Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, will be supporting the motion. I would like to thank Mr. Bromley. I think it’s important to put good healthy food on the table, and I consider milk to be very healthy. As people in the House know, I support the youth strongly, and I’m happy to see that they will be getting a good start with milk and so on. So I, too, will support the motion. Perhaps at some point this milk subsidy can be expanded to formula and start with infants right up to 12 years old.

Will the Minister and the department agree to do a mechanical assessment of all heavy equipment in Tu Nedhe to determine what needs to be done to assist the communities to reduce capital expenditures in this area?

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I talked about the maintenance of heavy equipment assets in Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e and the need for the department to provide assistance to the communities. I’d like to follow up on my statement with questions for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

Will the department work with the communities in developing much needed maintenance programs for the heavy equipment assets in both Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e?

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. [English translation not provided.]

Today I’d like to talk about replacing heavy equipment in Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e. It has been brought to my attention that heavy equipment in Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e are being replaced much earlier than they should be due to improper maintenance. This causes communities to use their budgets to replace expensive pieces of equipment well before the equipment should be replaced.

Under the ideal situation — I’m no expert — I believe that heavy equipment should last roughly 20 years. However, due to a lack of maintenance some of...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to talk about another community for just a minute. I was wondering if the department had done a technical assessment on GNWT-owned office space in Lutselk’e.

I’m familiar with the date of the Deninu school. I believe the Deninu school was built in 1972, so I guess it’s 36 years old. I know there was some retrofit work done on the school. Could the deputy minister advise me when the Lutselk’e school was built — the current school?

They’re not there.

I know that under one actual program and one planning document, in the 20-year assessment, there is a midlife retrofit scheduled for all of the buildings that belong to the GNWT, including the Deninu School and Lutselk’e. My first question is: what’s the plan for midlife retrofit in those two schools? If it’s occurred recently and I’m not familiar with it, then I’d like to know that as well. But, first of all, the midlife retrofit schedule for the Deninu Ku’e and Lutselk’e schools.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Chair. I’m just trying to get some information on the two schools in Tu Nedhe. I didn’t have an opportunity….

Mahsi cho, Mr. Chair. Just a quick question for the department or the Minister. I see that there is a plan to do some energy upgrades to camps. I’m assuming that’s just to make some of the equipment storage areas more energy efficient. I’m wondering if there is a plan to do an energy upgrade on the camp at Big Buffalo River.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m listening to both sides of the discussion here today. I think that I’m surprised that there was no analysis done on what this could do to the market. If all of the office space currently in the communities is being utilized and this does not quit utilizing any of that office space, then I could see why this could be overlooked by government to not consider doing a market disruption analysis. However, I still feel that there is some sort of market analysis that has to be done, whether we script it as a market disruption analysis or not, some form of an analysis that...