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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, committee. We'll now go to infrastructure acquisition, page 8-4, in volume II. Give committee a second. We're on page 8-4. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Transportation infrastructure related to airports, is this where any reference shows up to new equipment required to meet the CATSA requirements?

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Mr. Chairman, yes, the CATSA requirements do show up under this section.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, when the CATSA equipment is installed and in operation at the airport, is there going to be any requirement for upgrades to security equipment or any renovations related to security in other airports in the Northwest Territories?

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Mr. Chairman, I just confirmed that at this point there are no security requirements at other airports. There may be at some time in the future in consideration for emergency equipment but in terms of security requirements, Yellowknife is the only airport that we have on our list at this point and it's the only one that CATSA has brought forward. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When the CATSA equipment is in place at the Yellowknife Airport, will other communities, I can't think of one other than Hay River, but will there be direct flights allowed from those airports in the Northwest Territories to southern destinations? Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the flights from other communities will be allowed to go to southern destinations. However, to stop in one airport, for example in Edmonton, to carry on further than that, there would be a requirement for the passengers to go through a screening at that airport.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So you could fly out of Hay River to Edmonton, but you can't fly out of Yellowknife to Edmonton without going through the X-ray for explosives. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Mr. Chairman, you could fly directly from Hay River to Edmonton without going through a screening device; however, if you were to fly from Hay River to Yellowknife and then on to Edmonton, you would be required to offload and go through the screening.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was mostly concerned about the potential economic impact of people not being able to fly directly out of Hay River to Edmonton and avoiding or bypassing Yellowknife altogether, and you've answered my question and my constituents will be very glad to hear that there will be no loss of flights direct to international airports. Thank you.

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The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. We're on page 8-4, activity summary, airports, infrastructure investment summary, total net book value of work in progress, $97.447 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-5, infrastructure acquisition plan, airports. Mr. Zoe.

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February 28th, 2005

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Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On this page I'd just like to ask the Minister with regard to Norman Wells runway, taxiway, apron, rehab for the current year of 2005-06, we have $2.8 million going into that project. The overall cost is going to be, for the next three years anyway, $7.8 million. But Mr. Chairman, for prior years it's not noted right now, but I recall Norman Wells always getting something. If it's not a new terminal, it's paving or an extension. There's always everything there. I realize it was the ex-Premier's riding. But every year everything is always happening. I want to ask the Minister why or how this particular community has always had a major project in that particular community. Thank you.

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The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can't speak for the expansions that happened historically. At this point, we are working with Transport Canada on this initiative. It is targeted towards improving the runway, the taxiway and the apron. This is dollars that have been requested to the ACAP program, Airport Capital Assistance Program, that's run by the federal government. It's all full recovery from the federal government and although we do not have at this point a confirmed yes, we expect to hear within the next couple weeks. Provided we get a positive answer, we'll go ahead. If we don't have approval for this, again we'll have to defer it. It has already been deferred for two years.

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The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. That's good. I'll go to Mr. Menicoche.