Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Krutko, would you settle for that?
Debates of Oct. 23rd, 2002
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to have that information. I think it would answer my questions, so it would save us going through each line item, if he can provide us that information. That will give us a better breakdown of what that expenditure is expended on. Thank you.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I seek unanimous consent to turn to page 11, Municipal and Community Affairs, regional operations.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
The Member is seeking unanimous consent to go back to page 11. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We will go back to page 11, Municipal and Community Affairs, operation expenditures, regional operations, special warrants, $1,467,000. Mr. Lafferty.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
I would like to ask the Minister, what is the maximum amount that can be used for special warrants in situations like this?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, there is no maximum for special warrants. It would be whatever amount is necessary. Thank you.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister why money for a special warrant was given to the community of Tuktoyaktuk on September 26th when the season for construction was already over, and then we see in the newspaper on Monday saying that road construction was completed. Can the Minister tell me why the dates and construction was already completed?
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, what is in the paper is not quite accurate. Phase one of the work on the road is completed. The actual repairs to the road require two to three phases. The first phase was to put a lift on the road and widen the road to respond to the damages that were already done to the road that were...it was evident that even the matting that was used to protect the base of the road was evident, and it required a major lift and a major reconstruction project to actually do the road overall. Initially the hamlet thought that they could repair the damage to the road with four or five hundred thousand dollars, but when we brought the engineers in from Transportation in June it became evident from their reports that there was a lot more serious damage than the hamlet had estimated and it would require a lot more money.
Then the hamlet started looking into the options of where they could get material, and one of the reasons for the special warrant was because, in order to access the material that was available to the community locally, it would have to be done before freeze-up. There were two sources of material that the hamlet could use. One was clay and one was a stock pile at the airport which consisted of a base for an old DEW Line hangar. The plan was to combine the two materials. However, the material at the airport belonged to Transportation and it had to be returned, so part of the funding requirement was that the hamlet haul material over the winter to return what they borrowed from Transportation.
The need for the special warrant was that the road was no longer safe to drive on. It could not stand another year without major repairs and it could not wait for spring to access those materials. If we waited for spring then we would not have the option of those two sources of gravel until July and August when they thawed out again. The decision was made to request a special warrant to allow the hamlet to tender for gravel hauls. Again, although the material that was used for winter haul was not necessarily required right away we had to allow the hamlet the moneys in order that they could have the option of tendering all at once or in two or three phases of contract haul. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am surprised that the Minister said that the decision was made in June. We did have a June session, so why was this not brought up at the June session? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, I think what the Minister said is that the decision was made following the engineers' visit and assessment of that road in June. The report would have come out -- as I recall it came out after the session was over. We did not make the decision in June. Thank you.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister if this road is within the municipal boundaries of Tuktoyaktuk. Thank you.
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, yes the road is within the municipal boundaries although a portion of the road is on private lands, not Commissioner's lands.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister, is the community of Tuktoyaktuk bigger than Yellowknife that it has six kilometres on one way of a municipal boundary? I am not sure how big the boundary is here. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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