Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Are these buildings used in the evenings, or are they just used in the daytime from nine to five?
Debates of May 8th, 1996
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In general, these buildings tend to be extremely well used, probably the most efficiently-used buildings owned by the Government of the Northwest Territories.
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The Chair John Ningark
Qujannamiik. Total region, $148,000. Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am looking on these two pages here, and I have six new fourplex or duplex community learning centres. With the financial situation that we find ourselves in this year and the cuts that have already taken place, we are going to be adding new structures that we will have to maintain and keep up. Has the Minister given a reasonable amount of consideration to how we will be able to handle the additional savings that we are going to have to find next year with these new structures that are going to have to be kept up? Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Henry, are you referring to Baffin?
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Yes.
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The Chair John Ningark
We should deal with the Fort Smith region and you can then ask when we get to the Baffin region that same question. I will allow that, but, normally, we will go by region and when the region activity report comes up, that is when we ask the question. We haven't reached the Baffin region yet. But I will allow that; just to remind the Members. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Some of these buildings such as the one in Hay River are to replace existing buildings and, in fact, the O and M costs with a newer building may go down rather than go up. I am advised that the overall increase in the budget for utilities in the college's operations is in the area of $28,000 or $29,000 in this next fiscal year. Specifically tying that to a location would be difficult right now, but I would suggest, given the need to increase the numbers of adult people in the Northwest Territories able to get into the workforce, that these are indeed very important expenditures. Typically, in the capital program, learning centres would have taken, I believe, about 23 per cent of our budget in previous years, and this year it is down to what I think is about six per cent of the capital budget. So the adult side has taken a significantly bigger hit in this year than has the school side for capital. But I think that we have to recognize that the need is significant out there and we can't ignore it, and we need to continue working towards satisfying the need for classrooms for adults in the Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
This is Fort Smith. Total region, $148,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you very much. Community buildings and works, Inuvik, total region, $30,000. Agreed?
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Agreed.
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Thank you. Buildings and works, Baffin, total region, $51,000. Mr. Enuaraq.
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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do have a question on the community learning centre for Clyde River. I would like to ask the honourable Minister when the construction is to start for that learning centre for Clyde River, and when it's to be completed.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Our plan right now is to see construction started in 1997-98 and substantially completed in that year; but that is, of course, subject to approval by the Legislature.
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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
Thank you, Madam Chair. By looking at 1996-97, $14,000, is allocated there. Also, on total capital projections, $311,000. Is that the total cost of the building?
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. We are showing, yes, about $311,000 in total for the learning centre, the furniture and equipment, at this point in time.
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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
Thank you, Madam Chair. I thought the number for total cost of that learning centre was a lot higher than that. I thought we agreed on an $800,000 building. Thank you.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the community and the college have met and both feel that the community does require a larger facility. We are having trouble, at this point in time, identifying the funds to provide that larger facility but, as this Member knows, I have met with him and we are working to see if we can find a solution to the problem. Thank you, Madam Chair.