Wally Schumann

During consultation, like I said, we talked to the band and the municipality regarding the management of these grave sites. I'm not quite sure if we've talked to the Metis or if the municipality has, but I can assure the Member I'll follow up on that and make sure the Metis are included in the conversation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

This is something that is very near and dear to my heart, as I am from Hay River and it's very important to the local industry of Hay River and the Northwest Territories. I can reassure the Member that I will be working very closely with the Tlicho business and the Fishing Federation and all people and fishers of the Northwest Territories on how we're going to move this process forward to make sure we bring a viable industry that is beneficial to all Northerners and to reach out to industry and people across the great globe of the world, basically, to see what kind of fresh fish we have here...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I've already stated, that we've met with a number of user groups on this whole issue and the department has already suggested, with the city and Ecology North and other people that are related to this issue, is that we would like to have a meeting moving forward on this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The one thing I can convey to the Member is that even though we are looking at doing this as a budget reduction for the next fiscal year, this year coming up that we will continue to have the winter ferry operation for this fiscal year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department has been looking at this very operation as a possible budget reduction, just because of the significant cost of it, and part of this conversation has been talking LNG and propane suppliers and the grocery suppliers of the Beaufort Delta region. From the conversations taking place at present, there is a significant chance that the closure of this ferry would not interrupt the services of either the LNG or propane delivery or the food delivery to the Beaufort Delta region. The department has had a number of conversations with these people, and we continue...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following eight documents entitled "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 109-18(2): Highway No. 1 Maintenance," "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 131-18(2): Building Canada Plan Bundle No. 2," "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 132-18(2): Hours of Operations for Fort Simpson Ferry Service," "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 244-18(2): Information on the Fort Simpson Ferry Service," "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 269-18(2): Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway," "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 292-18(2): Highway No. 7 Resurfacing Contract," "Follow-up...

To address the bridge cost to start with, that would be a significant cost; I couldn't tell the Member exactly what that would be. We would have to take on a planning study and look into what the infrastructure would cost for that, and even if we did do that, that would be a significant amount of money as we know what the previous bridges in the Northwest Territories have cost. We'd have to go back to Infrastructure Canada to assist with that, and under the fiscal pressures that this government is seeing it's probably something that would have to be rolled out in a 20-year study of our needs...

As I said, we have a committee that will be reviewing the process and see if it’s working effectively to keep electronics out of our dumps in the Northwest Territories. Upon that review, we can have those discussions and if the Member would like, he can have input probably in that discussion as well with the committee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We rolled this program out earlier this year and to date; we haven’t had any issues with the recycling program. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The procurement process allows for the BIP that’s supplied on to contracts in the Northwest Territories, and that is supplied through the Public Works and Services when it’s put out to tender and that’s how the bids are adjusted accordingly. Southern bidders do not qualify for northern content or the BIP process and the northern people do.