Question 94-19(2): Marine Transportation Services  I do acknowledge the Member's frustration with this process, so I commit to continuing to work with him to move forward. The contract for the services includes terms and conditions which the contractor must abide by. GNWT MTS management staff are responsible for ensuring the cont

Question 94-19(2): Marine Transportation Services  My understanding for the business model plans, that was in 2017. Infrastructure produced a comprehensive, multi-year business plan for MTS, and then they produced an update of that plan last year. They are presently working on the long-term business model that will support the bu

Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried  Thank you. Yes, the plan was always to engage and have that feedback from businesses. As I have been meeting with industry, I have been asking them to clearly reach out and provide the feedback. Perhaps it hasn't been written out and sort of formalized, "We are going to create th

Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried  I completely agree with the Member. Perhaps, I was misunderstanding what you were saying before. Yes, I would a hundred percent commit to having the business community develop their own comments and thoughts outside the GNWT influence. I think that is where you are trying to get

Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I recognize that there is a need to overhaul a lot of the policies and the procurement processes that are being used currently. As I've stated before, I am in my, sort of, collection mode, and I think you can ask most of the business community that I am no

Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried  Without knowing the legal ramifications of the grandfather clause, I worked for a company that was grandfathered in, and it was ridiculous to me that they were considered to be BIP when they were 60,000 employees around the world, more people than in the entire Northwest Territor

Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried  As I previously said, I commit to looking at the BIP policy to ensure and see what I can do to fix the errors that have been pointed out by the Regular Members and others to me. I don't want to speak to a specific company at this time. However, I continue to commit to updating th

Minister's Statement 20-19(2): Airport Improvements  Sorry, my apologies. Which one to start with, here. Airport improvements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Making strategic investments in our transportation system is one of the priorities of the 19th Legislative Assembly. Investing in airport improvements will keep our communities conne

Minister's Statement 21-19(2): Round-up of Roundup  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Because I didn't talk enough already, here is my presentation here. The 19th Legislative Assembly has identified increasing resource exploration and development for the benefit of the people of the Northwest Territories, as a priority for this government.

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this moment to recognize two of the Pages with us today who are constituents of mine in Great Slave. I apologize for names, Gianne Mercado and Willem Jacobs. I thank them for their commitment and time to this work. I would also like to

Question 107-19(2): Yellowknife Motor Vehicles Office Hours  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Member's acknowledgement about the difficulty of sometimes changing a process that has been going on a while. They have tried in the past to change some hours or to privatize the office here, and it didn't work well. Some of the issues in

Question 107-19(2): Yellowknife Motor Vehicles Office Hours  It is my understanding that it is not my place to be lobbying my colleague, the Minister, in that manner, so my answer to you would be no.

Question 107-19(2): Yellowknife Motor Vehicles Office Hours  The Member is correct in that there is a lot of conversation that will go on within the Cabinet and which I would very much be okay with having a discussion with my colleague about your email. I have to say I was actually quite intrigued when I received your questions and did loo

Question 109-19(2): Frank Channel Bridge  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure of any ranking structure within our capital plan, but I could definitely look to see if there is one. The department fully acknowledges that the Frank Channel Bridge does need to be replaced. In fact, we have been applying for funding, federa

Question 109-19(2): Frank Channel Bridge  I am just looking through my notes here to see when the next application will go in for the federal funding. My understanding is it will happen after the federal budget is passed in the House, so the intent is to move this project forward as quickly as possible. There have defini