Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Deputy Minister Mike Aumond and deputy secretary to the FMB, Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. They’re looking at areas of how do they speed up the growth of the ice on ice crossings, repairing of winter roads or structures on ice bridges which are caused by excessive use, and then other just reasonable costs near the end of the season trying to extend road life.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me Mike Aumond, deputy minister; and I have Sandy Kalgutkar, deputy secretary to the FMB. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This money is tied to a potential planned extension of the Inuvik runway. The Department of National Defence has requested this, so this money is federal money that’s offset. They’ve paid for this work. Thank you.

I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 5, 2014-2015. This document provides for a net increase of $4.133 million to the 2014-15 capital budget.

The most significant items in this supplementary estimates are:

$2.0 million for the Department of Health and Social Services to advance the cash flow of the Hay River Health Centre Project because construction is ahead of schedule;

a total of $1.6 million for the Department of Transportation for the costs associated

with the Trout Lake Airport Relocation Project, permafrost research along sections of the...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Over the years the capacity of the Northwest Territories has increased in terms of the complexity of presenting problems and cases that you can work with, families and individuals who are very challenging. But there are still many that are beyond us.

It requires a regular review and oversight by Health and Social Services. As Mr. Bromley pointed out, for example, he had a constituent who they managed to get appropriate placement for. I’ve had experiences in my constituency, as well, and they’ve worked out very well. The case I have in mind is of an individual who was...

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following documented, entitled “Return to Written Question 23-17(5), Decentralization Analysis.” Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the past, there have been cases where it’s been a permanent placement where over time they become… In one case I can recollect in my time, they became a resident of Ontario. It depends on the length of the stay, but most jurisdictions now you have to have an understanding that this is a very specialized service that’s being purchased for our citizens, our residents. On that basis, you enter into those agreements. Otherwise it would be problematic for the receiving jurisdictions in terms of pressure on their system over time.

We raised it from 1 to 2 percent. To go to 5 percent would be problematic just because of the cost to administer it and the value to us in the long run and the fact that Canada Revenue Agency looks very carefully at payroll taxes and has a fairly jaundiced view of their appropriateness. Thank you.

Our matching dollars were in the capital plan that was approved in November. Thank you.