Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I noticed in the opening remarks of the Premier and on the next page regarding insurance premiums that we’ve managed to save $475,000 there. We did this by dropping the coverage that we have for bridges owned by GNWT. I can’t help but make note of the news in the last few days. I’m sure people have heard about the flash flood in Pangniqtuuq that took out two absolutely critical bridges as well as ten metres of permafrost right down to the bedrock. There was considerable damage. It will be tens of millions of dollars in Pangnirtung. It cut off their supply of water and their access to the sewage system, so their sewage is now having to be dumped into the ocean. It’s been declared an emergency and so on.
I just want to highlight that this is the sort of thing that can happen nowadays much more than it used to. It’s not something I’m happy to report on, but it highlights to me the need to think with these possibilities in mind. I’m wondering whether the department has considered these sorts of things in their decision-making and, if not, if there is a way that that can enter into it and that they can get some expert advice on that.
A lot of these things are not predictable, but they are the sorts of things that can happen and are becoming increasingly predictable.