Yes, the total funding for operations and maintenance is covered in the block funding agreement. There is no additional funding under our Municipal Operating Assistance Policy. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the case of Fort Simpson, it negotiated a block funding agreement with MACA and portions from the operating assistance is all rolled in. This is the capital and operations and maintenance to run their community. Does the Minister have numbers on last year as to what the community would have received in block funding and operating assistance, so we can compare to see how Fort Simpson is doing, or other communities? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you. Mr. Chairman. We do not have that detail in front of us right now. We will give that information to the Member. Thank you.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a final question, then. If there are additional funds other than what is identified here for Fort Simpson, Fort Smith or Hay River, if there are additional funds in other areas of block funding, does the Minister have the cumulative figure of that amount for each of the three communities, as identified here in page 4-17?
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will provide that with the other information we are providing the Member. Thank you.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Mr. Chairman, I think it would be imperative that would be provided sooner than later because if we are approving this whole project, we should know what we are approving. Can the Minister advise us as to approximately when we can receive that information? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Ballantyne will read the information. Thank you.
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Ballantyne
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, our director of corporate affairs, in his deep briefcase, has extracted a list which should clarify matters. I will be pleased to read this to the House, slowly for your information.
For the city of Yellowknife, the operations and maintenance portion of their block funding agreement is $4.1 million, capital is $1.3 for total funding of $5.409. Fort Smith operations and maintenance funding of $593,000, capital funding of $927,000 for total of $1.52 million. Town of Hay River, operations and maintenance funding of $623,000, capital funding of $308,000 for a total of $931,000. Village of Fort Simpson, operations and maintenance funding of $870,000, capital funding of $1.525 million for a total of $2.395 million. Town of Inuvik, operations and maintenance funding of $546,000, capital funding of $177,000 for a total of $723,000. Mr. Chairman, to that last I would add that block funding agreement was negotiated with the agreement that the department would seek funding for the utilidor conversion outside of the block funding agreement. That is one reason that amount appears to be inordinately low because we were aware we would have to undertake that work outside of the block funding agreement. This adds up to total block funding for operations and maintenance for all of the block funded tax-based communities, a total of $6.732 million. Total capital of $4.246 million for a total block funded amount for these tax-based municipalities of $10.978 million. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Ms. Ballantyne. I will direct the Members back to page 4-19, we are on total regions. For the record we are on Bill 8, Appropriation Act, 1998-99, Municipal and Community Affairs. Contributions, Fort Smith region, total region, $5.817 million. I still have Mr. Enuaraq and Mr. Roland on my list here. Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Mr. Chairman, if others wish to ask, I do not mind waiting.
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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 4-17, I have a question regarding block funding for Fort Simpson and Fort Smith. For Fort Simpson, $1.525 million and Fort Smith $927,000. Is there a huge difference in population between those two communities? Thank you.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me just see this. Fort Simpson has 1,257 and Fort Smith has 2,441. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Understanding the block funding agreement and in the case of Inuvik, it was based on the capital plan and what was in the capital plan for future
years. I can see where it is down lower and with the high temp system outside of that agreement. I know this upcoming year it will significantly increase, being that is a one year fix. I hope it is a fix, anyway. Just looking at that and some of the responses from earlier questions, correct me if I am wrong here, but you use the capital plan in the year coming up in some of the future projects and you use that on the basis of your negotiation. I also heard that one of the reasons you are not too clear on the exact projects is because the municipality can at that point, decide to change what it had initially negotiated on. Is that correct?
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will be referring that to Ms. Ballantyne.