Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Final, short supplementary, Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m a little frustrated with those answers about the maintenance because I’m getting a different story from the Sahtu than what the department is giving us.

But I guess my next question is: What is the department’s communication protocol? I know the Minister indicated in his speech about the website, but how else is the public to know that these roads are shutting down to nighttime only and eventually when they’re getting ready to close? What kind of

information are we giving them and what kind of lead time are we giving that it’s going to be shut down within 24 hours or when it’s going to be shut down? Thank you.

Thank you. I think the first vehicles that usually quit running on the roads are the heavy traffic when the season changes and the weather gets too warm where we can’t maintain the road for heavy traffic, but at this time if any industry looks on the website they will see that if we’re talking specifically about the road between Wrigley and Tulita it’s at 64,000 kilograms right now and there’s one detour that’s also marked at Steep Creek, there’s a detour. The road access into Deline is at 50,000 kilograms. Tulita bypass is at 64,000 kilograms. Also, from Tulita to Norman Wells the road is open up to 64,000 kilograms. That’s the highest rating or weight that we have on the winter road, so all of the roads in the Sahtu seem to be functioning normally. The road from Norman Wells to Fort Good hope is at 50,000 kilograms. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. The Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’ve been getting a lot of accolades lately for our waterfalls here in the Northwest Territories. I know the Member spoke of Alexandra Falls earlier today as well as Virginia Falls. Certainly in the South Slave region with the Waterfalls Route along Highway No. 1, we have a tremendous opportunity to market that award and certainly look forward to if the Member has suggestions or Members have suggestions on how we can enhance and promote that waterfalls route, we’d be happy to hear those suggestions. As far as the department having any specific plans to build upon that award, I certainly will be working with the department to ensure we get everything we can out of that accolade. Thank you.

I like the idea of trying to build up on the positive. What is being done to enhance tourism in the Deh Cho, including Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park in 2014, this upcoming season? Mahsi.

Thank you. We have the Deh Cho Connection, which is a partnership with Alberta and British Columbia on the Deh Cho Trail. We continue to build upon that. There’s a diamond giveaway on an annual basis and a passport system that folks get stamps along the route. That’s one way that we promote the opportunities to camp and visit our parks and attractions in the South Slave part of the territory and also into the Nahendeh riding as well. Thank you.

Thank you. Will the department work with NWT Tourism to assist their work to promote the waterfalls highway and the Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park? Mahsi.

Thank you. I’ll certainly talk to my officials at ITI and Northwest Territories Tourism to see how we can build upon that accolade for the waterfalls route, Alexandra Falls. We certainly have the attractions, we just have to do the best we can to market those and attract more people here. That’s exactly what we’re going to do. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Final, short supplementary, Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister had indicated an effort to market some of the wonderful tourism and parks that we have in the NWT. I wanted to get an indication of when we can expect an effort to market similarly to try to promote the Deh Cho Bridge. Are there any plans for that? Mahsi.

Thank you. In my former life as the Transportation Minister I know the Member was very interested in the Deh Cho Bridge, what it meant in terms of tourism opportunities for the community of Fort Providence in his riding. I really do believe that that bridge has tremendous potential to bring tourists to his community and to his riding. Certainly, if there are opportunities to work with the community of Fort Providence to maximize the opportunity to attract people to the riding and to the community of Fort Providence, that’s something we’re very much interested in. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve been around this Assembly long enough to know that when there are things that are ordered by the courts this government responds accordingly.

I would like to ask the Minister of Finance, do we, as a government, have funds set aside for emergencies, unforeseen things such as a court

ordering this government to build a school. Do we have such a fund?

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We don’t have an emergency fund but if there is a requirement, as a government, we do the things necessary to comply.

In the past we have seen unforeseen circumstances such as schools that have burned down, infrastructure that was unexpectedly removed from our inventory. Somehow we have come around to replace such infrastructure, and I would imagine that a similar approach could be taken to finding the money to respond favourably to the court-ordered construction of gymnasiums for these two French schools.

I’d like to ask the Minister, what would be the process for appropriating such funds?

There would be a request coming forward to the FMB through either Justice or Education, or in this case maybe Public Works. If it’s a capital requirement to meet those obligations then we’d be making those decisions based on those recommendations.

I’d like to ask the Minister if he is aware of any submission that is already prepared or is being prepared with respect to responding to the order to build this gymnasium.

Work has been done by the various departments in anticipation of looking at the impact of the court order and looking at what would be required to comply.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Final, short supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the support of this Assembly, are this Minister and this government prepared to proceed to respond to this court order without further expense incurred trying to come up with ways to avoid it?