Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member is correct. The NWTAC did pass a motion on this and that came to us. We had some concerns expressed to us from the Hotel Association. We actually have just been notified. They have requested a meeting here within the next couple of weeks, so we’re committed to meeting with them and getting their views on this. I agree with the Member. The Members over there have said, you know, we talked about enabling the communities to have the authority and make the decisions, and I think that’s the direction that MACA has been going for a while, and this is just another...

I’ll get the detail and provide it to the Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. To my left I have Mr. Tom Williams, deputy minister of Municipal and Community Affairs; to my immediate right I have Mr. Gary Schauerte, director of corporate services for Municipal and Community Affairs; and I have, to my far right, Ms. Eleanor Young, associate assistant deputy minister for Municipal and Community Affairs. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As Ms. Young said, the last time it was used I think it was prior to 2007 and it was for a landslide in Fort Smith, but the Member is correct in talking about with the New Deal is there anything left we can fund. So we’ll have to go back and have a look at it, and if there’s an opportunity to remove it from this or re-profile it, then I think we’ll have to go that direction. Thank you.

I’d like to have Ms. Young respond to that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Usually when there’s a request to have a site visit, we would go in. If the Member wants more detail, then I’d be happy to have a briefing note put together for him.

I am pleased to present the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs’ main estimates for the fiscal year 2013-2014.

The department’s main estimates propose an operations expenditure budget of $98.8 million, an increase of $3.25 million, or 3.4 percent, from the 2012-2013 Main Estimates. The increase consists primarily of $3.68 million in forced growth funding, offset by funding that is sunsetting this fiscal year.

MACA has a broad mandate, focusing on community governments but also providing a range of programs aimed at sport and recreation, youth and volunteers. Of the proposed 2013-2014...

Mr. Chair, I have all evening too, so I am prepared to answer all the questions that the Member is going to have on every single page that we are reviewing. If I missed an answer in all his questions in my replies to general comments, I apologize. Hopefully we can continue to debate the numbers in the budget and the work that we’re doing. We do try.

We have a number of programs. Get Active NWT is one where through the Sport and Rec. I think it is the NWT Parks and Rec Association where they do a lot of fantastic work. We’ve actually had one group take us up on some funding. We had an Elders in...

This year all of them have seen an increase.

MACA plays a valuable role on the board and our deputy takes part in a lot of the discussions that go on there as to what type of programs they should be looking at. We play a valuable role on the board. We’re not just a financial contributor. I can gather more information and do a little bit of research, and I’ll be happy to sit down with the Member and share my findings with him.