Thank you. Total region for Inuvik. Mr. Roland.
Debates of Feb. 18th, 1997
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Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What part of the Dempster is that located on? Is that close to any one of the other communities along the Dempster Highway?
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Antoine.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the work will be from the section of the highway where we finished working on last year, which is right outside of McPherson. From there, going towards Tsiigehtchic, it is in that section of the highway. Thank you.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister inform us if this work is going out as public tender or is it negotiated?
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Antoine.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, at the present time, we have not done anything or made any commitments on this particular section of the highway yet. The development corporation from Fort McPherson, the Tetlit'zheh Corporation, did the work last summer for us through negotiated contract. The intention here is that they have indicated to us they are interested in carrying on from where they left off. The beginning of the construction will be right outside the community of Fort McPherson, so it is right in their own area. I would safely say that we will probably be talking to the Gwich'in about this section. I think the intention here is that they will be interested in doing a negotiated contract in that section. Thank you.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Building and works, Inuvik region. I have Mr. Steen.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to redirect my question that I had earlier about improvements to the winter road in regard to bridges. I would like to ask the Minister how he is going to address those concerns about the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, regarding the problems they have with river crossings on the winter road from north of Wrigley.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the department has been working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and have come up and agreed to new procedures on how to do the crossings in the river. With that, along with the lack of snow north of Wrigley, we were able to open the road only late last week. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans are directly involved with us, right at the site of each of the river crossings now to make sure we do not get into any environmental problems again. Thank you.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Inuvik region, Mr. Steen.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, could the Minister clarify for me where the winter road improvements are going to be done? It suggests here that this is the Inuvik region. Are we talking about winter road improvements north of Fort Norman?
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this winter road improvement is for the winter road extension north from Wrigley to the communities of Tulita, Fort Good Hope, and Norman Wells. The winter road improvements, what we would like to do in this year 1997-98, is supply portable bridges to some of the creeks. Perhaps I will just name them off. At Whitesands Creek Bridge, which is kilometre 731, we plan to put in an 18 metre portable bridge there. Celina River, which is kilometre 832.4, we would like to put an 18 metre portable bridge there. At No-Name Creek, kilometre 944, we plan to put a relocator bridge and put a permanent bridge there, a 24 metre bridge. Vermilion Creek Bridge, which is kilometre 984.4, we plan to put in a permanent bridge there which is 42 metres long, and Canyon Creek Bridge, 1,009.3 kilometre, we plan to put a permanent 30 metre bridge there. We would like to do some minor grade improvement costs, but the bulk of the costs of the $700,000 will be towards putting in bridges at five of the problem creeks that we have in that section north of Wrigley. What we would like to do every year is make improvements at these river crossings, so that we will not have problems such as we have been encountering with Fisheries and Oceans over the last couple of years. Thank you.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Inuvik region. Mr. Steen.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, some of those creeks, Vermilion Creek or White Sands Creek and Celina River, could the Minister indicate whether they are in the Inuvik region or in the Fort Smith region?
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, a couple of these rivers, especially Celina River, for sure, and White Sand Creek bridges are also in the Fort Smith region per se. For the winter road improvements, what we have done is lump them together because it is the same road and the same type of program. This Mackenzie winter road north of Wrigley, we more or less put them all together into one activity. Thank you.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Inuvik region. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question here on the amount of the budget. How much was it reduced this year?
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The Honourable Minister.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For buildings and works in the Inuvik region, there is no change in the winter road improvement. However, in Highway No. 8, kilometre zero to 257 reconstruction from the old five-year capital plan, we reduced that from $2,500,000 to $2,000,000. The change is due to the budget restraint exercise and a decrease in available funding for highways as a result of that reduction. Thank you.
Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Building and works, Inuvik region. Total region, $2,700,000. Agreed?