Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will ask Mr. Rattray to respond.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Rattray.
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Rattray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Within the department's facility planning sub-activity, there is a small portion of the O and M funding that is included there. That is about $30,000. That is predominantly for travel for the facility planning group.
We have approximately $40,000, again for the technical support group. That is the group that is included in providing technical evaluation to the facilities and does troubleshooting, provides support for water and sewer activities and so on.
We have approximately $60,000 travel/training budget for the inspection services. That is the electrical, elevator inspectors and the boiler inspectors.
We have approximately $9 million that is in buildings and works. That is for maintenance. Of that $9 million, approximately $5 million is for our core staff and the rest is for contract.
We have approximately $350,000 for vehicles and equipment, and that is operations and maintenance.
We have approximately $2 million for regional projects. Of that, the majority is for salaries and wages and a small amount for travel and transportation.
We have approximately $11.5 million for leases, and that is predominately office space.
We have approximately $2.5 million for utilities for facilities that we are responsible for.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Rattray is probably doing some new math here. I get $22 million out of what he gave me for $20 million. I just wanted to get an idea of what it was. The bulk is in leases and building works, so I am satisfied. I just wanted to know what the breakdown was.
Another question I have is with inspections, permits and licences under this task. Are there any fee increases proposed in this budget? If so, could we get a listing of what they are? Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Steen.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Rattray.
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Rattray
Mr. Chairman, yes, there are some fee increases that are being proposed this year. The intention is to move the safety group into a full-cost recovery mode. That required an increase of approximately 30 percent in the current fee structure. I believe we have actually previously provided the committee with a copy of that fee structure. It is quite a detailed structure and I do not have it with me here.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, perhaps if Mr. Rattray or the department does not have the information here on what the actual fee increases are item by item, can we get a sense of what the level of total increase in income from the fees is that we are talking about? Is it $100,000 or $200,000 or $300,000?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Rattray.
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Rattray
Mr. Chairman, we are projecting approximately $187,000 increase in revenues as a result of these fee increases.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As Mr. Rattray has pointed out, the information has been provided to committee. Part of the point that I am making here is that while we were provided that information in confidence, it is not available as yet to the public. This being a public document, I think there should be some indication to the public of what is in there for fee increases.
Earlier when we were considering fee increases, I had asked the Minister if he would table a document that would show what the fee increases were. Would the Minister be prepared to, say tomorrow, table in the House for the public a table outlining what the fee increases are here?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Steen.
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, in regard to the fees for transportation that the Member is referring to, I was not assured that these fees had been approved by FMBS. That is why I could not confirm that I would be able to table this yet. Later on, it was confirmed that the fees were approved by FMBS, so in this situation, it is the same thing. I can table them now. It is not a problem.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you, Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you Mr. Chairman. Just to make sure that I understand I believe I heard the Minister say he will table them tomorrow?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you, Minister Steen.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Page 5-11, Mr. Delorey.
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to touch base on this study that is being done on Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development on energy consumption and where there could be room for conservation. Would this study take into consideration the amount of greenhouse gases that are being put out by certain energy systems and take that into consideration if they are looking at the overall operation or efficiency of the system? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Minister Steen.
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