Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair.I will commit to having our folks from Lands go and inspect our side of the border, and check to see if there are any liabilities, and we will report back to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.The vehicles are used by health and social services authorities to deliver programs in the regions and Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am here to represent “Supplementary Estimates (Operational Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016.” This document proposes an increase of $19.9 million in operations expenditure for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The most significant items in the supplementary estimates are a total of $16.4 million for the Department of Health and Social Services for funding for increased program costs, including $6.7 million for costs related to adults and children in care in southern facilities, $6.3 million for costs associated with NWT residents being provided hospital and physician...

With the Chair's indulgence, I would like to direct that to the Minister of ITI.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, Canada's position is that, if we didn't take best efforts to sell the property, then my belief was we were going to be responsible for the liabilities, so we had to make best efforts. We weren't pleased with the prices that came back. Canada wasn't pleased with the prices that came back. As a government, we made the decision that we would purchase the property, knowing that if we did, then Canada would be responsible for the remediation of the property, then if there is an opportunity, if the price of tungsten goes up, then we would move that property.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We own that particular piece of property and we'll have to confirm if there would be any taxes that might be having to be paid to the Yukon Government, but I will confirm that and I will share it with the committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, a decision had to be made on this, and there was a timeline attached to it so the decision was made to use a special warrant. As far as special warrants go, in future, with your indulgence I will have Mr. Aumond speak to that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I apologize to the Member. We appreciate the questions that came beforehand; I'm just waiting for responses to come back. I'll just pull up my briefing note here and wing it, and if I wing it long enough, the responses might be down.

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The Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board set the security amounts, and the GNWT can provide information to the board on the recommended amounts. The GNWT, I can assure you, was very active in the most recent water licensing process that took place since devolution, and made recommendations to the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board that security amounts should be increased. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chair.