Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Madam Chair. Given that I don't think there's anybody else on your list, I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Lands, who seems to have primary responsibility for the former Cameron Hills production area held by Strategic Oil and Gas.

Nothing further, thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. It’s time for another statement on the millions of dollars of preventable liabilities our government will assume from our mismanagement of the Cameron Hills gas field owned by Strategic Oil and Gas.

The field consists of 50 well sites, winter roads, summer allterrain vehicle trails, a gas and oil gathering system, a central battery, temporary and permanent camps, airstrips, borrow pits, bridges, and a pipeline into Alberta. A class A water licence and a type A landuse permit cover its activities in the NWT. Other authorizations include 15 production licences and 11...

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, $767,000 might be able to get, if you're really lucky, two homes out of that. What was the original design? Is it to provide some sort of subsidy to new home owners, or what was wrong with the original design, and how's it going to get fixed because there's zero dollars in 20222023 for this? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. How much is set aside then for Spruce Bough in 20222023 in the current main estimates? Thank you.

Okay, thanks. I guess I start to ask questions and I got some more. So yeah, well, the Regular MLAs will take credit for the extra $5 million and that line item. I think it's over just two years, unfortunately, so it's going to go back down again unless we do something else about that.

But can someone tell me, then, where is there any funding in 20222023 for Spruce Bough as they continue to operate, and where would that funding be found? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I guess I just want to encourage the Minister to come forward to the Financial Management Board more often for requests for additional funding, especially with regard to forced growth but also to expand the programs that they offer to finally get our housing out of core need.

So lastly, if I could ask very quickly, when are we going to get this plan to get our housing out of core need? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 56119(2): Main Estimates 20222023, with Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. The full cost for implementation of the close and reclamation plan that's not yet finished does not appear on the public record anywhere but our government must have prepared some sort of estimate by this point.

Can the Minister provide that cost estimate and its calculation to this House? Or if he has to give it to me on a confidential basis, I'd be willing to take that. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.