Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, my colleague, the MLA for Yellowknife North, asked a number of the questions I was going to ask. I guess, this accumulated surplus, that is just the net surplus? That does not include any drawdown for any of the capital improvements that are going to be made at the airport? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

No, this is Frame Lake.

Thanks. Now I know how the amount is going to be paid for. Where is the value of the special warrant parked right now? Is it parked just as a GNWT-wide debt in Department of Finance, or is it parked within Infrastructure? Where is that debt parked? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

I would like to thank the Premier for that response, but I want to give him a heads up: I have gone off-script. This was not a question that I gave to him ahead of time, but it is in response to the first question that I asked.

Once again, at the conclusion of CEAA panel review, after that was completed, the Premier of British Columbia announced that their new government was going to reconsider whether they should proceed with Site C. There was a process there where they were going to look at whether they should proceed or not. During that time, did our government write to the Government of...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Where, then, does the value of the $10 million special warrant show up? Is it a debt related to the revolving fund? Is it a debt, then, that is carried by the Department of Infrastructure and only sort of amortized or allocated to the Marine Transportation Services over a period of time? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Premier as the Minister responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs. There is major concern with the impacts of Site C dam project, now proceeding on the Peace River in British Columbia. UNESCO, Amnesty International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, they have all opposed this project. Yesterday in this House I tabled a letter that was signed by 14 downstream Indigenous governments, including four from the Northwest Territories, calling on the British Columbia government to cancel the project. I would like to know from the...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I recall that the Minister or whoever got a special warrant to buy some barges for the Marine Transportation Service. How do these show up as an expense against the fund, or do they show up as an expense against the fund? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. The Minister was so quick there, I couldn't actually catch all of it. The short-term contract that he anticipates is going to go from April until September, basically over the summer months, and then the Minister is looking at having a longer-term contract in place after that. Are we looking for a three- or five-year arrangement? Does the Minister have any ideas in place around the term of this longer-term contract? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I guess this is the point where I could ask questions about revenues for the Housing Corporation. The Minister's colleague made a statement in the House earlier today about federal infrastructure funding. There is $570 million coming to the GNWT from the federal government. It's going to be, I guess that's 75 per cent federal dollars that we have to match with 25 per cent of our own funds. I'm just wondering how much of that funding is going to be used towards housing.

Of course, I'm looking at the report that the Minister tabled in the House called, "Towards Level Ground"...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the response from the Minister. I would tend to agree that you don't want large surpluses built up over a number of years, but if they have capital needs or something, that might be a good reason to do it. Can the Minister commit to share the policy with standing committee? I just checked with my colleague, the chair of the standing committee, and the committee hasn't seen that policy and the chair is interested in seeing it. I'm interested in seeing it. Can the Minister commit to share the policy with standing committee? Thanks, Mr. Chair.