Thank you. Returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my pleasure to recognize a constituent of mine in the gallery today, Paula Lessard. Paula is heavily involved in the medical association in the Northwest Territories. I would also like to take this opportunity, Mr. Speaker, to recognize the Pages that are serving the Members of the Legislature today. They are from the Range Lake North School in my constituency and they are, Shantana Doyle, Elise Lessard and Elise, I recognize that your mother is watching you from the gallery. Cody Peterson, Kyla Schauerte, Christina Still, Mathew Vikse and Richard Walsh. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you. Welcome to the Assembly. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, following up on my Member's statement, my question is to the Minister of RWED. Could the Minister inform this House if his department has reviewed the recent Supreme Court ruling in July regarding the quota that was handed down for the turbot stocks off of Baffin Island and in Nunavut specifically? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. The Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The turbot fishery of Nunavut has increased dramatically over the last few years and has provided much employment and cash income for people of the Baffin region specifically. I am wondering will the Minister be bringing the issue of the turbot quotas up at his meeting specifically next week in Victoria with the federal Fisheries Minister and to see, indeed, if the total allowable catch which was granted could actually be increased which is what we have been asking for? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Kakfwi.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Mr. Kakfwi.

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some of these federal and territorial/provincial Ministers' meetings, when those meetings are over, we have very little information to go on except a press release from the Canadian Press or something like that. I am wondering if the Minister will commit at this time to actually update us on the outcome of the lobbying efforts of our Minister on the turbot quotas and the whole area surrounding ad agency in the fishery when the House sits again after this meeting? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Kakfwi.

Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is detail that I do not have handy with me so I will take this question as notice. I will find out the answer and get back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you. Question is taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Transportation, the honourable Mr. Antoine regarding speed limits and signage on the Mackenzie Highway. Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity in the past month to drive the Mackenzie Highway. I also had the opportunity two times on the ferry to talk to tourists who come north and it seems a very common complaint that they have is the speed limit and signage on the highway between the border and Yellowknife. I have asked the Minister of Transportation in this House previously, would he consider increasing the speed limit as we have a lot of beautiful scenery on the highway, but there is an awful lot of it, Mr. Speaker.

My question is to the Minister, will he again introduce in this sitting of the House a small and simple amendment to the Public Highways Act so that the speed limit can be increased on the highway from Rae-Edzo south to the Alberta border to correspond with Alberta speed limits? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.