Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will go to Mr. Kalgutkar. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister. Mr. Kalgutkar.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It’s a system that the department is putting in place to better track the inventory of the claims that are currently being in place and the samples associated with those claims. Thank you.
Thank you. Ms. Green.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. By samples, does the witness mean core samples? Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Mr. Kalgutkar.
That’s correct.
Thank you. Ms. Green.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. These two items are connected, are they? The core samples are held in the geological collection storage? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair, that’s correct as well. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.
That’s all I have. Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Further to page 16? Seeing none, I’ll call the page. Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $344,000. Tourism and parks, not previously authorized, $2,493,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $2,837,000. Agreed?
Agreed
On to page 17, Justice. Questions or comments related to page 17, Justice. I’ll give committee a moment. Seeing no questions or comments. Mr. O’Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. There’s the female facility replacement, Fort Smith. It’s a $15-million expense that’s been carried over. Can someone from the department explain what’s going on there? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. O’Reilly. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the contract is in place and the work is to be completed in 2018-19. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Mr. O’Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. The contract is in place, that’s good. The work is not going to be completed until 2018-19? Is it going to start in 2016-17? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. O’Reilly. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding is the work is already started. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Mr. O’Reilly.
Thank you.
Ms. Green.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, under the section, court services, it was my understanding that the integrated case management program is going to sunset in this fiscal year. If that is in fact the case, I’m wondering why such a big investment is being made in renovating office space, if I understand this line correctly. Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Wellness Court is still going to be ongoing, so there would be a need for investment capital. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.
Of the total amount of money here, what’s the division between the Wellness Court and the integrated case management? Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, It’s a single-purpose room that would be used for both. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.
That’s everything, thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Mr. Testart.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Court services, there’s a courthouse retrofit in Inuvik, $320,000 and courthouse, Hay River $263,000. What is the nature of the $263,000 appropriation for the Hay River courthouse? Is it a retrofit or something else? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in Hay River when the design’s complete and the tender is to be issued for construction… Well, it says May of 2016, and then the Inuvik one the RFP for consult closes May 6th. Construction tenders anticipated this fall. As to the level of detail that the Member’s asking, we don’t have that level of detail here, but we can work to supply it to the Members. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Nothing further from Mr. Testart. I see no further questions or comments. I’ll proceed to call the page. Justice, capital investment expenditures, community justice and policing, not previously authorized, $202,000. Corrections, not previously authorized, $15,746,000. Court services, not previously authorized, $1,087,000. Services to public, not previously authorized, $196,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $17,231,000. Agreed?
Agreed
Moving on to page 18, Lands, capital investment expenditures. Questions or comments? Mr. O’Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. The first item is $274,000 for security administration processing system. Can someone from the department explain what that is all about? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. O’Reilly. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the proposed capital project is very important to the management of the risk associated with potential environmental liabilities of operators and important to the management of the adequacy of security that is held against the various land tenures by department. The ability to track project securities through the life of a project is important to the work in this division through an adequate appropriate long-term IS solution. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Mr. O’Reilly.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the explanation. Is this like some sort of computerized tracking system in plain language? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. O’Reilly. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member’s correct, it is. Thank you.
