Michael Miltenberger

I’m not in a position to answer such a broad question where there are no specifics. I don’t know what the issue was. I don’t know where it was. I don’t know the background information. I can only assume that everything was done according to policy and procedure, but I’m not in a position to answer that type of question without some considerable more detail.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We should keep in mind the long list that the Member has laid out. We have active files on... We have many things on the go. All those, the pause button was hit, as it were, on the federal side as the election kicked into gear. The election is now over. As the Member said, we have now the good fortune of a majority government that will give us consistency over the next four years. We’re still waiting to find out the line-up in terms of the Cabinet. We have all these files ready to re-engage, we have a Federal Engagement Strategy. The Ministers and the Members in this...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As far as I understand, this is an agreement between the Northwest Territories and Canada, not two-thirds of the Northwest Territories or a quarter of the Northwest Territories or seven-eighths of the Northwest Territories, but it’s going to be for the benefit of all Northerners with the federal government. Thank you.

This particular document will have application, we believe, outside of the city of Yellowknife. It’s an issue in the city. We have our own interdepartmental working group, as well, that looks at concerns of homelessness outside of the city of Yellowknife. Thank you.

...steps away to enjoy the fruits of her labour and move onto the next phase of her life. I‘d like to thank her for her service.

I’ll commit to ensure that we encourage and push the federal agencies, in this case the National Energy Board, to become visible, to make sure that there’s adequate information and that there’s an opportunity, and if necessary, they have resources put by their people to deal with the affected communities like Wrigley. Thank you.

The intent for this process is to allow us the time to move forward to resolve the issues that are outstanding, and that when we believe there is a final deal on the table that can be supported, then we move forward with that.

To get to that point we have to have this process which was started with the initialling of the AIP back in December. I would just point out for the Member as well that the $123,000 I referenced is for meeting with individual leaders on devolution-related matters. The $173,000 talks about regional leaders’ meetings that I’ve already talked about, as well.

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.

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...