Rocky Simpson

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I'm pleased to see that, you know, that this is expanded to third and fourth years and also to women in trades. I think, you know, it's so important with the amount of work and the houses that we need in the territories and other things as well. So, you know, what I'm hoping is that, you know, if this this line item, if it's fully subscribed now and, you know, I'd look to like, I'd like to see us throw more money at it at some point and really push it because it's meaningful to people in the Northwest Territories.

The next point here is I just want to go to the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. And communicating I guess these changes to the, you know, to businesses and people that may be interested in the trades or occupations, how is that achieved? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I'd ask the Minister if the program is actually fully subscribed? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just looking at the trades and occupation wage subsidy, can the Minister I guess give me a breakdown, roughly, between the trades and I guess occupations, I suspect it's two different things, what the breakdown would be? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand that the passengers were looking at going on expedition and given that, I just ask if the Minister's department was contacted by either the group or by any federal government agencies confirming that the plane had Russian nationals on it? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just looking at these numbers, and I notice that if you add up the arts council support to northern performers, arts organization operating fund, and there's one more in there. But anyways, they come out to about $1.6 million. And then we have heritage centres. Like, I understand, you know, putting a lot of money to the a lot of funding to the art councils and to the performers and organizations. I think it is very important. But just as important as well is heritage centres.

You know, we have in heritage centres throughout the territories, we have, you know...

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I will.

The next item is Students Against Drinking and Driving. You know, we talk about drinking and driving. Is there any I guess program that's equivalent to that for drug use? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I think it's important that, you know, that we we try to ensure that we're using northern businesses and we're using northern labour, we're maximizing that.

The other thing, I guess the question is, when we do bring it over the top and we transfer it to other barges there in Tuk, are we using MTS barges, or are we using somebody else's? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The next one is the energy guide for houses. I see that again it's at $190,000 and then continuous. Has there been an uptake in that over the last two years considering people have been home and the increased cost of goods and building material and utilities as well? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess the next thing then is that, you know, we've got we've got MTS sitting there and whether it's we're fully utilizing their assets or not, would it make any sense to if we're paying for the assets and maintenance and that, would it make any sense to you know, not to bring it around from Washington over the top but continue to bring it down by rail for any cost savings? Thank you.