Statements in Debates
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the process is the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs was tasked with dealing with the land remediation out at the Con and Rycon trailer court area. One of the reasons why it was proceeded with is it was based on the initial plan that there was going to be a recovery to that. This is the area on the land that is multiple use or not specifically on each property. Each property owner would have to take care of their own. This would deal with other common areas within those areas. It was established that there would be a recovery to this. That...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this is not a result of the FMB or FMB process. This is a result of a plan that was tried to be worked out with the community and the client department, being Education, Culture and Employment, looking at a number of options. What was presented wasn’t satisfactory with the community and a revised plan was worked on, put forward. Unfortunately the situation has gone on that the fire marshal has said this is the minimum requirements that are required at this point. So, Mr. Chairman, I don’t know how many times I’ve got to say and repeat, the fact is there...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are tracking the work that has been done as a result of the amalgamation and, as well, looking at further process that we operate under and are working to improve them. That’s one of the reasons why we have the contract with the Hackett Group, is to further look at our processes and how we’ve aligned ourselves, how we’re using our computer environment to ensure we’re being most efficient in what we do, and there are changes coming about. I will be tabling information on the work around the human resources in this House later in the session. Thank you...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This area of caribou management, the information provided by the department in this area is the monitor of…(inaudible)…distribution movements through the use of satellite collars. There’s 20 of them being identified, public information and education programs, an inventory compliance activity in consultation with community stakeholders for a total of $525,000. It’s an area that has come up as a result of the monitoring that has been going on and the decline in the count that has happened and the environment that we work under with our co-management bodies. The...
Mr. Chairman, if the decision is to go back to a renovation, then this money would be an investment and knock down that overall amount. So if we’ve gone back to not a new facility but a renovated facility, then this is an investment that we can continue to build on. Ultimately, though, the lifecycle of that building would only be increased to approximately 20 years for a full lifecycle renovation. The decision has been made to proceed to a new building because of the dollar figure. If it is the direction of this House that that doesn’t happen, instead a renovation happens, then we would look...
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, there are quite a number of reasons why there is a large carryover. As I stated earlier, we’ve increased the amount of dollars available to communities for Municipal and Community Affairs, as well as the funding through the northern trust that was established. That is a lot of money now available to communities that some communities were not prepared for. If you look at a lot of this, whether it’s a pool remediation or a community office upgrade, water treatment plant upgrade, there are a lot of projects that aren’t high in value but they still require...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as I stated earlier, there have been numerous options looked at and reviewed, presented to the department for decision and working with the community. The community wanted for quite some time to keep the facility and have it renovated. When we looked at those options for renovation and the value for money, it was felt that the best investment is for a new facility. That decision was made. Unfortunately from the timeline the initial discussion started to where we are now, we have been burning the candle at both ends, so to speak, and are now in a position...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the federal Minister of Finance, the Honourable James Flaherty, released the Report of the Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing.
This report has important implications for the fiscal future of the Government of the Northwest Territories, GNWT, and for the residents of this territory. The expert panel was established by the federal government early in 2005 with a mandate to undertake an independent review and make recommendations on the allocation of the equalization and territorial formula financing programs. The...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the negotiations that were concluded were the capital program. The negotiations for O and M were always ongoing and no conclusion has been brought to those. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, Mr. Chairman, the client department has made a decision to replace this facility with a new facility. But as I stated, now the process would be required that it would go into the capital planning process that we have established, and then we would have to identify the money or make a decision to go to a leased facility once that is approved within the capital plan and business plan process. So the decision has been made to go to a new facility. Unfortunately, we're in a situation where we have to make the minimal code requirements to continue with this...