Michael Miltenberger

I would be happy to concur with the Member that he is a fountain of good ideas. We are 270 days left until the next election. We have our to-do lists, work lists that are fully subscribed to. We are working to implement all those plus some others that have been added on over the course of the last year or so.

The Member raises a very legitimate, good issue. The issue of putting a fee, a recovery fee on each barrel is there. It’s a question of the resources and the time. We have an Environment Fund that is being used and managed carefully to do all the things that currently are in place. To...

Thousands, Mr. Speaker, and they would be invariably in areas where there were old abandoned sites either for exploration or some type of small mining venture from the days of yore, but a lot of it tied to exploration sites.

That program is handled through the Power Corporation, and they’ve been taking care of the communications. If there are specific concerns from the Member, then I would be happy to talk to them about what may be needed to be done extra to ensure that those concerns could be addressed.

I was making the comments about the Member being a fountain of good ideas because we all know he tends to hide his light under a bushel and he’s very self-deprecating and humble, so I wanted to give him that little bit of promotion to help with his battered self-image.

So I will add that to the list that I have as I meet regularly with ENR and we will give it the consideration it deserves. Thank you.

The issue has been flagged. It’s on our to-do list. We’ve been using the resources and capacity that we do have to look at the full rollout of our electronic waste recycling in addition to all of the other recycling programs that we’ve come into in the last few years. The barrel one, one raised in the House, as well, by the Member for Sahtu, for example, for the vehicles that have been abandoned are all things on our list that we intend to get to but not any time in the life of this government.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It’s not clear to me the question. Have we done a full cost accounting of the fire season? Have we done a full cost accounting of this proposal? If the Member could elaborate. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This position is currently in the process of being staffed. I understand they have a successful candidate and hopefully, in the next few weeks, will be operational and up and running. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It would be reflected over time and in the public accounts. There is no daily site available that sort of tracks that kind of day-to-day business of government. We will, as I have pointed out before in the House be coming forward once the Financial Administration Act is reviewed and passed with a borrowing plan that will be brought forward to the floor of the Assembly on an ongoing basis in the future, but at present the main vehicle would be the public accounts. Thank you.

Yes, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Things like the firefighting, it could be infrastructure, it could be any requirements that come up during the course of a year that the government or the Assembly decides expenditures are required. I’ll ask the deputy if he wants to add any other further type of examples.