Caroline Wawzonek
Deputy Premier
Statements in Debates
Thank you, Madam Chair. So we've seen some delays to the 20232024 plan. Obviously what we're looking to see approved now is the 20242025 plan, so looking forward. There have been certainly delays in the current fiscal year's plan, and I can certainly provide a bit of a list to the Member if that's easier. I mean, yes, there's delays, but hopefully yes. Yes, I can provide a list if that's helpful. Thank you.
Well, Madam Chair, I am quite happy to talk about vendor performance management. So one of the many things that has proceeded under and in response to the procurement review was a move for vendor performance management. I certainly don't want to suggest that the Government of the Northwest Territories doesn't play a role in managing its own contracts; however, up and to the time of the procurement review, there wasn't anything in the contracts to say that they would be monitored and then there was no mechanism by which to enforce, say, BIP policies that businesses were using to bid on...
Thank you, Madam Chair. No. Madam Chair, this piece of infrastructure that is owned by the Government of the Northwest Territories is dilapidated. It is dangerous. People are going there and using it despite signage that we put up last year. And this has a risk to life. So that's one of the first risk categories when we do an analysis for the capital plan and when we're building the capital plan is to determine if there is a risk to human activity. This one fell in that category. And that's where it then advances through the peer review and ADM review process of a capital planning, and then...
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Member might recall that a preliminary business case was shared with the standing committee and did have in it some initial cost estimates for both generation and transmission. More recent to that, as of May, a final business case was prepared. It does, however, first go to the MOU signatories who we are contemplating as being the partners on the project. I understand that Members may wish to have access to that. I don't have the ability right here to speak to that. So I'm not able to speak to the numbers that are in that cost estimate. But, again, I...
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I did just want to note there are the promise of 100 new units in the life of this Assembly will be realized by the end of the current fiscal year of 20232024. With respect to 20242025 sorry, and I actually was I'm looking at 20232024. Let me take that to Mr. Martin to detail. Thanks.
Yes, please, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I understand there was an RV park that was privately run, and they have burnt down. But, again, I'm I wouldn't I mean, I'm not from Tuktoyaktuk, Madam Chair. Thank you.
Again, ADM Brennan has probably the latest numbers on that, please.
Madam Chair, that is definitely one path. I think I'm starting to realize here where this is going. Yes, look, I think it would be wonderful news to have, again as I said, more access to the waterways, whether for tourism, for the sake of the communities, or for fisheries. So one way is for the community to reach out to ITI to be partners in that and to then take the interest to the DFO to say, look, get your officials out to the community of Fort Providence. There's an interest locally. I know there's an interest in the fishery locally there. What can be done to have better access. And if...
Thank you, Madam Chair. So the Tlicho region, or the Monfwi riding, does is I can summarize they're getting $36,615,000 this year. It is actually 10 percent of the total capital estimates. And that is not including the territorial portion which may well include some of the highway work if that is deemed as territorial. So I can provide a breakdown. I only have that number right now; I don't have a breakdown.
And as for an agreement, I mean, again, I I'm not sure I'm entirely understanding the context but the Tlicho Infrastructure Cooperation Agreement does exist between the Tlicho government...