Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The engineering department is looking at putting a sidewalk on the Explorer side. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'm not sure what the question was, but we've committed. We went out to all the regional centres. We just concluded with Behchoko here the other day. Once we develop a "what we heard" document we will be reaching back out to everybody.

It's a six-step process, and we will be also going out to section 35 consultation on this, as this has the potential of affecting Aboriginal rights and we're going to make sure we're not doing that. We will be reaching out to all of them at the same time.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's probably a fairly technical challenge to do that up in the Northwest Territories, but all I can say is, once we have the engineering done and the design of it, we can have a look at what the challenges and possibilities of doing that in the Northwest Territories are. I think that would cause a significant challenge for some contractor to be able to fulfil that in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to get some clarity on the question. I think his question is based on the three answers I gave him on the three options that were brought forward in the House today. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe so. That is the spot. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Geological Survey Strategic Plan, which is a five-year plan that was released this year, is a very important asset to this Government of the Northwest Territories. This information is used primarily by industry, but it's used to help inform this government, particularly around environmental land stewardship and climate change issues across this territory for any future development, and to assess the situations that are ongoing right now, such as the Highway No. 3, these types of things, with permafrost degradation and such.

We've just recently opened up the new...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Highway No. 6 will be completed in 2018-2019. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We'll be addressing some of these things going into the future, but some of the questions that the Member raised in the House are definitely going to be addressed through some maintenance. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is that the two accidents were due to driver inattention or driver error. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I have the information on these three options that were put forward. The first option was to relocate the ferry from the existing location to haul to Fort Simpson. That would be a $16 million price tag, capital cost, to do this, and the length of the ferry trip would be definitely too long because it would be over an hour's sail versus a seven- to eight-minute sail.

The second option we investigated was to relocate the existing ferry location to deep water upstream of the Liard River, with a capital cost of $3 million. This option would not likely increase operating season, mostly to do with...