Michael Miltenberger

That’s a lot of ifs with four months left and a clear decision by this Assembly that we’re not going to make any major commitments in the last few days of an Assembly. We will do the work. The budget is set for this year and we will lay that out. We’re doing transition planning.

The other thing we ought to keep in mind, Mr. Speaker, the Member keeps talking about a treatment centre. We can’t lose sight of the fact that we still don’t do enough on the prevention side. That if we just accept the fact that people are going to keep drinking and we’re just going to keep building facilities to try to...

In fact, the policy went through Cabinet and FMB today for approval. So it will be on its way to committee for them to look at and see what the fruits of all our collective labours were. Thank you.

This process fully respects the land claims, treaties, all the other obligations as it relates to Aboriginal rights. We are talking about public lands. We are talking about authority that now resides with the federal government to reside in the North. We have a process, a not legally binding process, to move us forward through a process of negotiation to resolve the issues that have been identified. We have funds put forward to do that. We have a request for additional funds to keep that process moving. It’s a process that folks can, if they’re not happy, they can leave. If they can negotiate...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In a spill of this nature, the immediate folks that are involved, of course, are the owners of the pipeline. The National Energy Board has the lead. Environment and Natural Resources has a support role in that process. If it’s a significant spill, then it will trigger a broader group that will come into play, but in this case, given the size of the spill, it’s those two parties that are initially involved.

We have been working, as the Member’s aware, very closely with all government agencies as well as Enbridge and Imperial Oil in Norman Wells. In terms of the spill...

Let me just set a quick context for the response. Yesterday I gave a fiscal update in this House that pointed to the extreme constraints that we, like just about every other government, are under in terms of managing our dollars and meeting our needs, and our ability to have new programs added on are minimal to none in the life of this government. We will have a plan in the life of this government that lays out what we recommend are steps to be taken in the coming years. With the addictions and mental health services, we will have a renewed strategic plan for Health and Social Services by the...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All of the $4.2 million or all of the $17 million, should this project go ahead and start generating revenue, will be reimbursed to the Government of the Northwest Territories. We just had a fairly intense debate here about devolution and relationship with Aboriginal governments and the need to engage with our Aboriginal partners. This is an example of what’s possible. There’s more to equity, in my mind, for ourselves as politicians, than having straight cash. When we’re dealing with the major landowners or what will be major landowners in the area, there’s a benefit...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This process fully respects land claim obligations, treaties. What is being talked about is public lands.

It’s clear in the AIP what our commitment is, what the commitment of the federal government is, is to respecting land claims, settlements that are already there, treaties, and should land claims be settled subsequent to the signing and the conclusion of the AIP and whatever lands are chosen, we’ll of course be fully within the provisions, but we’ll meet the provisions and obligations of the federal government. What we are talking about is the management of public...

We will continue to work constructively with the Family Violence Coalition. We, as well, will look closely at the work that’s been done in regard to the recommendations for phase 3. As well, we are doing, at this moment, an evaluation of how effective our commitment and involvement has been and the outcomes that have been generated through the work through phase 2. Thank you.

I indicated that I would share with the committee the report and the recommendations and will do that on a confidential basis.

I can assure the Member that the P3 policy, once it’s in place, will be followed by the government. There’s built-in, full engagement of the committees, as well. That policy has been developed based on the things we’ve learned through the last number of projects; the bridge and the Taltson project most recently. We believe we have pulled together a policy that reflects the lessons learned.