Mr. Speaker, I will endeavour to try to get the construction of the bridge done this year, if possible. I will get back to the Member on that. Thank you.
Debates of Oct. 6th, 1997
Topics
Further Return To Question 601-13(4): Installation Of Baker Lake Bridge
Question 601-13(4): Installation Of Baker Lake Bridge
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Further Return To Question 601-13(4): Installation Of Baker Lake Bridge
Question 601-13(4): Installation Of Baker Lake Bridge
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd, and it is on the Aurora Program. My reasons for the questions are that I think these questions and the public debate is good, because it makes the program known to the public and there is an awareness of it wherever we turn. Mr. Picco, the honourable Member for Iqaluit, raised a good question that a board can apply for this funding. Since there is $30 million involved in this first program, my question certainly is nefarious. What I would like to know, and I say that because I would like to ensure that the benefits are spread as wide as possible, do we follow the same procedures as the provinces in running this particular board?
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd.
Return To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Mr. Speaker, this is not government money. It is not public money. It is investment money. It is independent, and I believe the conditions that the board of directors run are probably similar to other provincial jurisdictions. That is how we set it up. Let me say again for clarity purposes, I am not trying to be trivial. This is not public funds. All we did was, with the legislative support and the Cabinet support, to bring the thing forward. That is all. It is other people's money. Just like CIBC, Bank of Montreal, Royal Trust facilities, nothing else, nothing more. Do not worry.
Return To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
Supplementary To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Yes, I appreciate what the Minister is saying. I wish you would not get frustrated with us over this. I am just trying to find out how do we find out where this money went to? I guess that is the question, Mr. Speaker. How do we as legislators know this is being run according to proper regulations? As I have said, is this done the same way here as in the provinces?
Supplementary To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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John Todd Keewatin Central
The Member is right. I should not express my frustrations and I apologize to him. When I put my money into the Royal Bank, I do not ask them who they lend it to. I just put my money in the Royal Bank. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
Page 1424
The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Ootes, supplementary.
Supplementary To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Perhaps the Minister could clarify one point. I may have misunderstood before. He made reference to the fact that I, as chairman, but was he speaking - you are not the chairman of the board, you are chairman of - you were speaking as chairman of FMBS. Is that correct, Mr. Speaker?
Supplementary To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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John Todd Keewatin Central
I am chairman of the FMBS. My honourable colleague is correct.
Further Return To Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Question 602-13(4): Procedures Of Aurora Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Steen
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 5th, 1997
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Antoine, regarding the access road to Jean Marie River. Mr. Speaker, I am under the understanding that this road has now reached
the point of being completed to all-weather road standards, at a cost of $1.5 million to date. Mr. Speaker, my specific question is, I notice in the estimates for 1997/98 we approved $20,000 for this particular project. I would like to ask the Minister how much money was actually spent in 1997/98 to complete the project? Thank you.
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Antoine
Return To Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the project was finished this fall, so exactly how much was spent this summer is still being calculated. The amount is substantially more than was allocated. I will get back to the Member with the exact cost of this project once the final analysis has been completed. Thank you.
Return To Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Steen.
Supplementary To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if the figure could be anywhere close to $155,000 added on to the $20,000, for a total of $175,000 for this year?
Supplementary To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Antoine.
Further Return To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, like I said, I do not know the exact cost of the completion of this project at this point in time. Once the project is done, then the engineers and the project managers will tally up the cost. At this particular point in time the cost is some place close to what the honourable Member is mentioning. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Steen.
Supplementary To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the debates on the budget, I have identified a particular request from my region to have access road funds, but we were told time and time again there was no access road funds available. I am interested to know if the Minister did in fact increase the $20,000 to $175,000 for this year. Where exactly did he find the funding?
Supplementary To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Antoine.
Further Return To Question 603-13(4): Access Road To Jean Marie River
Question 603-13(4): Access To Road To Jean Marie River
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the Department of Transportation throughout the course of the project year, there are some projects that have
surpluses. When we private tender, there are certain projects that are tendered that were previously estimated during the estimation and, therefore, we have some surpluses in certain areas. In some cases, too, there are some projects that are underfunded. In this case, one of the projects happened to be the Jean Marie River access road which was under-assessed in the beginning of the business plan. So what we did was shuffle the dollars within the department and wherever we had surpluses, we covered the area where we have some short falls in funding. This is one of the cases. Thank you.