Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have one question. They sort of touched on my question when Mr. Krutko asked about the funding. I asked a question on this in March, when I knew the hamlet was going into a deficit. The question was about the funding formula. I think they sort of gave me an answer that when they look at all the problems in the communities, they are going to see where they can fix it. According to the funding formula, it is standardized all across the territories. Some of the communities take on more responsibility. Some take over water and sewer from the Department of Public Works and Services. Because the facility they are taking over is outdated, a lot of their own operations and maintenance funds are going towards repairs, which they did not expect. Because the community consists of two towns within one municipality, separated by 16 kilometres, they did not make any allowance for travel time back and forth. But we know that they were given special funding just to cover some of their costs for a number of years now. If they were looking at it really closely, since they are in a financial bind right now, that maybe they can look at the funding formula in just one community. So there is water take over, extra responsibilities. I think those are a big cost. That might have been the ruin of Rae-Edzo. Thank you.
Leon Lafferty on Recommendation 1
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Recommendation 1
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 29th, 2000
Page 340
Leon Lafferty North Slave
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