Further Return To Question 80-16(1): Development Of Territorial Agricultural Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have been working in the past with the Territorial Farmers’ Association on a number of initiatives. We have been successful in working with them to negotiate a framework agreement with the federal government which has resulted in funding for agri-food

Further Return To Question 80-16(1): Development Of Territorial Agricultural Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll have discussions with my colleague and I’m sure I can get him to offer to come to Hay River and make a presentation to the Territorial Farmers’ Association as to exactly what process would have to be followed to do exactly what the Minister is reques

Further Return To Question 80-16(1): Development Of Territorial Agricultural Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not familiar yet with the legislation she is referring to, but I’m sure that we could address that when we make a presentation. Thank you.

Question 81-16(1): Youth Leadership Adventure Camp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we talk about wilderness camps all the time for young offenders and for adult offenders and there’s always a request for funding. I would like to see this government maybe be proactive. The reason this came to light was a piece of correspon

Supplementary To Question 81-16(1): Youth Leadership Adventure Camp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker and I thank the Minister for that informative answer. I’d like to ask the Minister, how many requests would his department receive in any given year, and are these from the wilderness camps for offenders or just youth camps in particular? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 81-16(1): Youth Leadership Adventure Camp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to ask the Minister if he gets communications from aboriginal groups, aboriginal governments about their desire to have youth camps in their region that are culturally based. Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 81-16(1): Youth Leadership Adventure Camp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It seems that a lot of money is going out to the youth camps and the youth. It is important because the youth are one of our best resources and anything we can invest in the youth, as long as Ottawa doesn’t take it away, will benefit the people in the No

Question 90-16(1): Mackenzie Ice Road Construction Materials  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in my Member’s statement, I spoke to the state of transportation in the Beaufort-Delta. Another concern I had was the ice bridge at the Mackenzie River. It is not a $165 million bridge, but it is a bridge that allows goods and ser

Supplementary To Question 90-16(1): Mackenzie Ice Road Construction Materials  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister why this piece of equipment is not being used. Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 90-16(1): Mackenzie Ice Road Construction Materials  Well, Mr. Speaker, if it is budget concerns they are worried about, why is the machinery stored 150 kilometres away when it can be stored at the Transportation yard right at the Mackenzie River right at Tsiigehtchic? I would like to ask the Minister if he is aware of the cost of

Supplementary To Question 90-16(1): Mackenzie Ice Road Construction Materials  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister again, how much is it costing the department to transport that machinery back and forth? Thank you.

Question 94-16(1): Ice Road Construction Equipment Storage At James Creek  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is in response to the Minister’s answering my questions before. He said that it’s not moving, so it’s not costing us anything. If that’s the case, then there’s a lot of things within the government not moving, but they’re costing us somet

Supplementary To Question 94-16(1): Ice Road Construction Equipment Storage At James Creek  Thank you. I thank the Minister for that. I’d like to ask the Minister if he is aware of the last time that this piece of machinery has been used. Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 94-16(1): Ice Road Construction Equipment Storage At James Creek  Well, I appreciate the Minister’s answer and I would like to say that I spoke with someone who had an opportunity to use the machine and said that the machine worked beautifully and it did the job that it was supposed to do. It sped up the opportunity to get goods and services to

Supplementary To Question 94-16(1): Ice Road Construction Equipment Storage At James Creek  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Minister’s answers to my questions. I would also like him to undertake to find out why the machine is not stored at the Transportation yard at the Mackenzie ice crossing in Tsiigehtchic. Thank you.