Charles Dent

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can’t confirm that we are paying that much money. If there are monies that are being paid out for wrongful dismissal, it’s because it’s been found that the process that was followed was not acceptable and, therefore, damages would be awarded in that case. I don’t believe that there are that many cases that have taken place and, as I’ve said many times in this House, we’ve launched an independent review of human resource practices in the Department of Justice, specifically the area of corrections, from all of our facilities from Inuvik to Fort Smith, to review whether...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We don't know for sure that the terminal building is going to be moved in 10 years. It may be in place for 20 years; the traffic is really the issue. The proposed renovations to the building we'll make will last for at least 10 to 15 years. It could be 20 or 25 years. There's no guarantee that there's going to be a new terminal building required in that space of time.

On the issue of cost overruns, the department, I understand, has briefed Members on what they're going to do to try and make sure that the project comes in on budget, and there are a number of steps...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m not sure that I can confirm that that’s the case. There may be negotiations underway and that may be the end result, but to the best of my knowledge I can’t say that that is certain.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The $3.4 million is part of the $11.2 million. We’re actually expecting $2 million from CATSA this year, so $1.4 would actually be more likely the GNWT’s out-of-pocket expense this year.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When we opted out of the Canada Student Loan Program, we get about $1 million a year from Canada in order to be able to carry on with the program in a similar fashion for people who would not qualify for our Student Financial Assistance. We put millions more into the program on its own, but we do make sure that the program matches at least what the Canadian program is and we do collect some money from Canada, but we get it as a contribution towards our program. Thank you.

No, thanks.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, actually maybe Ms. Lee missed it because I did answer her question about why the expectation was that anybody who had space would have already applied for it, and that is that whenever you have a public process, people who are landlords tend to be very aggressive. In the experience of government. when an advertisement is placed for space, there are always, or there seems to always be, particularly for governments to take that space, there is always a big demand. Landlords typically respond very aggressively when governments advertise that they have space...

Thank you, Madam Chair. At FMBS, not Cabinet, there was some discussion of an airport improvement fee. The Minister has proposed that he be given the opportunity to come back and look at what the other options might be. By the way, that’s not part of this supplementary appropriation. What you have here is the expenditure. That’s what is before you today. For the $6.6 million it has been proposed that that be accomplished through cost recovery. The way in which it would happen has not been finally set. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the difference is that until this year there was a requirement for students in third and fourth and fifth and sixth and so on years to carry a course load that was equivalent to 75 percent of a full load in order to qualify for Student Financial Assistance. We have this year instituted moving up one year at a time a 60 percent requirement for attendance. So a student who started this year in first year will be able to carry that requirement for a 60 percent course load through until the end of their schooling. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that the process of negotiating with CATSA what their contribution would be and the time table took some time and in the best of all worlds, we wouldn’t have any needs for special warrants. But by the time the agreement was reached between CATSA and this government in terms of what the structure of what their contribution would be, there was no choice but to go to special warrant for the amount of funding that you have in this supplementary appropriation right now.

It’s worth noting that the balance of the expenditure will show up in the main estimate and...