Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The best way to explain it is that historically the capital budgets for the department were in the neighbourhood of about $40 - $50 million and they have been decreasing and, after division, the capital budget for the department is about $12 million on an annual basis. When you look at the needs identified at the community level and you look at the infrastructure most of which was constructed some time ago, the needs of the communities are estimated at about $20 million a year and our capital budgets are set at about $12 million. So every year we have to keep pushing projects back and we refer to it as a wave and every time the capital budgets are reduced, we keep pushing the needs further back and the needs keep increasing on an annual basis. So that is the nature of the problem that we are addressing and as the needs increase, and as the resources decrease, we have to find more creative ways of trying to address the problems and, we are starting to look at alternative financing and delivery systems to see if there are alternatives to fund a lot of these kinds of projects. Thank you.
Debates of April 22nd, 1999
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McLeod
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wonder if the Minister can tell us if they have the department looking at an inventory of infrastructure projected along with forecast of lifespan so that the department or we may be able to analyze it and may be able to priorize essential needs?
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The Chair Seamus Henry
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. McLeod.
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McLeod
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What we have been doing is looking at the standards and criteria developed by the department and the Minister referred to municipal finance review and so we are using that initiative to help us try to determine the priorities when it comes to capital. For example, we have reviewed the standards and criteria and we are trying to determine what is a basic requirement and what is nice to have and also how to compare the needs between communities. For example, if a community has an arena and another community does not have a water or sewer system, how do you determine the priorities? That is what we are using the municipal finance review to look at the standards and criteria we have developed for capital programs, and also, to look at what are the basic requirements that every community should have in terms of capital facilities. Thank you.
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The Chair David Krutko
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. General comments. What is the wish of the Committee? Detail? We are dealing with the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Page 4-9, Corporate affairs. Budget summary, Corporate affairs, operations and maintenance, $1.934 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Krutko
Emergency services, page 4-13, operations and maintenance, $1.119 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Krutko
Emergency services, grants and contributions. Total contributions, $575,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Krutko
Emergency services, details of capital, other equipment, headquarters region total, headquarters region, $50,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Krutko
Page 4-19, Community governance and financial services, operations and maintenance, $863,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Krutko
Page 4-23, Community operations, operations and maintenance, $9.889 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.