Hay River South

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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, for those of you who have been out at the airport lately, the gift shop renovation is already underway. We have a contract for a 20 year master plan for long-term strategic planning awarded to Stantec, and that is an expected completion in October of 2018. The relocation of the oversight baggage facility to create more passenger queue space at the checking area, we expect completion in the spring of 2018; development of a tender to secure a contractor to complete design and geotechnical work for the new de-icing bay; implementation plans for beginning and...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Member for throwing me under the bus there. That's nice.

As the Member knows, he asked this question in the House, and we have the Mackenzie Valley highway ask to go up to Wrigley to Norman Wells, which is a significant ask of over $700 million. To even look at putting in an ice road or winter road from Tsiigehtchic to Fort Good Hope is something that we cannot afford at this time, and it's not a priority of this government. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Now, I think I have said this in the House, too. NGOs can bid on stuff. It is just that the BIP proponent doesn't apply to them. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As long as I have been the Minister of Transportation, this program has always been oversubscribed. Our expenditures are tight on everything else in training to maintain the system of the Northwest Territories; so we will not fund from within on everything else. With the extra $500,000 that we are going to get, I suspect that that will be maxed out as we go forward, too. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a conservative estimate going forward. The revised estimates clearly show the work that was taken on last year. We're just taking a conservative approach to this. There's a possibility of some charter work coming up this year, but that hasn't been confirmed yet. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, one thing I know for certain: we will not have the money to be able to do this, but what we might be able to do is go back and pull out whatever information we had previous to the department having a look at it and have a look at the situation and pull that information together with what we have and then we can have a look at it. I know coming in this next fiscal year we will not be able to do that, at all, but we will pull the information together that we presently have and have a look at maybe seeing what the cost analysis would be on doing that. Thank you, Mr...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, our department for sure doesn't have anything to do with Giant Mine, but one thing I can tell the Member is that a number of us are down there talking to the federal Ministers, and we can certainly raise the issue of the opportunities that arise here.

I know the last time we were down there, I was talking to the federal Procurement Minister about some of the issues that we have in the Northwest Territories around some of their public tender processes. This is something that I can certainly talk to my Cabinet colleagues and make sure it is on everyone's radar with...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. The Community Access Program is fully subscribed. If the communities get all the work done and the receipts and stuff in, that is a different story. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Since the Member asked me this question in the House, all the design work now has completed for kilometres 13 and 19. We are hopefully going to install these this year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That line item is just for existing winter roads. Thank you, Mr. Chair.