Michael Miltenberger

Mr. Speaker, regulated electronics recycling programs are in place or under development in all Canadian provinces and the Yukon Territory and we are making good progress on an electronics recycling program in the Northwest Territories.

Recycling electronics helps prevent harmful materials from leaching into the environment when disposed in landfills, burned or left on the land. Recycling old electronics into new products also minimizes environmental impacts related to extracting raw materials through mining and other activities.

In a survey conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural...

Thank you. I’d have to check Hansard. I understood the question to be that since we’re taking it back over, would we look at the prices and see if we would consider moving it from $45 to $50 and I said yes, we would consider looking at that as we get this back into ENR’s authority. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The prices are set at a five-year rolling average and they’re reviewed every year. However, I’d be happy to sit down and talk to the Member about specifics if he has any dollar figures that he’s looking at. We have to manage the money that’s available to run this program, and the beaver prices are very low at the market values. Thank you.

Not that I’m aware of. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The roadside parks are the responsibility of ITI. We work closely with ITI, and as the Member has indicated, ITI clearly has done a very fine job in advertising and promoting and maintaining and building up the park. As a government, we have every expectation that we’re going to maintain that level of service. Thank you.

Yes, I will report back to committee on the results of the discussion with the department. I will make sure we go back and look at the documents the Member has referred, and we’ll look to what we think is possible and share that with committee. We will be happy, of course, to appear before committee to have a further, more detailed discussion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are no imminent plans at this point. I have listened to the Member’s statement with interest and I will be following up with the department.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize and welcome to the Chamber the chief negotiator who’s helped us negotiate the agreement with Alberta on transboundary water that we’re going to soon conclude, with a similar one in Saskatchewan and hopefully, as well, with British Columbia. She’s also the chief negotiator on the Thaidene Nene file. I would like to welcome Ms. Merrell Ann Phare to the Chamber. She’s one of the best in the business.

Clearly, that’s one of the attributes that draw people to that particular location. I listened, as well, how he pointed out the young ladies that found a fossil and brought it back. It’s part of the ability to see that just by following the walking trails and that type of thing. So, it’s a critical selling point of those particular sites. Thank you.

I will commit to get the response to that question from ITI and make sure that it’s shared with the Member. I just want to reiterate once again, the strong commitment demonstrated, high level of practice and investment in the parks by ITI is going to continue. Thank you.