Question 156-18(2): Community Wildland Fire Protection Plans  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would have to look into that particular community for the Member and get back to him on what the status is for the Fort McPherson fire break. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister’s Statement 36-18(2): Inuvik To Tuktoyaktuk Highway  Mr. Speaker, it’s an honour to report on the third successful winter of construction on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway project. I will start by referring back to Thursday, April 7, 2016, an historic afternoon when rock trucks driven by Beaufort Delta residents met at kilometre

Minister’s Statement 34-18(2): 2016 Wildland Fire Season  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to report that this year’s wildland fire season is off to a slow start compared to the previous two years. As of May 30th, there have only been two wildland fires reported in the Northwest Territories. All indications are the eigh

Minister’s Statement 33-18(2): Hay River Harbour Restoration  Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment in the mandate to strengthen connections with public and private sector partners to improve critical transportation infrastructure in our territory. Earlier this year, a workshop was held with key stak

Question 141-18(2): Building Canada Plan – Bundle Number Two  Yes, there are a couple of community access road applications within bundle number two, specifically in the Member's riding. When we hear back from the federal government, hopefully by the end of June, we'll be able to communicate those to the Members and figure out how we're goi

Question 141-18(2): Building Canada Plan – Bundle Number Two  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our submission was on a number of projects under one bundle. So bundle number two has a number of projects; being various bridges that we talked about in the House yesterday, different road projects, Canyon Creek access road. There's various projects all w

Question 141-18(2): Building Canada Plan – Bundle Number Two  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Bundle number two was submitted to the federal government as a complete package with various projects in it for the Northwest Territories. So it is a one bundle project to the federal government. Thank you.

Question 132-18(2): Hours Of Operation For Fort Simpson Ferry Service  As the Member knows, we have a 25-year strategic transportation strategy, and we look at all aspects of transportation across the Northwest Territories. I don't believe that this particular request is in there. But we can certainly have a quick study on it. One thing about moving

Question 132-18(2): Hours Of Operation For Fort Simpson Ferry Service  Yes. We can provide that to the Member.

Question 132-18(2): Hours Of Operation For Fort Simpson Ferry Service  As the Member alluded to, how can we do a cost analysis? We are presently, I believe, undertaking this under his request. We haven't totally finished it to date. But the reality of the fiscal situation we are in, if we were to extend the ferry hours for the M.V. Lafferty in Fort

Question 132-18(2): Hours Of Operation For Fort Simpson Ferry Service  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Member for his question on the ferry hours and the opportunity to meet with the Chamber in Fort Simpson. To my knowledge, to date we haven't done a complete cost analysis on the ferry for extending it by two hours for this particular. Thank you

Question 131-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  I will look into getting that back to the Member for end of session.

Question 131-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  I would have to look into that question, if that was the reason for that. One thing I can tell the Assembly is that the cost of repairing and keeping the upkeep on the road system in the Northwest Territories is significant, and we have challenges with that on a daily basis. Ther

Question 131-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  The consultants provided various options and life cycle costs of these assets. Their recommendation was to go with the rehabilitation option for the 35 years.

Question 131-18(2): Building Canada Plan - Bundle Number Two  Mr. Speaker, my understanding is the Hay River/Pine Point Bridge was submitted to Infrastructure Canada on May 27th as part of the bridge rehabilitation project. This particular project we expect to have approved by mid-June or end of June. Thank you.