Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just I have a couple more questions for the Minister of Infrastructure.
She mentioned that her senior officials will be meeting today with the National Defence. My question is is will she reach out to the contractors, their senior officials, and maybe have a tripartite meeting so that we can get the project moving? You can all talk, and you can see how you can resolve to move forward. Thank you.
Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Minister responsible for Infrastructure.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the meeting is happening now and, you know, I'm going to get a brief probably towards the end of the day, and then we'll I'll reach out to the Member and see what we can do because the Member is right, it is an important project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yeah, this is $150 million project, possibly more, in our backyard. National security, Arctic sovereignty. You know, everything that we have right now, we're we need to to this project to move forward. We cannot delay it any further. And I'm just asking the Minister, even if the meeting is on right now, will she commit to meeting with the three tripartite meeting to resolve the further issues. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are having discussions now, you know, internally. I just I want to make note, Mr. Speaker, that this project is a DND project and that, you know, they're fully funding this project. So we need to be able to continue to reach out. And I know time is of the essence, and I'll keep that in mind and we'll see how the meeting goes. And I have been in contact with the contractors; I have been in contact with my senior officials; and the National Defence office as well. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister tell us why there's such a big issue to state that she won't say her senior officials, the National Defence, and the contractors can't sit down? This is what they're asking. Can she commit to being transparent and having the meeting with the three of them all together? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, like I said, I will have to see what came out of the meeting today and perhaps see what the next steps are. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll ask one more time. Will this Minister, who this project is going to be benefit be beneficial to our region, to Canada, to North America, so we don't delay any further, request a meeting of her department and National Defence and the contractors and sit down and have a meeting? Will she? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, like I said, you know, we are this is an important project to my my region as well. And, you know, we have been going back and forth. And National Defence announced this project in 2019. So I mean, that was a number of years ago where we, you know, looked at infrastructure and, you know, it's taken some time to be able to look at the project and going forward on how you know, how we need to advance it. It is a fourphase approach. We have packages out. We're working with the contractor to ensure that, you know, we are on par. It's a fiveyear project, Mr. Speaker, and therefore, it's just something we need to continue addressing with all the parties involved. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
