Debates of May 25, 2018 (day 29)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, recent news highlighted "GNWT Partners with Royal Military College of Canada Engineering Projects."

Mr. Speaker, engineering services are the most needed proponent of any construction team. Advancing forward, I foresee a beneficial partnership.

Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories covers 13.5 per cent of Canada, and attributes to 1.3 million square kilometers, a vast area covering a large amount of untapped resources and communities' cost of living reductions by road connections to the rest of Canada.

Mr. Speaker, given the high demand for infrastructure projects, like all-season roads, one budgetary aspect for project engineering is usually estimated between 10 and 15 per cent.

Mr. Speaker, given this innovation for project cost savings, I'm grateful for the potential Sahtu projects by the Department of Infrastructure's initiative to engage and structure a collaboration arrangement between our government and the Royal Military College of Canada for the supply of project engineering services.

Mr. Speaker, this preparatory arrangement gives me confidence that steps are underway to utilize this idle time while we await the decisions by our federal counterparts for the application submitted by our government last November, in particular the MVH or Mackenzie Valley Highway.

Mr. Speaker, this is truly a proactive measure. We have potentially northern projects and engineering students that are eagerly looking forward to meeting the challenges of designing infrastructure under northern conditions, including climate change elements.

In project theory, the more administrative savings, the more project embankment we can see realized. Later, Mr. Speaker, I will have questions for the appropriate Minister. Masi.

Masi. Member's statements. Member for Yellowknife North.