Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a quick one. I’m wondering what the grant-in-kind was that apparently was stopped last year, that didn’t continue this year. Thank you.
Minister of Public Works, Mr. Michael McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe the grant-in-kind is the contribution, or the recognition of the contribution, made for Rockhill Apartments, which has now been transferred over to the Department of Health.
Mr. Bromley.
That’s fine, thank you.
Okay, going to 5-13, Directorate, Operations Expenditure Summary, Activity Summary: $6.589 million.
Department of Public Works and Services, Activity Summary, Directorate, Operations Expenditure Summary: $6.589 million, approved.
5-14, Active Positions, Directorate, information item.
Department of Public Works and Services, Activity Summary, Directorate, Active Positions, information item (page 5-14), approved.
5-15, Active Positions, Directorate.
Department of Public Works and Services, Activity Summary, Directorate, Active Positions, information item (page 5-15), approved.
Asset Management, page 5-17, Operations Expenditure Summary, Activity Summary: $49.229 million.
Department of Public Works and Services, Activity Summary, Asset Management, Operations Expenditure Summary: $49.229 million, approved.
Page 5-18, Grants and Contributions, Asset Management, Activity Summary, Grants.
Agreed.
Mr. Abernethy.
Mr. Chair, I’m now slightly confused. I thought the revenue summary, the grant-in-kind mentioned on page 5-10…. I thought the Minister said that that was the Rockhill grant, whereas on 5-18, the $260,000 is the Rockhill grant. So I’m just a little confused. The number you mentioned before — that $510,000 that disappeared — doesn’t seem consistent with this $260,000. So if you can help me understand that, that’d be great.
Mr. Chairman, we’ll have Michael Aumond, the deputy minister, explain the discrepancy here.
Mr. Chair, if I could just bring the Member back to 5-10, the grant-in-kind that was $533,000. The revenue summary in ’07–08 now showing as zero in ’08–09 is just a decrease due to the decision made by government accounting to forgo revenue that should be recorded — the amount owing to the department should we have leased out that apartment building. That’s on the revenue side. And in 5-18, it’s just the value of the grant-in-kind associated with that rental revenue.
Can I have that in English, please?
Deputy Minister Aumond, do you have a translator?
Mr. Chairman, in October there was a decision made to transfer the Rockhill Apartments, which was leased by the YWCA from Public Works to Health, which is the program sponsor. So we renewed that lease. And in ’08–09 there was ongoing negative operation expenditure target adjustment, with the revenue for $260,000, which we record as a grant-in-kind. It serves as sort of a subsidized lease over and above the $533,000 — the difference between that and what we could have got on the market should we have rented it. So it’s just an accounting to show what we could have got had we rented it out versus subsidizing the lease to the YWCA.
We’re on page 5-18, Grants and Contributions, Asset Management, Activity Summary, Grants. Agreed?
Moving on to page 5-20, Asset Management, Active Positions, information item.
Page 5-21, Asset Management, Active Positions, information item.
Now moving on to 5-23, Technology Service Centre, Operations Expenditure Summary, Activity Summary, $953,000.
Department Of Public Works And Services, Activity Summary, Technology Service Centre, Operations Expenditure Summary: $953,000, approved.
Petroleum Products, Operations Expenditure Summary, Activity Summary, $1.029 million.
Department Of Public Works And Services, Activity Summary, Petroleum Products, Operations Expenditure Summary: $1.029 million, approved.
Lease Commitments — Infrastructure, information item. Agreed?
Department of Public Works and Services, Lease Commitments — Infrastructure, information item, approved.
Technology Service Centre (Chargeback), information item, 5-27.
Department of Public Works and Services, Technology Service Centre (Chargeback), information item, approved.
We’re on page 5-28, Technology Service Centre, Active Positions — By Region. Agreed?
Department of Public Works and Services, Technical Service Centre (Chargeback), Active Positions — By Region, approved.
Page 5-29, Technology Service Centre, Active Positions — Community Allocations.
Department of Public Works and Services, Technology Service Centre (Chargeback), Active Positions — Community Allocation, approved.
Page 5-30, Public Stores Revolving Fund, information item.
Department of Public Works and Services, Public Stores Revolving Fund, information item, approved.
Page 5-31, Petroleum Products Revolving Fund, information item. Mr. Bromley.
