Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is a two-stage process that we are interested in and investing in. First, of course, is building the market, doing the retrofits, encouraging people to use alternative forms of energy, which is well underway, and through that process build a market so that we can, in fact, sustain our own value-added industry in the Northwest Territories. There are two basic approaches: the one is to have a fixed site where we invest in a fairly large production facility similar to what’s there in High Level, but there’s also significant interest that has been expressed almost...

Mr. Chairman, there was an offsetting amount lapsed last year so this is not new money. Thank you.

We’re not endorsing independent boards, Mr. Chairman, we are building the system where we’re going to come up with, for example by next year, one contribution agreement that all boards will have to sign so that it is a consistent document that lays out all the expectations, responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities.

What we have is basically an anomaly in our system where in Hay River they had a different setup a number of years ago. They unionized differently and when the health board came under the direct responsibility of the Government of the Northwest Territories, it was kept in...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to point out that this project was approved in the 2009-10 capital planning process with all the attendant and accompanying documentation, but I’ll commit to provide an update to the Member or to the committee in keeping with Minister McLeod’s commitment. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s planned to have all that federal money expended within the time frames allocated, pointing out, once again, I think that we were probably one of the most successful jurisdictions when it came to taking full access of the opportunities that we had with the stimulus fund. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The main consideration or impediment would be coming up with the up to possibly another $11 million in addition to the money that’s now before us. So it’s a monetary consideration. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That request would be captured under the commitment by Minister Michael McLeod to provide a project update on all the projects contained in this carry-over. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The capital plan, all these projects are on the books. They, to one degree or another, have work underway and we’re going to continue to conclude those, carry them forward and hopefully conclude them. If they’re single year and if they’re multi-year, we’ll deal with those over the proposed life expectancy in addition to the projects we have this year. We’ll be working very hard to make sure that we don’t exceed the 34 percent overall that we carried over for two years in a row now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There are no imminent plans that I’m aware of. The money that’s here is, of course, I think patterned on the agreement that was signed with the UNW and subsequently had to negotiate an agreement with the staff in Hay River. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Not that I am aware of. Thank you.