Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I stated before, originally in the five-year plan $530,000 was slated for the upgrading of lighting in the community of Arviat. The Committee on Resources was of the understanding that this is the amount of repairs required but when the committee reviewed the business plans it had been changed to $50,000. The change had been done without consultation of the Member and the justification for the downgrading of repairs, it was felt by committee, did not substantiate the argument of changing it from the amount required and the amount of repairs required. Therefore the committee made a recommendation that this should be revisited through a recommendation at this point. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Debates of Feb. 18th, 1997
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Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Committee Motion 14-13(4): Recommendation To Reinstate Original Funding For Arviat Airport Lighting Project
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, before I could vote on this motion I would need to know why the Minister took it out. I need some information.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Mr. Henry, all I can ask the committee to do is speak to the motion. Either you support it or you do not based on the information that you have. To the motion. A question, Mr. Ootes, would you like the last word? Obviously you have it.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will be repeating myself as I have stated the concern. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Are we ready for the question? All those in favour of the motion. All those opposed to the motion? The motion is carried. Now I would like to return back to the main estimates. We were on total region, Keewatin region, $315,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Agreed. Thank you. Buildings and works, Kitikmeot region. The total region is on page 10-16, $3,240,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Mr. Chairman, you just got a little ahead of me there. I would like to ask a question on this building and works, Keewatin region.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could I ask the Minister why the funding was removed from the rehab airfield lighting at Arviat? It would be kind of interesting to know now.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Mr. Henry, in order to return to Keewatin region, we would have to get the consensus of the committee to return to that. Does the committee agree to return to buildings and works, Keewatin region. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you. It was only a little thing there, Mr. Chairman. My question still stands. I would like to know the reasoning for removing the $200,000 from the airfield lighting at Arviat. What was the department's reason for removing it? Thank you.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Henry. I do not know if you were here on Friday or not, but the Minister did explain this whole process last Friday. But I will let the Minister give a short explanation again.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in Arviat the lighting system that is currently there has been installed in 1978. We took it over from Canada. This lighting system we felt at the time, according to the way you determine the life of such a system, is coming to the end of its expected service. So, without the benefit of a physical site inspection, the department scheduled the replacement of lighting system solely on the basis of its age. Therefore, it was in the five-year capital plan as about $545,000. We put it in there as a planning mechanism that is what the five-year
capital plan is. All it is a planning mechanism. Since this amount was to be expended this year, last June an inspection of the system showed that the system was still in good working order and needed only some repair work. As a result of this technical inspection, the capital replacement project was reduced from the $545,000 down to $50,000. The repairs are now going to be scheduled instead. The lighting system is working well today. With the scheduled repairs, it should continue to work well for several more years to come. The department expects the repair work would be done by the local Arviat contractor. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Antoine. We now have to go through the process of total region for Keewatin region, $315,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Agreed. Thank you. Buildings and works, Kitikmeot region. Total region, $3,240,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.