Information item, capital acquisition plan, page 8-31. Mr. Krutko.
Debates of July 5th, 2000
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Committee Motion 19-14(3): Recommendation That The GNWT Not Make Any Further Reductions In Funding To The Northwest Territories Transportation System (carried)
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
In regards to the seniors' units that the Minister mentioned, where are they in the list, especially the one for Tsiigehtchic?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Mr. Chairman, it is not on the list because the decision had not been made by the time this was published. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If this is an expenditure of this government, should it be coming forth as an amendment to this budget? It is an actual expenditure within this fiscal year. There should be an actual amendment made to the capital acquisition plan, identifying that that is an expenditure that will take place within 2000-2001. I would like to ask the Minister, will that be inserted into this budget so it is identified on this budget as an actual expenditure?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Anderson.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We just recently got approval through Cabinet for that project. It was originally going to be a lease and now we have started negotiations to get that facility built. We will be transferring money over to here from the grants and contributions for that community so an amendment will be coming forward to the Minister on that.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the concern that I have is that this is an expenditure that will take place within the life of this budget. Because it is an actual expense, it either has to be written into this document or else it will come through in a supplementary in the next couple of months. There have been changes made to the budget as we reviewed it, which had additions made written into the budget identifying the actual project and the amount. It will have a bearing on the total of the department. I am not too sure, but if you talk to the Minister of Finance, why was that not inserted, or will it be inserted before the budget has been passed as a whole?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Anderson.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. How the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation reports these types of expenditures is that we have two different types. One are assets that we build through the rental portfolio that we capitalize on our books and that is part of the capital acquisition plan. Then we also have projects for resale, which includes all of our homeownership programs, where we sell them to clients and take back subsidized mortgages. This project will have no impact on the budget for the Corporation. What it means is a transfer of the $500,000 from the grants and contributions to the capital acquisition plan. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On an issue such as this, can you identify all the different items for the different units? That is the concern I have. If it is coming out of a specific amount like you mentioned, the homeownership program for $13,350,000, is that where it is going to come out of?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Anderson.
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Anderson
Yes. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Information item, district operations, page 8-30.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Information item, capital acquisition plan, page 8-31. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Does the department track the units that have been going into the different communities versus if it is fairly distributed? I know for a fact that, in the last number of years, there have been a lot of units that have been going into the Sahtu and Nahendeh area and there is less construction in other areas. Do you have an actual way of tracking an average percentage of units being constructed?
Let us say 90 percent of the units are going into one riding and nothing going into another. I know that does not sound fair, but for the last number of years that is how it has looked on the books. We have noticed that in the interim appropriation where some units have come forth even before the business plans. Is there a way that you can track exactly how many of these units go into a particular riding or region, so the Members can have an idea of the last number of years? When was the last time a unit was constructed in your riding, so that you can say, "Well, when are you going to construct a unit in the different ridings." I am wondering if you can get that information so that we can track exactly how much expenditure has taken place for the last couple of years?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Anderson.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, we have a list that identifies the total expenditures by community over the last four years and that is one of the indicators that we use to determine how to come up with our allocation process. It is one of the indicators that we use when we allocate future resources. The Corporation, as it was mentioned earlier, is also working on a four-year plan that will identify what resources are going to each community. That should be finalized shortly.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister and his department have that information available for the Members so that we can have an opportunity to look at it before we come back here in the fall? If we have any questions, we can raise it then.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Allen.