also the parents and the community, we can certainly move forward on that. Again, I have to respect the wishes of the community of how we can proceed with this. I’m more than willing to hear more from the MLA on how we can proceed with this from the community’s perspective.

Mr. Speaker, with our department we did explore various options in the community. The first option is, of course, the Member identified the new building if it could hold the library books and so forth. Certainly, the second floor, there’s space available but the weight of the books certainly cannot be feasible to having a library on the second floor. Also, PWS, I’ve been working closely with them and they confirm that Fort Simpson doesn’t have a suitable rental space available in the community.

We’ve done what we can as a department in working with the community. We do continue to work on an...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, we have been working closely with the community of Fort Simpson on this particular area. We have been working with various organizations in the community. As you know, the Deh Cho Hall is in the process of closing down because of the inspection that took place. At the same time, Mr. Speaker, we are working…I appreciate all of the correspondence that the MLA has sent to my department, to my attention. We are doing what we can to work with the community on finding solutions to have this community library based on if there are any vacant working units. At this time...