Wally Schumann

Yes, we can provide that information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I can see the Member's point, but we're just moving these fees to just to be the average. There is a number of other airports that charge a larger amount than we're proposing coming out of the gate. Going south, that's an average of 3.4 per cent we believe will be the increased cost of travelling on your ticket, and on a northern ticket it would be approximately one per cent. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first part is the road that takes time to open, the winter road, that would be roughly a ten to $20 million one-time hit to open up that section of the winter road from Norman Wells to Tsiigehtchic. It would probably add approximately $2 million to the O and M winter road budget. So that is the fiscal reality of it. We would love to do it, but we would have to find that money somewhere. As for the culvert question, I will default that to deputy minister Neudorf. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The operation in Tsiigehtchic versus what's happening in Fort Simpson is two totally different things. One of the reasons it's in the Beau Delta is to service the propane and the liquified natural gas in the region, and the Fort Simpson region does not need to have that service delivered to them. So this is just to have a continued service to make sure there isn't an interruption to the power supply and heat supply for the town of Inuvik. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a two position increase for Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Those fees only apply to one-way out of Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll defer that to Mr. Neudorf.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We've written a letter to the federal minister, voicing our concern on reinstating this funding for this initiative, and we'll continue to work with the federal government and the Minister, moving forward on this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess just for clarity, all airplanes landing at the Yellowknife Airport are currently paying landing fees. What we're proposing is to increase their fees to the average of an airport this size across Canada so it would be just an increase in the landing fee to standards that we're proposing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The big increase on that line is due to the Yellowknife Airport's introduction of the airport improvement fees. Thank you, Mr. Chair.