Thank you. Minister -- I'm sorry, Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. That seems to contrast directly with what I was told in question period today that, you know, it was the RCMP's responsibility to take care of things. So it gets a little bit frustrating at times when the government wants to speaks about breaking down silos when it works for them and at other times when it's not, and they want to wash their hands or not take responsibility for something, all of a sudden it's not theirs. So I guess more of a comment, but I would encourage this department and this deputy minister to put that aside and actually look at what's best for our people. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA, anything? Any other comments/questions under public safety? Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The territories, we've been without a -- I don't think we have -- I'm not sure if we ever had a building code. But, you know, we've kind of been running off, I guess, the National Building Code, you know, and adopting parts of it. We've also been, you know, look -- run other -- or used other things as well as best building practices in the North and that type of thing.

So have we looked at any -- or has the department looked at any legislation? Like, I know Nunavut had adopted the NBC, which included, you know, parts of it, or in some -- yeah, parts of it, guess. Is there -- is this something the department is looking at? Because I think that when people are up here doing work -- and I've seen it over the years I guess. And, you know, talking -- you know, I hear about the Office of the Fire Marshal all the time. I've heard it more so in probably in its last four or five years than I heard it prior to that. We didn't seem to have this type of issue and these type of problems. And it seems like we need to consolidate what we're doing and, you know, maybe creating some legislation, adopting the NBC. And, you know, we've got -- the other thing is we've got electrical; we've got gas I think under -- in one department. We've got fire in another. And people just don't know where to go. I know I deal with companies down south and they come up here, and they just have no idea what's going on. They just think we follow Alberta and things like that. So what's the department, I guess, doing going forward looking at maybe a creation of its own legislation? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess that's where the confusion lies, is that, you know, we put the onus on the Office of the Fire Marshal and legislation there. And so, you know, when I look at what the fire marshal does, I thought it was kind of just related to, you know, anything that to do with fire aspect of it. But it goes on -- it goes on to -- into getting into the structural design and all that as well, which people are -- which I know which -- which companies are kind of having a problem with because what's happening is that, you know, architects, structural engineers who are doing designs, you know, they -- you know, they've got the -- the liability is on them. And then it comes to the Office of the Fire Marshal, and then the fire marshal is -- it's my understanding is scrutinizing that and whether the fire marshal is an architect or a -- you know, a structural engineer, I don't know. And that's where the problem seems to be right now. And, yeah, so I guess, you know, how are we going to get around that? And the only way I see getting around it is through our own legislation that -- that makes sure that we -- you know, that we -- we have the electrical; we have the gas; we have structural; we have fire. You know, we don't even have a plumbing code here in the Northwest Territories. We do follow -- you know, people do follow the -- I think some respect, the National Building Code, but, you know, you go to places and nobody really follows up on it. I think maybe the City of Yellowknife maybe has somebody that does inspections but if you go outside Yellowknife, you're on your own and you can kind of do what you want. So -- yeah, so I guess what are you going do about that type of confusion? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, you know, I see that, you know, the good building practices, you know, we have that. It looks like government follows that. Is that applicable as well to -- for private infrastructure? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

We'll have to get back to the Member for that. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Well, I'm glad that, you know, that something's happening and, you know, one area that we could probably, you know, do something with -- and I think this has been alluded to -- is that the Office of the Fire Marshal, when you look at, you know, how much money we put into it, well, we know it's probably understaffed and that -- you know, and I know it takes a while to -- you know, to review documents. So we either got to put more money into it or, you know, farm some of that out, which it sounds like we might be doing because our -- or building seasons are short. The price of material is going up like crazy, waiting time. It's -- you know, we don't have time to slow, you know, building down in the Northwest Territories.

I just want to move over to ground ambulance, and I just want to know -- I see the number's kind of been the same there for a while in the budget. And what discussion, if any, I guess, is taking place with the communities, I guess, on the major highway systems, like the Town of Hay River -- I don't know who else? I guess City of Yellowknife and, you know, Providence, how it fits our communities that can provide that type of service? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. For that detail about community engagement, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.