Agreed.
Page 17, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $5.091 million.
Agreed
Marine, not previously authorized, $142,000.
Agreed.
Road licensing and safety, not previously authorized, $760,000.
Agreed.
Page 18, Transportation continued, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $33.469 million.
Agreed.
Total department, not previously authorized, $39.462 million.
Agreed.
Mr. Ramsay.
Sorry, Mr. Chairman. I was just wondering, I had a question on page 17, I was wondering if we could go back, seek your indulgence to go back to 17 for a quick question.
Page 17?
Agreed.
Mr. Ramsay, page 17.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick question on the renovation to the Yellowknife licence issuing office. Personally I have had good experience going to the road licensing officer here in Yellowknife, downtown Yellowknife, but I have heard from other people who experience long waits and they are there for hours and there never seems to be -- even though there are three cubicles in that office -- three people working there, and oftentimes one cubicle is closed. I am just wondering, with the renovations, are we going to see an increased level of service to the public with those renovations being conducted there? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to refer that question, with your indulgence, to Mr. Neudorf.
Mr. Neudorf.
Thank you. This project here will not change the number of agents that we have that provide services to the public, but we are going to renovate the office to make it a little more functional. So we are going to improve the waiting area, we are going to provide a little better separation from the people who are waiting in the office and those that are getting service, so a little bit more privacy. Then we are going to just update the functional, improve the layout of the counters where the agents provide their service to the public. So it should make their life, their operations a little bit easier and we’ll get a little bit better improvement in service that way. We are within the same general envelope, the same area, so just improvement to what is happening there.
We do have other initiatives underway where we are looking at the information system and seeing if we can improve that mainly through some on-line services and take away some of the demand that is required for people to come to the office, but that is a separate initiative that we have underway. Thank you.
I thank the deputy minister for that and I do look forward to the renovations that are going to take place there and the work that’s ongoing. Just as an aside, I think if there is an issue out there -- and I’m not sure if other Members have heard the same issue -- maybe we do need to look at staffing levels at that office and make sure that we do have it staffed adequately to service the public. That’s a discussion we can have down the road in the fall during business plans. Thank you.
Minister of Finance.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just will note the Member’s comments and will look forward to that discussion, as the Member suggested, during business plan. Thank you.
Okay. Mr. Yakeleya, page 17.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to get some clarification from the Minister in terms of the air terminal building rehab at Fort Good Hope in the books. Is this something that we will see become a reality in this fiscal year, in terms of that building getting some work done?
Deputy minister of Finance, Mr. Neudorf.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, it’s our intention to proceed with the improvements to the terminal building. This involves improving some insulation and the siding on the building. So we do hope to get it done this summer. Thank you.
Okay, have we concluded page 17?
Agreed.
If we can turn back to page 18, Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, tourism and parks, not previously authorized, $1.567 million. Agreed?
Agreed.
Total department, not previously authorized, $1.567 million. Agreed?
Agreed.
Page 20, Environment and Natural Resources, capital investment expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $77,000. Agreed?
Agreed.
Forest management, not previously authorized, $436,000. Agreed?
Agreed.
Wildlife, not previously authorized, $74,000. Agreed?
Agreed.
Total department, not previously authorized, $587,000. Agreed?
Agreed.
Does the committee agree that Tabled Document 36-16(3) is concluded?
Agreed.
Mrs. Groenewegen.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 36-16(3), Supplementary Appropriation No. 2 (Infrastructure Expenditures) 2009-2010, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 36-16(3) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The motion is being circulated. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called.
---Carried
