Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’ve had some discussions with some of the Yellowknives. We’ve also had some contact with the national chief, Bill Erasmus, about a process to possibly help us work to resolve the current circumstance with the Yellowknives and the access to caribou and our offer to work with them to hunt outside the band area as well as a very small controlled hunt within the band area.

I appreciate the Member’s comments. Thank you.

We have an extensive list, both between ourselves and the federal government, which is responsible for Crown land mainly outside of municipal and community boundaries. There are many hundreds of sites. The ones in communities we’re looking at. We work and we are intending to work and are going to continue to work our way down the list from the high priority areas to those that have been assessed as lower priority. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We continue with the current arrangement with the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation. The Members are aware that there are negotiations and activities underway, but at this point we are proceeding with the structure that has gotten us this far. As we sort our way through the work ahead, we’ll be keeping committee fully apprised of any developments.

We bring to the House public accounts, we bring to the House contract documents over $5,000. This is one of the documents that’s tabled. It’s on the Internet. If the Member wishes specific information that he doesn’t have access to, I’d be happy to assist to make sure that he’s given all the information that he thinks or would like to have access to. Thank you.

I’d like to point out that while there are certain challenges ahead of us, that this project is 50 percent done. We have made a lot of significant changes. The Member may disagree with the timing of the decisions that were made and when they were made, but we are in fact moved forward on this.

The GNWT has taken over project management design, as we have indicated. With our ongoing discussions, the lenders are leaning towards the GNWT assuming a greater role and we have been stepping into that role. The Cabinet here duly assembled was put in place by this Legislature. We are accountable. I...

This is a daily practice that managers deal with throughout their various mandates and authorities. If circumstances come to light, if they are considered to be illegal or criminal, there’s a process. If there are steps that haven’t been followed or steps that have been missed, there is a different process that comes into play. We table all the contract documents on a regular basis. If there is a concern in this House that they want to assert that there’s flagrant wrongdoing, that’s a whole different matter than the normal practice than we have here of making sure that we are accountable in a...

I apologize for the poor copy. We’ll send this electronically to all the Members so they can see it clearly. With your indulgence, I’ll ask Mr. Neudorf to respond to that question.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The meat was distributed according to the very clear detailed order by the justice of the peace. Thank you.

Minister McLeod would like to shed light on this. Thank you.