Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document entitled Natural Resources Conservation Trust Fund, Annual Report 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following five documents entitled 2009-2010 56th Annual Report – Northwest Territories Liquor Commission and Liquor Licensing Board; Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2009-2010; Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2009-2010; Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2010-2011; and Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2010-2011. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have come out with our Biomass Strategy. We’ve met with committee. It’s in the business plans and we’d be more than prepared and happy to have that full discussion when our business plans are before the House or anytime the committee would wish to ask us to appear.

For the purpose of today’s exercise, while it’s under forest management, our capital plan relates more to the support services for aviation and things like lightening sensors and those types of things.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what the Member’s other source of information is, but in my previous answer I made a commitment that I will check with officials and I will honour that. Thank you.

No, that’s for the ongoing licensing costs. What has been anticipated, though, is that there will be, because of the consolidation and change to SAM, the other modules that we in fact will be able to save on the cost of one position, which is over about $110,000, which will help offset the ongoing licensing fees and other costs. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Two specific points in response to the Member’s question. This project has a life going back to 2003 when it was initially contemplated. When it was finally ready to go in 2009, the price was almost $29 million and was scaled back to $20 million to get us up and running with our stripped down economy model Chevrolet kind of system to allow us to do the basic business of government. Now, as we look at consolidating our contract and procurement services within government, this module will in fact assist us in doing the work to do that consolidation and is, in fact...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We’re buying a module, basically off the shelf and we’re going to be able to tailor it to the requirements, our contracting requirements. So it will be able to reflect what the Green Procurement Policy will eventually end up being. It will be configured to accommodate the BIP requirements and those types of things. So, yes, we will have the capacity to have it tailored to the specific realities of our contracting world with the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me Margaret Melhorn, deputy minister of Finance.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, we will confirm remediation versus replacement.