Charles Dent

Thank you, Madam Chair. To the best of my knowledge, the per square metre costs are all the costs that we have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Well, $4.6 million is clearly being spent on work related to what CATSA has required. However, as a result of that work, as I said we got a significant amount of money that has to be spent on the apron and areas outside. CATSA has refused to agree that they are responsible for any of those kinds of expenses. So they are willing to pay for the changes that are required in the building to put in their equipment and…(inaudible)…changes that are required because we are putting in their equipment they are not paying for. So it’s hard to see that it’s $4.6 million for...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The amounts for this, including the $266,000, by the way, were based on estimates for the cost of operation. So the $266,000 that was approved in June in the supplementary appropriation was an estimate of the cost to operate the clinic for this year. The ongoing amounts that we are putting in through the business plan are estimates because we haven’t actually set up the office. The same is true for the cost to do the tenant improvements; that is entirely an estimate based on the cost per square foot that Public Works is finding that we spend on fitting up space in...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Section 33(1) of the Financial Administration Act outlines the rules for a special warrant. First of all, the expenditure has to be urgently required. The expenditure has to be in the public interest, and there is no or insufficient appropriation to incur the expenditure within the department. I guess, Madam Chair, in the best of all worlds, it wouldn’t have come back as a special warrant, but, when I went to FMB in May, I went in with two parts to a submission. One part was for the operations of the legal aid office. The other part was for the cost of leasehold...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, there is other work being done, it's largely work to ensure that the passenger terminal building will last for 10 to 15 years, again to make sure that we meet that minimum 10-year lifespan that CATSA insists on to get their $4.6 million. If committee would like, I would suggest that perhaps Minister McLeod be asked for some information on the overall plan.

Thank you, Madam Chair. August 22nd was the date the Commissioner signed and dated the special warrant.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document entitled NWT Power Corporation, 2003-2004 Annual Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The description is not entirely accurate in the supp. The total project is $11.2 million.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, I’m told that the government did not select that space, it was proposed by the developer.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, it’s a clear statement of what the government's intent is, is that it would come in some manner or form from a cost recovery from the users of the airport. Whether that be through landing fees, through lease payments, through airport improvement fees, that itself hasn’t been finalized. But what Cabinet said when they considered this was we don’t have enough money to pay for this unless you can find a way to raise the money. So the Minister has been tasked with looking at different ways to perhaps raise that money. Thank you, Madam Chair.