Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to add something that I missed. I’d indicated that none of the three options had a complete solution. One of the areas that I have problem with is the 21 selection option. It also brings up concerns. There are still overages, so in that process we would have, at that time, problems with the Sahtu. The Sahtu would have an overage and, at that time, would we be looking, at the next go-round, to be adding 22, 23? Where does the expansion of this Legislative Assembly stop, especially when our population is not going up, it’s going down? I mean, the scenario of...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That was my last question. Is the Minister committed to talking with the federal government, talking with the Prime Minister to get federal funding to complete this project?

Thank you. The Minister talked about some of the, I think they call it dock maintenance that the GNWT did this year.

Does the Minister know how much money we’ve spent on dock maintenance this year and last year, and dredging in the Hay River area?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the building. I think we need to take the time to thank the Premiers, Speakers, Ministers and MLAs that came before us that had to make the difficult decisions to build this building. Today we have the opportunity.

We also need to thank the former staff, like my colleague had mentioned, Mr. Hamilton, and some of the other staff that have been before that had to make the tough decisions on how we build this building. We need to thank the Building Society for their strong efforts and vision to finance and complete the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Bill 22, Territorial Emblems and Honours Act, be read for the third time.

Thank you. I’m looking to see if the Minister will commit to assisting with the preparations and the assessment of what it’s going to take to complete the dredging in the Hay River area. I know it’s a federal responsibility, but I know the Department of Transportation has spent some money in this area, and I’m just looking for the Minister to commit to whether it has to be outsourced or in-house assessments of what the needs are to complete the dredging and what those costs are so we can take it to the federal government.