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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Mr. Menicoche, what is the wish of committee?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 50-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2013-14?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to provide a bit of an explanation of where I’m coming from with my questions and concerns. I didn’t really go into that fully when I asked questions earlier.

First of all, I’d like to thank Mr. Bromley for bringing up the point that there really is a glacier as part of that road, the Wisconsin Glacier. It is noted in the risk matrix, which the department has recently provided for us. I’d like to also note that the Minister of Finance earlier stated, when he was making some remarks, words to the effect that Members from the south who have everything in the...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Thanks to the Minister. So, I mean, we’re working on a best guess, and I guess that with any project we’re working on a best guess, but it doesn’t give me much comfort at this point, unfortunately. It’s been mentioned several times already that we have been given, so to speak, $200 million from the federal government, and that’s a huge amount of money. I certainly appreciate the commitment of the federal government to the project. However, it’s my belief, and I believe it’s practiced elsewhere, that new roads are 100 percent paid for by the federal government and we are now getting 67 percent...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Thanks, Madam Chair. I have specific concerns about the only one project on this page, and that’s the Tuk-Inuvik highway. I think certainly Members and the Regular Members, through our discussions, know that I have a lot of concerns with this project. But I’ll ask a couple of questions here and perhaps give my editorial later on.

I heard the Minister say a little bit earlier in response to another Member that, I think the question was, when is enough enough? The Minister said enough is enough when we’re opening the road. I thought to myself, that’s all well and good, but at what price? Where is...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 49-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013; and Tabled Document 50-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2013-2014, and would like to report progress with two motions being adopted, and that consideration of Tabled Document 49-17(4) and Tabled Document 50-17(4) is concluded, and that the House concur in those estimates and that appropriation bills to be based thereon be introduced without delay. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 22)

Thank you, committee. Mr. Menicoche.

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Premier. I would like to follow up on the questions that I addressed to the Minister of Health and Social Services yesterday and the concept of policy by commitment. I gave an example yesterday of two statements made in the House by two different Health Ministers referencing a policy which was not written and not part of the Cabinet sanctioned official policy. I would like to know from the Premier, when a Minister makes a commitment in the House, if he could explain to me and explain to Members what kind of weight that carries...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to the Premier. I wasn’t going backwards. I was referring to the current Assembly. The Premier said that action would be taken. Does that action involve informing the Member that the information in the House is incorrect and advising the Member of what the correct information is?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 21)

If a Minister does provide information in response to questions in the House, and the Minister does provide information which is incorrect, and we as Members are advised of something that is incorrect, who is responsible? Will that Member then be advised that the information is correct and will that information then be corrected? Is it the responsibility of the Minister and/or Cabinet to correct it for us?