Shane Thompson

Can they explain to us why it came to be $4.5 million? It seems to be kind of a random number. Could the Finance Minister please explain to us how they came up with this number?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm still a little confused why we would actually not allow somebody else to purchase it, to invest and work it, deal with this mine. We are just holding it and waiting for tungsten to go up. I'm still trying to figure out why we as a government would not just allow a company to purchase it and try to manufacture it from there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Minster for his answer. I did ask this question to the Minister in an email, if the terminal is going to modular built or stick-built. The response I received it was going to be stick-built, but it was going to be done outside the community and will be trucked in. The reason for doing this was they needed special tools. Can the Minister please explain what special tools were needed that could not be brought into the community to do the stick-built project for Somba K’e? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I thank the Minister for his short but sweet answer. Can the Minister please explain how the department works with small communities so they can address their desire to go into negotiated contracts?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I thank the Minister for his response. With all the challenges and the issues that I've been addressing with the Health and Social Services Minister in the system, including staffing, since being elected, I'd like to ask the Minister to commit to doing an external review of the health and social services system so we can build on what is working and what needs to be improved within the system.

I thank the Minister for his answer. As I said in my Member's statement here today, a number of issues have been brought to me regarding the service we have in the Nahendeh riding. Can the Minister please explain the process that the residents of the NWT have available to them to address their concerns with the medical services?

In closing, Mr. Speaker, when Fort Simpson was downgraded from a hospital to a wellness centre, we were promised we would have the same service and would not notice a difference. Well, I'd have to say that this is not true. Later on, I will have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Just to clarify, it's coming out to be $2.6 million, the special warrant is for $4.5 million, and at the end, the difference is going to be actually back into the government, so it's not actually that amount? It's actually the $2.6 million, correct?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If I understand this correctly, the Government of Canada said, “If you don't buy it, you are going to get stuck with the responsibility to look after the other mine and the issues with it”? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Finance Minister please explain to me why we bought it and why we did not allow them to use the bids? Thank you.