Kevin O'Reilly

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Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Thanks, Madam Chair. I was over at Avens recently and, boy, there's a lot of stuff happening over there. I'm just wondering is there - what are the reasons for the delay? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Okay. All right. So is this money for the access road off the highway to the community? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Yeah, okay thanks. If I wasn't confused before, now I am. But look, what we're being asked to do then is approve a whole bunch of carryovers which means we're not getting money out the door, and I don't know why, but if the Minister wants to talk about that, that's fine. But we're not getting money out the door, we're being asked to approve more money that's probably not going to get out the door even this summer, so. And I think it's probably going to exceed this cap.

What's the purpose of having a cap when we're going to go over it again and again and again? So I'm going to have a lot of...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Yeah, okay, I guess this is above my pay grade or something where - is this like some kind of holdback or something in case something goes wrong, and why are we being asked to put up money, $4.2 million, wouldn't it be the contractor that should have to do this? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Yeah, thanks. Yeah, this is really murky. So I think I'm going to move on because I'm not really getting answers here. But if this supplementary appropriation is approved, what's the total capital funding then that the Legislative Assembly's authorized for 20232024? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. So there's a line item here, Tlicho AllSeason Road, Whati, $4.2 million. You know, I thought the road opened in November last year. What's this money for if the road's already opened and people are driving on it? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Yeah, thanks. So I think I heard $2.7 million. That doesn't seem to jive with the information we have available to us, but yeah, is that information publicly available somewhere? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. Look, I really love the North Arm Park; we often stop there. We've actually camped there once. But there's about five or six different line items in here for different parts of this park. You know, gatehouse living quarters, the outhouse dump station, electrical project. What is going on with this? There's even more on the next - sorry, even on the second page for a playground. What's going on with the whole thing? Like, why is this continually being carried over and what's going on? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Okay, thank you. How much in this capital sup is actually carryovers? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 158)

Thanks, Madam Chair. Well, I got eight and a half minutes left on the clock; I probably don't need it all but I'm happy to give them a minute or two to find it. Thanks.