Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This boat launch has gotten a lot of attention as of late. I think what we are trying to do is go in there, have the engineering people have a look at this, do the design work, and look at possibly moving this boat launch. I think we will have to get back to the Member on exactly what is going to happen moving forward after the engineering is completed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We still have a $1.4 million commitment for the fish plant in Hay River, and we were working with the local fisheries and discussion with Freshwater Marketing Corporation on how we were going to move this forward and we are still wishing to move that forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Arctic Energy Alliance is a great organization that is helping us particularly move forward now with the mandate of this Assembly around energy conservation. Regarding the programs that the Member is talking about, we give $100,000 a year to the Arctic Energy Technology Program as well as $120,000 a year to the Commercial Technologies Conversation and Efficiency Program. The Member is talking about the uptake on this program. I believe it is a very successful program, but there are things in place to help address some of these things.

Presently, if a program is...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first phase of Prelude Lake Marina was completed and opened in July of 2017. The planning phase has begun to replace the aging Prelude Lake boat launch and to expand the parking lot at Prosperous Lake in preparation for the 20182019 construction season. It is expected to be completed and ready for the season opening in 2018. Also, the Prelude boat launch will be built based on engineers' recommendations, and capital funds have been allocated towards this project for 20182019 and 20192020. The intention is to build a temporary single boat launch off the end of the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I can tell the Member that there is some brushing included in the funds that allocated for this year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Since the publication of the report, the Department of Infrastructure has continued to gather information and research them from a variety of sources on the potential of a port and service centre in Tuktoyaktuk. We will continue to do that, incorporating this into our marine planning work as we move forward.

The harbour, like I said, is well-suited. There is a lot of supporting infrastructure that has been left there from the old oil boom days with the Dome Petroleum and the Gulf Resource properties that lie there. There are leftover docks, camp facilities, the existing fuel storage that is...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I have said, the discussion are ongoing with the City of Yellowknife, but, even if something was brought forward, we would have to figure out if this was a small capital or a large capital item, and then the decision would have to be made on how we would bring it forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Like I said, we have a 20-year plan moving forward, but we re-evaluate all our parks and usage of these facilities on an annual basis and we will continue to do so. Once we have the numbers in based on the traffic that's crossing at this border, we'll have another look at it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

As I said, we do probably one third of the complete system annually, on an annual basis. This improves sight lines, but also improves drainage along the whole system. I know Highway No. 1 on that particular section of highway going to Wrigley; most of it was mowed this year, so if the Member can actually sit down with me and give me some specifics on sight lines of concern, I can certainly have the department look into it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do not have any capital allocated to a project like that because we do not even know what the plan is yet, moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.