Debates of March 29, 2004 (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you.

Next I have Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I don’t know if this is going to take agreement by committee, but under other expenses, under 5-11, I just require maybe a written breakdown for the benefit of the Members of the other expenses without really going back to that page. Can the Minister provide that?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland.

Yes, we will provide that.

Thank you. Systems and communications, total operations expense, $799,000. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Madam Chair. If I could just follow up on the other expenses under phone bills. If the Minister could indicate if the territorial government is charged a flat rate for long-distance charges, do we have any specialized plans or anything like that? I realize it wasn’t just phone bills, but is the government engaged in a contract, therefore, we don’t pay, obviously, market rate for phone long-distance charges? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We don’t have a flat rate, it is per minute, but we do have a discounted rate, which gives us a deal on the tariff.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Systems and communications, total operations expense, $799,000.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Petroleum products, total operations expense, $761,000.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Information item, active positions on page 5-19.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Information item, lease commitments, infrastructure.

Agreed.

Agreed. Information item, systems and communications, chargeback.

Agreed.

Information item, systems and communications, active positions.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Information item, public stores, revolving fund.

Agreed.

Thank you. Petroleum products revolving fund, information item.

Agreed.

Petroleum products revolving fund, active positions, information item.

Agreed.

Thank you. Detail of work performed on behalf of others, which goes from page 5-26 to page 5-29, total department, $1.292 million.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Revenues, recoveries and transfer payments on page 5-30.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Very agreeable. I’d like now to go back to page 5-7, department summary, total operations expense, $44.639 million. Mr. Delorey.

Recommendation That Public Works And Services Adopt A Consistent Practice For Showing Compensation And Benefits Costs, Carried

Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to make a motion. I move that this committee recommends that, beginning with the 2005-2008 draft business plans, the Department of Public Works and Services adopt a consistent practice of showing compensation and benefit costs that makes it clear which activities those costs are associated with.

The motion is in order. To the motion. We’ll wait until the motion is circulated. I’ll call to the motion again in a moment. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Department summary, Public Works and Services, total operations expense, $44 million. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for allowing me to question before you finish off the figures. Just with references to other expenses category for the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Other expenses, $23.909 million. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This includes all of the different sections of the budget that we went through, so this is a total roll up of those numbers. Travel and transportation, $472,000; materials and supplies, $1.191 million; purchased services, $648,000; utilities, $2.697 million; contract services, $17.65 million; fees and payments, $97,000; other expenses, $1.52 million; tangible assets, $36,000; computer hardware/software, $66,000; total, $23,909 million. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Department summary, Department of Public Works and Services, total operations expense, $44.639 million.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. If you could please turn to your infrastructure acquisitions section to CAP-5. No, that’s not true, CAP-11. Public Works and Services, asset management, total asset management, $407,000. Agreed?

Agreed.

Systems and communications, total systems and communication, $200,000.

Agreed.

Agreed. Thank you. Petroleum products, total petroleum products, $2.313 million.

Agreed.

Thank you. Total department, $2.92 million.

Agreed.