Thank you, Mr. Chair. The staff in Inuvik is very capable and I have every confidence in the superintendent who is up there. This was just an internal matter and there was a misunderstanding. This has been dealt with already and I am sure there will not be any more problems with it in the future. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Debates of March 1st, 1997
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I have Mr. Krutko and Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
I think between one letter that goes to a Premier from a leader of a community dealing with a matter such as this, this is just one letter. Suppose there is another letter that comes down the road in six months. What is the process to deal with it then? You are saying it will never happen again. It has already happened. I do not think we can say never is never. It can happen. What is the process to deal with it?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Minister Madame Thompson.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Member clarify if there were any other previous letters concerning this? Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not believe I was referring to any other letter. I was referring to this
particular letter and the instance that has happened in regards to it happening again. What do you do in that context? You say it will never happen again. You want letters, I can probably dig around and I will find something, but that was not the question that I had asked. I do not believe she answered my first question.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This incident has been dealt with and I also mentioned that it was an internal matter. I have every confidence in the superintendent in Inuvik and this will not be happening again. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Madam. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regarding the whole question of the letter, there was a letter sent to the Minister by the chief of Tsiigehtchic, Morris Blake, January 22, regarding the $7200 that was taken back from the water and sewage subsidy. What has been done in regard to that?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Krutko, for referring to the budget. Thank you. Ms. Madam Minister.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
I will get Mr. Vern Christensen to answer that. I do not have all the details right here. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Christensen.
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Christensen
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The response to the letter from Tsiigehtchic is just about ready to be sent, but why it has taken this time to prepare the response is that the issue related to certain expenditures, which had not been recorded, to the water sewer cost in the financial audit that was completed at the end of the last fiscal year. There was an appeal being made that certain expenses should actually be recorded, that had not been recorded, which affected the amount of the money that was to be recovered from the hamlet for the water sewer surplus that had been accumulated. That issue has now been sorted out between the hamlet and their auditors. A response should be coming very shortly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regards to Tsiigehtchic, which is getting the least amount in regard to capital expenditures this year, I believe they are getting $48,000, about $30,000 to do some road work, and I believe $13 or $18,000 to upgrade a ball field or something. Yet, they were supposedly going to be allocated almost $400,000 the previous budget. Why has it been such a cut in regards to the amounts they were previously allocated versus what they are today. Why is not the allocation being fairly distributed across the board, because they are receiving the lowest amount of capital in regards to the whole territory of $48,000 compared to every one else which is within the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is not right when he says we have not been fair to the community. There are ups and downs all over the country and this particular community has had their ups already and they are unfortunately in their down side right now. That is just the way of the capital planning process. It goes up and down and they have had their ups already. With our capital planning process, we cannot meet every communities expectation every year. It goes in a zig zag pattern so that we can balance it across the territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Madam Minister. Community development, Mr. Steen.
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Member for Yellowknife Central, Mr. Ootes, was asking questions on O and M costs for municipal buildings. I would like to know if the Minister could inform the committee as to how this O and M cost addresses arenas. This is in relation to the fact that Paulatuk had no money for them to run their arena after it was built. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will get Mr. Christensen to answer that.
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Christensen.
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Christensen
Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the case of the Paulatuk arena, funding had not been put in to the forced growth component of our operations and maintenance budget for this past fiscal year. However, the arena was completed before this fiscal year ended. So, in the course of our quarterly operations and maintenance review, we have put in funding for operations and maintenance so the hamlet can pay for the operations and maintenance costs for the arena for the remainder of this fiscal year. It has been built into the forced growth for the funding of the next fiscal year. That is how we have adjusted for the Paulatuk arena project.