Katrina Nokleby

Will the Minister commit to sitting down with me and going through the plans that she has for next year for the ITH so that I can be sure that everything that I think needs to be taken care of does?

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Infrastructure. I was really pleased to hear that they are engaging a consultant to look at the ITH and what is needed there. However, I'm aware that there are repairs that could be done sooner ahead of that report. Will the Minister work to commit to convince her Cabinet colleagues to find money for rehabilitation work on the ITH ahead of awaiting on the consultant's report? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. My last item is just around when you're doing the major retrofits, say, of 19 units in Yellowknife. I'm assuming that's all 19 units in one location. Can you explain a little bit about: does the department, in their prioritization, look at things like project timelines and costing and try to sort of lump together? Maybe it's units in one building so that your mobilization and demobilization costs are lessened because you're doing more at once. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I did hear the Minister actually already refer to the asset management program to sort of prioritize, and I think that's along what the deputy minister is also speaking of. That took care of my next question. I was also really pleased to hear the supports for the Arnica Inn. As a Yellowknife MLA, that was definitely something I heard a lot during my campaign with my district on the verge of the downtown, very well-needed, so thank you for that.

I'm glad to hear of the shifting to leverage more money, but I was a little concerned to hear the words that "we started to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, my first question is: what is an M and I project? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Of the projects in the list here on these couple of pages, several of them are denoted as having the federal funding pots, the ICIP and the DMAF. Could the Minister provide us with an idea of which of these projects we have actually secured the 75-cent dollars for and which are just ones that we're hoping to secure the funding for still? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. October 31st. Halloween. All Hallow's Eve. A day and night of magic and mystery when ghouls and goblins walk the streets and astronauts roam the earth. Growing up, Halloween was always one of my favourite times of the year. I can still remember the smell and feel of the pumpkin guts as my siblings and I carved jack o'lanterns, roasting seeds and burning our fingers playing with candle wax after our mom clearly told us not to.

This year the children of the Northwest Territories will experience a different kind of Halloween, one filled with numerous doses of hand...

That's good.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. As one of those people that used to do that, I know there're lots of people in town that can do that kind of work. I'm glad to hear that. Again, sort of back to my background, I would like to know if your technical staff is being given specialized training around northern and Arctic conditions, by example, the cold regions engineering course that's provided by the University of Washington and run out of the University of Alaska. Are there any programs like that that your technical staff is being trained in? Thank you.

Lots of all these funny words. I've looked through your list here very quickly. You have 113 units that there will be retrofitting this year coming up. If you just do a very rough calculation of the total dollars, we're looking at $94,000 a unit for a retrofit. I understand that there are different variations of levels within these units and what would be required. Can the Minister explain: is the cost of this so high because there are hazardous materials and such that need to be dealt with? It just seems like a large number for a retrofit of an existing unit. Thank you.