Mr. Speaker, I’m also looking for a document that is a macro-economic policy framework blends application to the Fortune Minerals Tlicho road. I’m wondering if the Minister of Transportation can share that document with this side of the House?

Again, I will have to check with the department and see where that’s at, see if we’re able to share that document as it has a bunch of detailed information, I believe, in it that I’d have to check on.

Oral questions. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, could the Minister of Transportation articulate the terms under which he will share documents for which he is responsible with this side of the House? Than you, Mr. Speaker.

Any correspondence that we need to, that we are able to share with the Members of the Assembly, we will share through committee or through tabling of documents in this House [indiscernible] --

Can the Minister repeat that? The mic. wasn’t on.

I forgot what I said, no.

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I said, yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll have to check on the department, on what we can share with the public and what we can share with the committee and we’re willing to share anything we can through committee or through public release of documents or tabling documents in the House.

Masi. I think that was what he said earlier.

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Now it is on the record. Masi. Oral Questions. Member for Nahendeh.

I’m just going to ask a couple more questions to my favourite new Minister of Transportation. In regards to our conversation today, we were talking about, or our Q and A session here, we were talking about the airports and that. Can the Minister please advise us how somebody from Yellowknife, a duty officer is able to provide good information to the airlines that are outside when he has no experience in those communities?

Masi. Minister of Transportation

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

As I mentioned earlier in the day, we have the 1-800 number that is set up to have contact with the duty officer. That’s normally the procedure for this type of communication. But as I earlier said, they can also go to the regional person and that can be relayed on up to the chain of command. Thank you.

Maybe I’ll get all four questions here. I guess what I’m asking the Minister is, how can a duty officer in Yellowknife have the information to be able to provide the regional services afterhours so they can get concrete and safe information.

As I stated, that’s how the system is set up and if the Member is aware of any issues, I’d gladly sit down and discuss them with him. But as far as I know, the 1-800 is working to suffice the service at the airports.

I thank the Minister for his answer. I guess the thing is the question comes back to, he’s saying it works. We’re hearing, myself, that there’s some challenges out there. So my question is again, how does somebody in Yellowknife not in the region, in Yellowknife able to answer questions afterhours and on weekends?

But I’m not trying to be rude to the Member, but we do have the 1-800 number and that’s the mode of communication between the airports and the regional centre.

Oral Questions. Member for Nahendeh.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Minister for his answer. I’m not trying to be rude and I understand there’s a 1-800 number. What I’m trying to find out is does the regional offices provide this information to the duty officer so that he’s able to communicate this information after hours or on weekends or is there another system in place that contractor or the airlines have to contact the local contractor, which is sometime impossible to get a hold of him, especially in the smaller communities, especially on weekends when they’re out on their land doing stuff.

Can the Minister please explain to me and the people in my riding, what the process is? Is the information available, do they do reports, do they give that information to the duty officer so he is able when people phone the 1-800 number to get that information to him. Thank you.

As I’ve said, we have the emergency, 24-7 number, we have our regional managers in place. If there’s any issues that are brought forward to the 24-7 number, it will work its way up the chain of command to the director, the regional superintendents who are also on constant contact with the regions, be it highways or the Department of Transportation or marine and once those issues are relayed to them, they will definitely be relayed to Yellowknife, and we would deal with it. I’m unaware of any particular issue in any of the regions related to the airports at this time and if the Member would gladly sit down and discuss them with me, we will deal with it.

Oral questions. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Power Corporation. We know now that the Public Utilities Board denied the Power Corporation’s rate application for a rate increase. I’d like to know, can the Minister tell us what does this mean for the operation costs of NTPC? Will the rate payers or the taxpayers of the territory be expected to subsidize the Corporation further?

Masi. Minister responsible for NWT Power Corporation.

Mr. Speaker, the Member is quite correct. The Public Utilities Board, PUB, did not approve the Northwest Territories Power Corporation’s interim rate application that was to have come into effect on June 1st. NTPC will reapply for an interim rate, the same 4.8 per cent increase when it submits it GRA later this month with an anticipated effective date of August 1st, 2016. So we’re not anticipating much loss or any loss of money in a significant amount.

Oral questions. Member for Frame Lake.