Thank you. I had provided the department with the figures and I had received a commitment from the department that they would talk to Finance about this. If I am not mistaken, it is not much, but it is a $1,000 that they do not have to pay taxes on. It is tax-free money they get from the federal government. I had requested that MACA work with Finance to match that funding from a territorial perspective to volunteer firefighters as part of their recognition program.

Mr. Murray.

Mr. Delorey.

What kind of a time frame would I be looking at to see if anything is going to be done in that area?

Mr. Murray.

Community financial services, grants and contributions, contributions. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under infrastructure contributions, cost shared water-sewer project with tax-based communities, $2.5 million. Can the Minister state how this program would work in tax-based communities? That is not a large sum of money. Communities that have large projects, and most communities with utilidors would require a fair bit more money. How does that portion get covered? Is that again through property taxes of that community's rate payers?

Thank you. The Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs.

Mr. Chairman, this money would be tied in with the federal program for water and sewage and combined together, and then the municipality meets that on a 50/50 basis. What we see here would reflect only the Government of the Northwest Territories' share. There is the federal government's share here, and that is met by the municipalities on a 50/50 basis. Thank you.

Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For example, in my community of Inuvik, where there is water/sewer repairs being done, and if a project costs $1 million, this government would put in $250,000, the federal government would put in $250,000 and the municipality would have to come up with $500,000, using that as an example? Thank you.

The Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

Well, Mr. Chairman, we could actually use the figures that Inuvik actually applied for. Inuvik's project is $3.6 million, and combined federal/territorial contributions is $1.5 million, so the community's contribution is $2.1 million. That makes up the whole project.

Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for that clarification. Unfortunately, I feel like I just lost out two-thirds/one-third. I understand that, but I guess my question would be then the rest of the community's contribution that the Minister mentioned would come from the revenue generated from the community, property taxes? Thank you.

Mr. Steen.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, the community's share is their own revenue, wherever it comes from.

Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The breakdown the Minister provided, is that the normal breakdown for water/sewer projects funded or worked with communities in this department?

Mr. Steen.

Mr. Chairman, thank you. The $2.5 million is all we have from this government for this year. The total program altogether, federal and territorial, is $4.3 million combined for this year. With that, the community's share is $5.9 million, so altogether it is roughly $10 million worth of water/sewage programs for this year.

Mr. Roland.