Question 1500-19(2): Dempster Highway Repair  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I had an opportunity in February, during our break, to drive the Mackenzie Valley Highway from Fort Simpson to Norman Wells. And, you know, it was great to see a lot of work happening on the Norman Wells side with the Prohibition C

Question 1500-19(2): Dempster Highway Repair  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there's both discussions going on. I am meeting with the Yukon government and having discussions on some of the work for the Dempster Highway as well as, you know, we're expecting that this mandate of the 19th Assembly is to advanc

Question 1500-19(2): Dempster Highway Repair  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been having this discussions with the Yukon. You know, we did talk about having -- continue to make the case with the federal government for the Dempster Highway. It is important to a number of things. Canadian security,

Question 1500-19(2): Dempster Highway Repair  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, maybe perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned that the Minister Vandal is here because now everyone's hands are going up. Mr. Speaker, the Member from Inuvik -- and, you know, I'm a Member from Inuvik Boot Lake and we both have an inter

Question 1497-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The business case is on track for completion within the life of this government. I said that yesterday, and I will say that again today. We are in progress of updating a number of things. Our capital costs, examining some of our routing options, the updat

Question 1497-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have got -- our Minister Vandal just walked in the door there so I'm really happy to hear that he's able to join us. So I do want to say the future spend will depend, again, on how commercial negotiation advance between the parti

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize the former Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes Mr. R.C. McLeod as well as his wife Judy, and they are now constituents of mine in Inuvik Boot Lake. I'm told it's his first time back in this building since he ran sc

Question 1491-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are on track for the completion of a detailed business case for this project within the life of this government. This document will not be made public. As a general rule, Mr. Speaker, detailed business case information is not made

Question 1491-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, let me take this opportunity to let the Member know the hydro price we will charge will need to be competitive with other power alternatives for remote mines such as an LNG and diesel at the time we proceed. You know, Mr. Speaker, I

Question 1491-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Of course, Mr. Speaker, our goal is to sell all the power we will produce from this project. 60 megawatts is the current proposed expansion at the site, on top of what we're producing existing generation. The final install capacity of the facilit

Question 1491-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the -- I just -- before we -- I don't have the cost right in front of me but I do want to add that we have numerous discussions with industrial companies regarding the Taltson project. These companies have expressed interest in the p

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize two pages from Inuvik Boot Lake, Cayley Rueben as well as Angelina Wainman. And I'd also like to recognize Mr. Matt Miller who used to be a teacher at the East Three in Inuvik. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Tabled Document 898-19(2): 2022-23 Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation Amended Capital Budget Tabled Document 899-19(2): 2022-23 Northwest Territories Power Corporation Amended Capital Budget Tabled Document 900-19(2): 2022-23 Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation Amended Capital Budget  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents: 2022-2023 Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation Amended Capital Budget; 2022-2023 Northwest Territories Power Corporation Amended Capital Budget; and, 2023-2024 Corporate Plan Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation a

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery(reversion)  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize Cora Lenore who is a band member with Liidlii Kue in Fort Simpson. Thank you for being here.

Question 1478-19(2): Request for Proposals - Contracting  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it all depends. I mean, we meet with contractors if and where possible. We have staff that continue to have dialogue with -- we as leaders in this government have meetings with Indigenous leaders, and we talk about some of the projec