Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Mr. Chairman, that is carrying over. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

That is correct, Mr. Chairman.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have, I believe, about $15 million for this year. I’d have to commit to get that for the Member, and I’d be happy to provide, the breakdown of all that money across the regions and across the different areas of alternate energy including biomass, wind, geothermal, mini-hydro, and all those different areas. I’ll commit to get that for the Member. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Mr. Chairman, once again I will commit to get the information for the Member.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Mr. Chairman, with your indulgence, I would refer that question about commitments and program briefings to Minister Michael McLeod from Transportation.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Funding for the modular units was approved in 2007-08 Supplementary Appropriation No. 2. Modular units were located in Ecole St. Joseph site temporarily until the renovation of the school was complete. Carry-over of funding is required to relocate the modular units to allow phase three of Ecole St. Joseph renovation...(inaudible)...project to be complete. The modular units might be removed from Ecole St. Joseph site June 2010.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Mr. Speaker, there are two key issues. At present, the market is still in its infancy in terms of what’s needed in terms of supply. Then the other one, especially in the South Slave, given it’s an unsettled claims area, is the issue of access to appropriate amounts of timber that would allow us to, in fact, have an ongoing supply. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll commit to get the Member the specific figure, including the $154,000 that’s lapsed. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

First, I’d just like to point out that what we are doing with this particular fund is leveraging about $8 million or so over the life of this project for our… The million dollars that we’re talking about for this year is already third-party funding, and we will be looking for the subsequent years of a quarter-million dollars a year or $200,000 a year, sorry, over the subsequent five years to similar third-party funding. What we’re going to get out of this is all the things we’ve talked about in terms of monitoring and better understanding our water and aquatic ecosystems up in the Northwest...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 12)

Yes, Mr. Chairman, and part of the delay has been the paperwork and information flowing back and forth between jurisdictions. Thank you.