Statements in Debates
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The government, as well, has agreed to second this motion and will be supporting the motion and its intent for the reasons listed by the Member for Weledeh. I’d also point out that we’re not alone in our concern. There are governments across the country that have filed their concerns and asked for the federal government to reconsider. I have been, along with many Members on this side of the House, at the federal/provincial table talking about northern concerns and have been told many times that our numbers are so small that we’re not statistically significant, and that...
I appreciate the Member’s comments. This is a step among many others. There’s program work that’s being done. The function here today is to, as I indicated, basically reallocate the funds from Education back to the Housing Corporation to allow that transition and transfer and the program delivery as has been envisioned and supported by the House. There will continue to be other work done through the business planning process, and as the Minister of Housing, for example, indicated extensively yesterday, there are a lot of things underway at the Housing Corporation and this is one part to deal...
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, November 1, 2010, I will move that Bill 13, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) 2011-2012, be read for the first time.
We’ll confirm the particulars as it accounts for the 11 positions, the five new ones. I think there is some ongoing discussion here as to whether we were, in fact, transferring some positions and Education is keeping some as opposed to adding new ones. I’ll commit to the Member and to the Chair that we’ll have that information before the committee by Monday.
Mr. Chairman, the positions that are laid out here are to address some of the costs of the transfer and also recognizing, as I indicated, that in the prior three years there has been some other forced growth pressures that resulted in the need for some continued resources with Education. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2010-2011. This document outlines an increase of $100,000 for operations expenditures and an increase of $1.706 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2010-11 fiscal year. The total supplementary request is $1.806 million.
The major items of the supplementary estimates include:
$600,000 for the Department of Transportation to purchase highway equipment required due to the repatriation of highway maintenance services in the Fort Resolution area;
$500,000 for the Department of...
Yes, the intent is to have the basis of good blue-chip information where we can take a look community by community at the impacts and be able to share concerns and information with the communities and the businesses in the communities so that we can see what’s happening both with the costs and other impacts that may be there.
My understanding is that this is intended to be a mobile unit that can be moved so that we can see how it works in different locations with maybe different sources of biomass -- for example, fast growing willows versus poplar or other types of trees -- and to give us a way to get a better understanding of that whole area of the biomass cycle.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2010-2011. This document outlines an increase of $17.471 million in operations expenditures for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
The supplementary estimates include the necessary transfer of the appropriations from the Department of Education, Culture and Employment to the NWT Housing Corporation as a contribution from the Department of Finance for the Public Housing Rental Subsidy Program and its associated administrative costs.
The other major items in the supplementary estimates include:
$7.5...
Mr. Speaker, I would like to address a key element of the draft devolution agreement-in-principle: the net fiscal benefit that would accrue to Northwest Territories governments and residents once a final agreement has been reached and implemented.
Once devolution is achieved, 100 percent of the resource royalties that are currently paid to the federal government will stay in the Northwest Territories, However, our government’s transfer payments from Canada under formula financing will be reduced, but not dollar for dollar. The difference represents the net fiscal benefit. The draft devolution...