Thank you. Page 4-36, community planning and lands, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $3,386,000. Agreed?
Debates of March 1st, 1997
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The Chair John Ningark
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe it was in this area that we heard some discussion. I do not know if it was the last budget, but it was to do with municipal lands and how communities could access them, especially in the smaller communities where people cannot buy the land or lease it for long terms. There was to be a review of this policy in this area of making lands accessible within communities. Has that been completed?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can I ask my deputy minister to answer that question?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Ballantyne.
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, MACA has been involved in the reform of land and the land reform initiative has been under way now for about a year. The initiative involved devolving authority and responsibility for Commissioner's Lands within municipal boundaries to municipalities and recovering costs for land development and administration. Those are the two key focuses of land reform initiative. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Community planning and lands. Mr. Roland.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Deputy minister, Madam Ballantyne.
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, part of the review will result in a new land pricing policy which would be based on the full recovery of development costs starting this year. In conjunction with the NWT Housing Corporation, we have also developed a program to address affordability issues for home owners and people that need to build on land. We have developed a subsidy program there. We have also developed a plan for user pay and cost recovery of land administration services. Part and parcel of this approach has been the development of a training program with the colleges for community land administration and people who have trained and who are working for municipal governments to administer land. The idea here is to transfer the control of municipal lands to municipal governments and for the GNWT to get out of the business of being the landlord in the community. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Community planning and lands. I have Mr. Miltenberger.
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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Sorry, Mr. Chairman. The Member for Inuvik went in ahead of me and asked the question I was going to ask. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Community planning and lands. Operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $3,386,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. On page 4-37, detail of capital, community planning and lands, buildings and works, headquarters, total region, $550,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Agreed. Thank you. Buildings and works, Fort Smith region. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regards to mapping and aerial photos, $360,000. Is that not a little much? Is there a possibility of using that money better elsewhere? We are cutting back in regards to subdivision development. I would like to ask the Minister exactly how many communities will that money be spent on in regards to the mapping and the aerial photos?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Buildings and works, headquarters. Madam Minister.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will ask my deputy minister to give more detail to the Member but new base maps for '97/98 will be for Kakisa, Nahanni Butte, Paulatuk, Hall Beach, Repulse Bay, and Colville Lake. I will ask my deputy minister to add on to that. Those are the communities that are listed here.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Madam Minister. Madam Ballantyne.
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, aerial photography and mapping of communities is used to provide a good basis for the development of communities for community planning, so that when new subdivisions, et cetera, are put in, that they are put in the right place. It provides a graphical way of showing how the land changes, the contouring, et cetera. We do air photography in all communities every second year, but the department is involved in digitizing this information with new technology, particularly with new satellite technology. We are going to be able to decrease our activity in this area and we are almost finished this phase of the process. In communities that are growing quickly, as many Members have pointed out, this is an important component of being able to have good surveying and good development in communities. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Buildings and works, headquarters, total region. Mr. Krutko.