Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Miltenberger.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents, entitled “Northwest Territories Heritage Fund Annual Report for 2012-2013” and “Northwest Territories Heritage Fund Annual Report for 2013-2014.”
Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a document from the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, “Projected Funded Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) Based on September 2013 Enrolment Data.” Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Dolynny.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table two documents today in the House. One is a Yellowknife Catholic Schools and Yellowknife Education District No. 1 joint media release, October 24, 2014, that talks about the reduction in funding for YK1 and YCS at a combined level of $1,983 million and $969,000.
The next one is a tabled document from Yellowknife Catholic Schools and Yellowknife Education District No. 1. Again a joint media release, titled “YK School Chairs Disappointed with Cabinet’s Response to MLA Motions.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Pursuant to Section 21 of the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act, I wish to table the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Fund Financial Statement for the Year Ended March 31, 2014.
Item 15, notices of motion. Item 16, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Mr. Miltenberger.
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, November 3, 2014, I will move that Bill 35, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2014-2015, be read for the first time.
I also give notice that on Monday, November 3rd, I will move that Bill 37, Financial Administration Act, be read for the first time. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Abernethy.
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, November 3, 2014, I will move that Bill 36, Health and Social Services Professions Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Ramsay.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, November 3, 2014, I will move that Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Jury Act, be read for the first time. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Item 17, motions. Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 25, An Act to Amend the Education Act; Bill 27, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014; Bill 29, Human Tissue Donation Act; Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act; Bill 32, An Act to Amend the Pharmacy Act; Bill 33, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, No. 2; Committee Report 7-17(5), Report on the Development of the Economic Opportunities and Mineral Development Strategies; Tabled Document 115-17(5), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2015-2016; and Tabled Document 154-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2014-2015, with Mr. Dolynny in the chair.
I call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We wish to continue with Tabled Document 154-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2014-15, and, time permitting, Tabled Document 115-17(5), NWT Capital Estimates, Department of Transportation and, if we finish that, then Bill 33. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. We’ll commence after a short break. Thank you.
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Thank you, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. With that, I will go to the Minister of Finance who we’re dealing with the Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2014-2015. Minister Miltenberger, do you have any witnesses you’d like to bring into the House? Thank you.
Yes, I do, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses inside the Chamber.
Minister Miltenberger, if you could please introduce your witnesses to the House.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me the deputy minister of Finance, Mike Aumond; deputy minister of the Department of Transportation, Russ Neudorf; and the director of the Management Board Secretariat for Finance.
Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Aumond, Mr. Neudorf, Mr. Lovely, welcome to the Chamber here this evening. Committee, we are on general comments. Does committee agree, if there are no further general comments, committee is prepared to go into detail?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Committee, I’ll ask you to turn to page 5 of the Supplementary Appropriation, 2014-2015. Supplementary Appropriation, No. 4, infrastructure expenditures, Finance, capital investment expenditures, office of the comptroller general, not previously authorized, $125,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $125,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Turning to page 6, Public Works and Services, capital investment expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $1.395 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $1.395 million. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Page 7, Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, education and culture, not previously authorized, $330,000. Mr. Bouchard.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a question. Obviously, with the news today about JK and the assessment, have these expenditures already been done or are they being done in the next little while? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. For that, we’ll go to Deputy Minister Aumond.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. For the projects in Fort McPherson and in Tuktoyaktuk, those projects are complete. For the one in Colville Lake, I’m not sure at this point if it’s complete or it’s still to be completed this fiscal year. I’d have to get back to the Member on that. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Bouchard.
Obviously, I guess we would need to assess whether Colville is one of the 23 that is going to continue with Junior Kindergarten, and if it hasn’t been spent, would they still like to be invested in that? I mean, I think that’s relative to today’s statements in the House and maybe clarification where they’re at status-wise and where they want to be going forward as well.
Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will double check that, but I understand, talking to the Member for Sahtu, that Colville Lake is very pleased with the Junior Kindergarten and is intent on keeping it operational.
