Charles Dent

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.

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.