Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, I will answer the question with regard to the survey. The survey is being done because we have been working to reduce violence and so on. We don't have any baseline data, so we need to have a baseline data that we could work from to know the

Motion 4-15(6): Territorial Power Subsidy Program, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, this is a recommendation to Cabinet so we will not be voting on it, but certainly there are many implications to the motion that deserves serious consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Motion 5-15(6): Criminal Records Check, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to say that those of us in Cabinet certainly agree with the sentiment that's expressed here today, that this is not the kind of issue where we have to have...(inaudible)...debate and disagreement, but one that we all have to stand together on. M

Question 75-15(6): Deh Cho Bridge Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll refer this question to the Minister of Transportation. Thank you.

Question 75-15(6): Deh Cho Bridge Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll answer briefly. These questions are more appropriate for the Minister of Transportation. The toll is not likely going to be $10. My estimate, I believe, is it would roughly be $6.50 if we apply the inflation factor to the numbers we had when they were

Question 73-15(6): Deh Cho Bridge Project  Mr. Speaker, as I said, we don't have guidelines for that infrastructure money. We don't know exactly what the federal government means by trades-related initiatives. At this point, as I say, we don't intend to use capital money for the Deh Cho Bridge. The plan right now is one t

Question 73-15(6): Deh Cho Bridge Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The bridge, Deh Cho Bridge, is being built as a P3 project, private-public partnership. So in that arrangement, the Bridge Corporation made up of the combined community alliance will be the owner of the bridge initially. They are the ones who will borrow t

Question 72-15(6): Jimmy Erasmus Senior Home In Behchoko  Mr. Speaker, I don't have a fixed schedule for it, but I can assure the Member that this summer we will do the essential repairs. I don't know the exact schedule of which will be done where, but some things like leaking roofs and standing water under the buildings, those are thin

Question 72-15(6): Jimmy Erasmus Senior Home In Behchoko  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are going to go ahead with the short-term repairs to deal with the interim problems. Those are things ranging from water under the crawlspace, there was a sewage spill, there's mould in some units, the roof leaking, the deterioration on some of the plum

Question 72-15(6): Jimmy Erasmus Senior Home In Behchoko  Mr. Speaker, the report deals primarily with those seven areas of deficiencies. The recommendation in the draft report is that the building be replaced, but that in the meantime we do some renovation to last us five years until we get a new building. There's concerns with the bui

Question 72-15(6): Jimmy Erasmus Senior Home In Behchoko  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing Corporation has been working on this issue for some time. We have a consultant who did a report. The Housing Corporation received a copy of that report on April 27th and are now taking a look at it. As I had said to the Member before, we plan

Question 64-15(6): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle  Mr. Speaker, to be clear, the agreement-in-principle that we have now is only signed by the GNWT and the four aboriginal organizations we mentioned. The federal government has not signed anything yet with us in terms of the AIP, so we need them to come to the table. Mr. Speaker

Question 64-15(6): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I spoke with Minister Prentice the day before yesterday on it. It has been forwarded to him. His response was that he would want to have a look at it before making any commitment and further action. Mr. Speaker, it is my intention that we will meet wit

Question 64-15(6): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, the Akaitcho have said they would like to have a briefing. They contacted us and a date has been set. I don't know exactly when it is, but our people will be going out to meet with them. I don't believe we have an acceptance yet from the Tlicho an

Question 64-15(6): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, there is an opportunity for the others to sign on. In fact, we have offered to do briefings with them on it if they like. Again, it is their choice. We are not forcing them, but we feel that it is important that we all work together as northerners