Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Bouchard, your time is up. I will put you back on the list if need be. Next is Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, committee. We will return to page 11-7, Transportation, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $117.011 million.

Thanks to the Minister for the update. The Minister said that a committee will be established and start work in the spring. I need to ask the Minister what this committee is intending to do and what work they will be undertaking.

Thanks, Minister Ramsay. Just to the Minister and to Mr. Hawkins, we are talking about marine, which is kind of ferry operations, I believe, not dredging, but maybe Minister Ramsay can identify whether the $60,000 we are talking about is…where it is in the budget.

So does that mean I can tell the mayor of the City of Yellowknife that he’s getting an increase in water and sewer funding?

Thanks to the Minister. Really all I asked was when. I’m looking for an estimate of when you think that might be. My point is we do have constituents who have a great deal of interest in this project and will want to tell us what they think so that we can vote accordingly.

I wanted to ask a question, as well, with regard to the Sahtu winter road. You’ve just recently had a lovely experience on it, Mr. Minister. There were a lot of problems, certainly at the beginning of the use of the road this winter. Is there, and maybe this is capital again, and if so, I’m sorry, but is the department...

Thanks, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.

I ask all Members to join me in wishing Jazzy good luck with her Olympic soccer hero Heritage Fair presentation. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to ask some questions here with regard to funding formulas for communities that the department has. I can’t remember if it’s in the Minister’s opening remarks or whether it’s information that we got elsewhere, but my understanding is that I think in this current budget year there were funding formulas that were going to be reviewed. Particularly the operations and maintenance formula for communities, but I think also the water and sewer formula and the community public infrastructure formula. I think the capital funding formula was reviewed last year and it...