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Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Equipment acquisition, headquarters, total region, $750,000. Agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

--- Agreed

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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Total equipment acquisition, $750,000. Agreed?

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

--- Agreed

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Total activity, $22.145 million. Agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

--- Agreed Airports

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The Chair John Ningark

Airports, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $27.254 million. Agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

--- Agreed

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Page 17, section 8, detail of capital, airports, buildings and works, headquarters, total region, $445,000. Agreed?

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

--- Agreed

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Buildings and works, Fort Smith, total region, $1.145 million. Agreed?

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

May 16th, 1996

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

--- Agreed

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Buildings and works, Inuvik, total region, $1.799 million. Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, could the Minister explain why the Sachs Harbour terminal building was cut to $20,000 per year from last year's budget figure?

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you, Mr. Minister.

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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to ask Mr. Rattray to respond and provide detail.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Mr. Rattray.

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Rattray

Mr. Chairman, the original scope of the work called for a complete rehab of the building. When we put the contract out for tender last year, the prices came in so high that it didn't make sense to do the work. We've identified a much smaller scope of work, some immediate repairs which are required to the building. We're going to phase those over the next three years, using predominantly local residents to complete the work. We currently have about $20,000 a year for the next three years programmed to deal with those issues.

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Airports, Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, does the Minister feel he would have accomplished just as much with the lower figures in the budget over what he had in last year's budget, bearing in mind he used local employment or contractors?

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The Chair John Ningark

Mr. Minister.

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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is part of the budgeting exercise the department went through; this is a result of the process we went through. We had to look at all of the different projects. In taking a closer look at this project, as the assistant deputy minister has said, this was scaled down from the original tenders. The prices came in very high. As a result of that, the department decided to do this project and phase it over three years to encourage local involvement by having the work scheduled in a manageable amount each year. We feel this will probably provide more income to the community and, at the same time, the type of repairs required to rehab the air terminal building would be satisfactory. Thank you.

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Airports, Mr. Steen.

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

I understand the Minister is saying the end result would be the same, although the cost would be less. This is commendable if it can be accomplished. If the overall figure in last year's five-year capital plan was a fair amount more than what is in this year's, is it realistic to assume that we are going to accomplish the same end result with this terminal building? In other words, what level are we going to bring it up to with X number of dollars?

Committee Report 3-13(3): Standing Committee On Resource Management And Development Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Mr. Minister.