Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The indication we have is that the lab has generated about $600,000 a year in revenue and that’s all we have listed as revenue. I’ll ask Mr. Aumond if he has anything further to add.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There’s an accompanying $326,000 added to the Public Works budget. So this money is being transferred between departments as Public Works takes over the leasing portfolio of the clinics.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Mr. Speaker, there are projected timelines, as the Member pointed out. Depending on when you start counting the five months, it could be this month, it could be in another couple months. We’re going to encourage them to get the response out sooner rather than later. That’s all I can tell the Member at this point. The federal Minister marches to his own drum. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We don’t have region-specific information, but I will provide that information to the Member. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That process has been done. We are looking at, in terms of management efficiencies, in terms of actual dollar savings, we’ve done things separate from electricity, but with things, as the Member is well aware, with biomass, where we’ve put the savings back in with the issue of electricity, the costs keep going up every year. So we’re not in a position of being able to save the 7 percent rate increases through those types of efficiencies. As a Power Corporation, we’re looking at a wholesale change out. For example, things like LED lights from the sodium vapour. We’re...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to return to item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills.

---Unanimous consent granted

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

We’ve been working through the process and making sure everything is done. We’ve been working with the staff to encourage them to do that and we will continue to do that and move it up to the ministerial level. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

My understanding is that those details are still being hashed out. Whether it’s branding of the actual case of the iPad or is it logos that are going to come up every time you turn your iPad on, I’m not sure. I’m not sure if the Minister of Education has any further detail on that.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Yes, Madam Chair. In 2012-13 it was 7 percent; ’13-14, 7; ’14-15, 5.6; ’15-16, 6.2.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Looking through the file, there is only one individual that’s not deceased on the list. The information was provided to all the Members, including for all those accounts that are up for forgiveness. So I would suggest from the information that we have that it’s a justifiable forgiveness. Thank you.