Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, I appreciate that. I know some prospectors will appreciate the clarity on that, and I look forward to the successful roll out of these systems. Sometimes it feels like Elon Musk is going to get to Mars before we do, so. That's it for puns. Thank you for the update. Thanks.

Okay, thank you. Any further questions from Members? Okay, seeing none, I'll continue on. Thank you, Members. Please turn to -- sorry --

Okay, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, minerals and petroleum resources, infrastructure investment, $1,421,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Thank you, Members. Please turn now to page 50. Tourism and parks with information items on page 51, 52. Are there any questions? I'm going to go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my first question is on the Blackstone Territorial Park fixed roof shelter. To what extent does the existing facility generate revenues which would contribute to cost recovery? Do we have a figure for how much revenue that facility generates annually?

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, so that facility is at a cost of $75 a night to the renter. And as far as the overall cost of running the facility versus what we get back, our park system across the territory generally does cost the GNWT more than it receives in revenue. So we do subsidize our parks and camping experiences for users. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go back to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My next question is on a similar line but for a different project. So there's Prelude Lake Territorial Park marina anchoring system. My first question is what is the substantiation for this project?

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, a lot of our projects have to do with maintaining assets that are already existing and also ensuring safety at the same time. So the last time that the territorial park marina went through extensive renovation was in 2017. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you. I was hoping the Minister might go into a bit more detail about this one and why it's needed. In particular, why the anchoring system needs repair or building out in particular; if the Minister could go into a bit more detail about the substantiation specifically for this?

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you for that. So I can certainly go through what I have as far as detail on the background of this project for the Member. So as I said, the last extensive renovation was in 2017. That involved removing and replacing 43 boat slip sections and adjoining floating structures. Engineered design called for concrete anchors which do not provide enough anchoring support for the size and location of the structure. This has resulted in damage to the dock structure, additional anchoring weights being added, and many hours of maintenance to adjust the chains at the beginning of the boating season and throughout the year due to fluctuation in water levels. ITI has limited the size of vessels able to park at the marina to keep the dock weight manageable and safe; however, it hasn't been enough to secure the structure and mitigate the risk of movement during weather events. Maintenance on the dock to adjust chain lengths requires staff to be hunched over for long periods of time handing heavy weights with chain operating from a boat and around water putting maintenance staff at an unnecessary risk of injury. So as a result, we're looking to improve the dock's current structure so that staff won't have to be put in this type of unsafe conditions, and we can also ensure that we are putting a dock in place that is more essentially self-sufficient. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So you know, in the original design for this project do we have a contractor in place who should have built it differently; is there a reason why it's kind of not being dealt with through the contract? Was it just simply an in-house project and we need to kind of improve upon our design next time? Can the Minister give a bit of detail as to whether there was any opportunity for kind of fixing this through a contractor.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, essentially, there's a lot of history to this dock and currently we manage the marina in-house. It's a legacy asset that we do have, and so we are the contractors. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'll go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And similar to my further -- previous question, is maintenance and operation of this facility fully covered by user fees? And if not, to what extent is it covered by user fees?

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that's not information that I have readily at my fingertips. But if we can't pull it up before the Member's last question, I'd be happy to provide that information at a later date.