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Historical Information Ronald Bonnetrouge is no longer a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Last in the Legislative Assembly October 2023, as MLA for Deh Cho

Lost his last election, in 2023, with 25% of the vote.

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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Yeah, I was hoping to get it bumped up somewhere but wishful thinking, I guess.

The other one too, I recall ITI renovated a building in the community to have a micro fish plant. I'm wondering what was -- what is the status of that, and are there any future plans? What was happening there? Mahsi.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi, Madam Chair. I see that the -- there's some group camping areas being constructed. I recall for the Fort Providence campground around 2018, there was plans developed to expand the campground for another eight sites, I believe it was. That was 2018. And so far, I know they didn't go with it at that time. I don't know what ITI's excuse was at that time. I'm just wondering where it is in the capital plan because we were getting quite a bit of, you know, influx of tourism in our community and they're going into the overflow camp area, which is not developed with all the power stalls and everything. But even that, that can get full too itself. So there was room to expand, because I know they have the plans. I was a project officer on that one there. So I'm wondering where it is in the capital plan, and why it hasn't been constructed yet. Mahsi.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi, Madam Chair. So can you send an official to Fort Providence to have a look at that dock? And you'll find that it's in dire need of repair. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Back to that Robertson dock rehabilitation, did somebody have to apply for it? Like, the City of Yellowknife? Or was it just an engineering firm that said, hey, here's a dock, rehabilitate? Mahsi.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Also, does it take any engineering firm? Because you mentioned Stantec was involved in the Yellowknife one. Would that include an engineering firm to look at it also? Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi. So to trigger that whole process, the community would have to request through ITI for the boat and the ramp -- or the dock and the ramps?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

what triggers DFO involvement; how do we get that process going? That was my initial question was what's -- what is the whole process to get from point A to point B in this application process or whatever to get infrastructure in place? Mahsi.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi, Madam Chair, and mahsi to the Minister for that. I'm just wondering why -- you know, if our community -- I was asking for a process of how we could get that in. Now you only mentioned one part of it there, getting DFO involved. What's DFO's involvement in anything like this? Mahsi.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters September 29th, 2023

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Yeah, this dock rehabilitation really caught my eye here. I wasn't aware that GNWT did this type of work or had funding to rehabilitate docks because I imagine there's many docks up and down the Mackenzie River, and specifically the dock at Fort Providence is in need of major repairs, and also the boat launch too is just a single little launch, you know, considering the amount of usage that area has, especially with lots of tourism in our community. They're launching out of every little nook and cranny that they could get at which are not recognized boat launch but the one in the community. What's the process to have -- to get dock repairs and have boat ramps built? Mahsi.