Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Anything further, Mr. Bromley?

Agreed. Thank you. Water resources, grants, contributions and transfers, total contributions, $1.1 million.

We will commence with that after a brief break.

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Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Miltenberger.

We will commence with that after a brief recess.

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I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order for today and ask what is the wish of the committee. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My Member’s statement yesterday was two and a half minutes but it seemed to be like two and a half seconds, so I wanted to take this opportunity… I’m going to break from my colleagues on the education and I want to talk about one of my favourite subjects again today: Hay River. One I really don’t need any notes to talk about.

I pride myself in being a very optimistic person. I’m not pessimistic. When people say, oh, gloom and doom, I go, hey, look it, think about that nice $35 million mid-life retrofit to the Diamond Jenness Secondary School. Think about that new $65...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Is committee agreed?

Oh, the list could go on. I try to focus on the positive, and these are good projects and they tide us over from year to year and season to season and they provide good infrastructure. But the problem is that if Hay River is truly the hub of the North, we cannot afford the erosion of those things that make Hay River what it is. Those things are the lake, the river, the rail, the road.

Right now, to get a bunch of train cars from High Level to Hay River, because of a lack of investment in the infrastructure for the rail, you can go 10 kilometres an hour. It takes two days to get from High Level...