Sandy Lee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that this item is here because it’s been moved forward by two years because the experts are saying that unless something is done to fix this, there might be an environmental disaster happening. I don’t know to what extent. Could I get the Minister to tell me about the time frame? Is the work being done already? I would hate to see anything like that happen. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to also take this opportunity to welcome the participants of the National Young Worker Safety Conference to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. There are many who are coming from south of 60 and from around the world, and for them I am sure this will be a great experience to see the North and meet the youth of the North.

Mr. Speaker, I could tell you a number of them are also coming from the North, and their participation at the conference has been made possible not only by the big sponsors mentioned earlier, but by many small businesses who...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Then can we have an indication as to whether this is just the start of a lot more operational money that we are going to be approving? This is just to take care of things that need to be taken care of this year or in the interim before the next budget comes, because we know later on in the supplementary appropriation we have requests for a big capital funding that is going to go to the airport. I just want to know if this $40,000 for the Yellowknife Airport is stage one of many stages that are going to come and how much the final tally will be. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can I ask a question on the $40,000 for the Yellowknife air terminal building? My understanding is this has something to do with contaminated areas or some areas there that need to be cleaned, but in this here it just says it’s for new baggage screening equipment and increased passenger volumes. Could I just get some more detail on that? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The information we have says to us that this is to provide funding for the purchase of property in Wha Ti and Rae-Edzo pursuant to the employee house purchase plan. I am afraid I don’t understand what this money is going toward. Is the government buying the units for the employees? May I have more elaboration on this? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, I move that we report progress.

Thank you. Unless I missed it, I heard $60,000, but I didn’t hear the remainder of the dollar figures. May I have that, please?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my understanding, from the information the Minister has provided to us, is that the Legal Services Board had toured the facility and saw that there might be some concerns about the privacy of the clients. They’ve asked for the window, for example, that is there right now -- because it’s a storefront location -- that those windows be frosted, so that privacy could be guaranteed. I am sure there are extra costs that are going to be incurred as a result of this space being a shoe store at the moment and having to be turned into an office space. The...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Could I get the Minister to explain why this money has been taken out of this budget? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a number of questions in this area. I will try to be as quick as possible here. First of all, I would like to know why this is being approved or the government is bringing this under a special warrant. I can see a tank farm that’s deteriorating that has potential environmental consequences or a school collapsing. I could see those things brought forward for expenditure under a special warrant, but why is a second Legal Aid clinic and renovation of that coming under a special warrant? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.