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Bill 20: Loan Authorization Act, 1993-94
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The Chair John Ningark

Clause 1, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

---Agreed

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Clause 2, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

---Agreed

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The Chair John Ningark

Clause 3, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Clause 4, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

---Agreed

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The Chair John Ningark

Clause 5. Mr. Koe.

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Fred Koe Inuvik

Is the $8 million enough to cover all of the loans which are being requested? Do we have an estimate of how many loans there are? How many loans are going to be required for 1993-94, on top of what is already owing by municipalities?

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Mr. Minister.

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John Pollard Hay River

Mr. Chairman, Fort Simpson is indicating that they will require $325,000 for road/street upgrading, Yellowknife is indicating that they will require $5.586 million for arterial on School Draw, Fort Smith is indicating that $320,000 for fire hall upgrade and expansion, and Iqaluit is asking for $1.1 million for road improvements and dump development. The total is $7.331 million, and we have rounded it to $8 million, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Clause 5, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Clause 6, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Clause 7, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair John Ningark

Clause 8, agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair John Ningark

Clause 9. Mr. Koe.

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Fred Koe Inuvik

If there is additional requirements from municipalities, what happens then? Do we approve a supplementary amendment to this bill? I wonder, for example, if $8 million is in that, you have $7.3 million worth of requests, you have a slush of about $700,000. I am just thinking out loud if someone needs an additional $1 million, then does the Minister come back with an amendment to this bill? How does the process work?

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Mr. Minister.

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John Pollard Hay River

Mr. Chairman, the funds being asked for, $8 million under this Loan Authorization Act, can only be used for that. There is no slush fund because if they are not used then there is no money that lapses, it is just the authority which lapses, Mr. Chairman. Last year, we had asked for authority for $9 million and I believe there was only an uptake of some $4.495 million from communities. So, we might have some leeway there if there are other requests which come forward. Certainly, if there were requests greater than $8 million, then the bill would have to come back to the House and be amended. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Clause 9. Agreed?