Michael McLeod

Mr. Chairman, we recognize it is a goal of the Member. We also have provided training, as the Member has stated, in the communities. Anybody allowed to go airside needs to be trained. We have had problems that we need to be comforted that we can overcome in those communities. If that is something we can deal with, then we can certainly look at doing the needs assessment on reinstating the lights.

Our intention at this point is to do an economic analysis of the business case. There has been some work done privately by the mines themselves and if it was to proceed any further than what we were planning, then it would have to go to a full environmental review and it would also have to have funding allocated or identified to pay for the construction portion. So we’re quite a ways from having any actual scoping in that area. Thank you.

The Member is asking some very detailed questions that I’m reluctant to provide for in the public right now. There is a team that’s put together. There’s a transition that’s happening with the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation and ourselves and I have provided the information to him that we have one of our own Transportation people who is involved and we also have a firm that we have hired to work with us. We will provide that information, disclose the names, whatever information he wants when the supp comes forward for discussion. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, we are taking what we learn from other highways. More specifically, Highway No. 3 over the years as we reconstructed that road. We, of course, are very focused on trying to get a solid base for Dettah to have their residents travel on, along with the appropriate dust suppressant in the cover. Easy Street is something that is very attractive, but at the same time it’s still fairly costly. We are testing to see how well it works and, in fact, we have done the junction at Dettah to see how it stands up and that will be something that’s part of the consideration for the final cap on...

Mr. Chairman, this program is demand driven and usually the community leadership will request the visit of our officers to assist them in processing the documentation.

Mr. Chairman, this land is Commissioner’s land under the authority of the Minister.

The Minister of MACA is listening with great interest as we talk about main street chipsealing. It falls under the mandate of that department. We don’t have any responsibilities in that area. We do have, as I stated yesterday, expertise. We have people who can advise communities and help them with the packaging up of a tender and things of that nature, if that’s required. We would certainly be happy to do that. But we do not have in this budget any money for main street chipsealing. That would be completely under a different department.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The reservation of steel and the production of steel has been something that we were concerned about and there have been allowances made and we’ve put our reservations in the appropriate production companies to have the steel available when we’re going to need it. The Member is correct; it’s transferrable to different companies. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, I was just trying to remember when the Member had raised it, but I believe it was some time ago and as we proceed right now with the methodology that we’re using in the plans, it doesn’t include a walking trail or a biking trail. However, at some point as we move forward with the reclamation of Giant Mine we will be required to move the road and widen the road and we would plan to include plans of the nature that the Member is talking about as part of that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The budget that we are referring to we have talked about a little bit already and as a result of the Rural and Remote committee that suggested we increase the budget and also change the criteria, we have done that, we have allowed for marine and we have also allowed for gravel. However, the criteria is more specifically geared towards a gravel haul than the construction of a road. Mr. Chairman, this is a million dollar budget to respond to all the applications that come from the communities and it is really not sufficient to expect that we would build a gravel road, of...