Ronald Bonnetrouge

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Mahsi to committee and others who made comments regarding the bill.

I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories undertake an independent, third party, comprehensive review of Government of the Northwest Territories' fire prevention and suppression with public engagement.

And further, this review should consider the policy framework, coordination with other governments and agencies, funding for these activities, as well as departmental practices concerning firefighter safety.

And furthermore, findings of the review should be made...

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that departments undertaking the codrafting of resource management legislation and regulations should share more information with the public about policy options and policy intentions and conduct public engagement earlier in the process, that is, not wait until the end of the codrafting process; and further, public engagement can and should run concurrently with the codrafting process. Mahsi.

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that exchanges between standing committees, the departments, and technical working groups on the review of resource management bills should be made public, where possible, and documented in committee reports and resource management bills. Mahsi.

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that representatives from technical working groups should meet with standing committee earlier in the process, closer to the beginning of the codrafting process, to discuss opportunities to share information on policy options and policy intentions for resource management legislation. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Also, does it take any engineering firm? Because you mentioned Stantec was involved in the Yellowknife one. Would that include an engineering firm to look at it also? Mahsi, Madam Chair.

what triggers DFO involvement; how do we get that process going? That was my initial question was what's what is the whole process to get from point A to point B in this application process or whatever to get infrastructure in place? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Yeah, this dock rehabilitation really caught my eye here. I wasn't aware that GNWT did this type of work or had funding to rehabilitate docks because I imagine there's many docks up and down the Mackenzie River, and specifically the dock at Fort Providence is in need of major repairs, and also the boat launch too is just a single little launch, you know, considering the amount of usage that area has, especially with lots of tourism in our community. They're launching out of every little nook and cranny that they could get at which are not recognized boat launch but the one...

Mahsi, Madam Chair. That's all I have right now. Mahsi.

Mahsi for that. Also, infrastructure highways went into the community to shore up the riverbank where it was about five feet from the road the access road into the community. And what I noticed that they did there was they just compacted the fill in that area. And that's right next to the river where the ice when you look on the riverbanks of in that area there, the ice really chews up, you know, the the banks there pretty you know, a significant amount. And why did infrastructure just put compact fill, knowing that when you do stuff like that it's going to slump anyways once the ice hits...

Mahsi, Madam Chair. No further questions.