Rylund Johnson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Snare Hydro System is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, which is perhaps not something to celebrate, and that's approaching the end of its life and replacement costs of hydro systems are in the billions of dollars, Mr. Speaker. Not a number any of us are happy to see. I know the system is actually it's something like seven turbines at four different locations that have been built up over the years at different times. But I'm hoping the Minister can provide me with what is the end of life for any of the current infrastructure at Snare? Thank you.

No further questions, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I heard the Member say there is about four or five inmates in Hay River, and that made me happy because I think at one point we were running an empty jail down there. Can the Minister just speak to I know the trend has been pretty much a steady decrease in inmates, and it's kind of perhaps plateaued. Some of that may be due to COVID. Some of that's due to federal bail changes. Just whether there's been any changes in the trend to how many inmates we have. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you. I see that the victim services line item is increases. So perhaps I'm just going to assume this money moving around due to federal agreements. I guess I just I think community justice is not running as well as we all would like it to. I know that fine options is not even always available in Yellowknife let alone in every community. Diversion is, you know, really dependent on when you got a community justice committee up and running. I know we've struggled to staff many of our community justice committees.

And I know that they really struggle to run the level of programming...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has reviewed Bill 60 I think this is the wrong one, right? One second, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that the Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, be received by the Assembly and referred to Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has reviewed Bill 60, An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, and reports that Bill 60 is not ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole and not be further proceeded with in its current form. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, I guess I'm happy to see that there is no current end of run but I'm not sure that's exactly how dams work. I think at some point they just eventually need to be replaced. I note that we are doing a complete overhaul on the Taltson system, which is going to be shut down, and the result of that will be some more efficient turbines to get some more power out of that. Are there any overhauls planned on the Snare Hydro System? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Well, I'll save questions on that for Infrastructure. I guess I'm going to try one more attempt, my last in this Assembly, about winter camping. I know there's many different ways this could look. I want to perhaps point out one of the lowest cheapest ways is I saw the town of Fort Smith recently partnered with the Salt River First Nation and is running a number of on the land camping expeditions which are available to everyone who wants to go on them. And there's a number of elders participating, and it's kind of a training exercise. And I think this kind of, you know, bridges the gap in you...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Thebacha, that Committee Report 4219(2), Report on Bill 66, An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, be received by the Assembly and referred to Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think first in that policy, I and I believe the Minister shares, that people living in communities who've been in a lease for many years would be given the option to own their homes in fee simple. Is that something we can expect to see from the changes to the land leaseonly policy, Mr. Speaker?