Question 837-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd.  The MVRMA system provides a transparent process to review closure plans for sites and updates securities as required, and as such, a process is under way for the Cameron Hills site. The Government of the Northwest Territories has confidence in the modern system as it was envision

Question 837-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd.  Under the Devolution Agreement, the Government of the Northwest Territories released the federal government from historic liabilities for sites that met criteria set out in the agreement. Factors considered were whether the site went through a modern regulatory process, compromis

Question 837-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd.  I am unable to speculate on the outcome of the creditor protection process as the matter is the subject to the proceedings under the Companies' Creditor Arrangements Act. I can confirm that Strategic Oil & Gas is required to submit a revised closure and reclamation plan to th

Question 837-18(3): Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd.  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can tell you that no GNWT department provided any input into the figure provided in the list of creditors. I am therefore unable to provide any information about what this figure includes or how it was calculated.

Tabled Document 500-18(3): Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 751-18(3): Former Northern Frontier Visitors Centre  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled "Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 751-18(3): Former Northern Frontier Visitors' Centre." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 827-18(3): Manufacturing Policy  As I said in the House the other day, the most important element for Members to understand is the context of what the Canada Free Trade Agreement is. As the Minister of internal trade and external trade, these things have to be negotiated with other governments when we are signin

Question 827-18(3): Manufacturing Policy  The Northwest Territories Manufactured Products Policy and the Business Incentive Policy follow the same principles of northern preference. However, our Manufactured Products Policy is an independent process and works slightly different. In order to be able to be purchased by the

Question 827-18(3): Manufacturing Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You see, this is what happens when someone gives a heads-up and you give a full-hearted answer. There is no cap or ceiling identified in the Northwest Territories Manufactured Products Policy. The Northwest Territories manufactured products, however, is pu

Question 825-18(3): Government of the Northwest Territories Business Incentive Policy Process and Grandfathering of Companies  I will take this question as notice.

Question 825-18(3): Government of the Northwest Territories Business Incentive Policy Process and Grandfathering of Companies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is one of the Member's favourite discussions that he is having on the floor of the House. To be honest with you, I can't even answer his question. If he would actually give someone a heads-up on a question, I might be able to answer it fully on the fl

Question 823-18(3): Business Incentive Policy  We are talking apples and oranges here because on the local procurement, when we are going through procurement for the Northwest Territories, again, let's put it under $1 million. We use our BIP policy to ensure that the most money stays in the Northwest Territories through, as I

Question 823-18(3): Business Incentive Policy  I didn't quite hear the question. I believe the Member said: what do we do if the person isn't following the conditions that they said they would do in the tender? Well, first of all, if a person is not following the conditions of the contract that they were awarded, I suspect th

Question 823-18(3): Business Incentive Policy  When a contract is awarded saying that it has these conditions tied to it, the department follows up on the reporting from the contractor on the person that is doing the tender, and we track those things on a regular basis.

Question 823-18(3): Business Incentive Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Infrastructure is not in charge of BIP. ITI is in charge of BIP, but Infrastructure follows the BIP policy in our procurement process. When we put out a tender, depending on the size of it, say it's under $1 million, because that's the conversation that we

Question 819-18(3): Business Incentive Policy  As I have said and I have said it a number of times in the House, I believe BIP also is the best policy the Government of the Northwest Territories has done around economic opportunities to protect residents and businesses in the Northwest Territories, but that is not something t