Mr. Rabesca.
Debates of Feb. 28th, 1997
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James Rabesca North Slave
Under the community development, is that where we are at, on page 4-17?
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
No, Mr. Rabesca, I am sorry. We are on page 4-15. Detail of capital, directorate, total activity, $100,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you. At this time I would like to say that we are going to take a 10 minute break.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
I would like to call the committee of the whole back to order. We are on community development, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $61,622,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Madam Chair. Is community development the area where you start doing block funding? The community of Inuvik has just signed one, so I would like to know what is included in that block funding arrangement.
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe the question is what is included in the Town of Inuvik's block funding agreement. The Town of Inuvik is being blocked funded now for its full operating and maintenance budget. In addition, there is a capital component in there. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Madam Chair. What would be the items that are not included in the block funding arrangement?
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Madam Chair. The only major item that is not included in the block funding agreement would be the grant in lieu of park property taxes. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Madam Chair. The water and sewer subsidy is included in the block funding or is that a different portion of the budget?
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I do not have the town's block funding agreement here, but I will go out on a bit of a limb and say that I assume that it is and I will certainly get back to the Member with confirmation. My understanding is that it is.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Madam Chair. In the area of the block funding, there have been reductions across the board this time and that block funding arrangement they just got into, have they received a reduction and how much?
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, they have not received a reduction to their current year's funding, but they have received a five percent reduction to next year's funding, 1997/98. Thank you.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Madam Chair. My questions are in the area of who is taking the leading role in the community empowerment issue and my concern lies with what I spoke about earlier. No doubt the department is advising communities saying, "okay, we have community empowerment and we are going to transfer this, we are going to transfer that." How much involvement do the communities and the people of the communities have in designing the community empowerment initiative? Did they have a hand in analyzing this policy? Some input and opportunity at some
point to say, "yes, we like this and we really think you should approach it in this fashion?" Has any of that taken place?