Floyd Roland

Mr. Chairman, the area the Member has identified is of growing concern, I guess, is a fair way to put it. We’ve had to identify additional costs throughout the year. Some of that is because, as we have told departments, they need to eat some of those costs and encourage energy efficiency. As well, as Members are aware, the fluctuating price of oil across the country and the nation also has a direct impact on ourselves and the departments. So we’ve had to make these types of adjustments.

The Territorial Power Support Program, as the Member has touched on, is a concern to us as well, as we...

We’ll have to get that information for the Member.

In terms of potential cost overruns, I've gone over some of those areas where, as we've been at the table, we have been looking at the potential impact around that guaranteed price, the fixed-price contract. The pre-funded contingency is in place. The bonding, the independent engineer auditing the construction, and the project management board are also going to be put in place as this project proceeds.

Those are the general areas that are being looked at. As we deal with those, as well there are the eligible and ineligible costs that could affect the different firms involved in this. And that...

Mr. Chairman, the area this deals with is…. From my understanding, there are three existing judges on the circuit, and as well, the life and disability deals with two retired judges. As well, this is all handled through the Territorial Court Act. As the G.N.W.T., we do not set the salaries and the benefits for judges in the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Chairman, the Building Canada Fund, again, as the Minister pointed out, is going to continue on where this one changes. As well, there is an allocation identified, and this is the work that’s been ongoing in negotiations with the federal government. A portion of that is for municipal infrastructure; a portion of it is for transportation infrastructure. And there are a number of categories that are highlighted within that. Again, the Minister may have further detail on that.

Mr. Chairman, joining me at the table is Ms. Kathleen LeClair, the secretary to the FMB.

Mr. Chairman, the Member is asking again for more detail that goes between two departments, so we wouldn’t have that available to us here. We do have, for example, the court-ordered psychiatric assessment, the data, and we’re projected in 2007-08 to have assessment days of approximately 611, a significant increase from previous years. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, the position that already exists is through land claims that have been settled. Through those claims, as a number of Members around the table here are aware — and they are aware that these agreements are negotiated with the federal government — there is a category. They do get resource revenue sharing as part of the package through the claims. It is not as large as we would like in the North.

But if you take part of the Dene/Métis Comprehensive Claim process and the resource revenue sharing piece of that, the federal government has gone through and given a percentage to each...

Mr. Chairman, we don’t have that level of detail at this time. We could work with the Department of Justice to provide that at a later term.

Mr. Chairman, I believe they are separate funds. The Building Canada Fund needs the matching dollars from each jurisdiction to qualify. This one is separate from that.