Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Murray.
Debates of March 7th, 2002
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is a program that we are involved in partnership with the Department of Justice and the RCMP, looking at by-law officer training, as well as the Community Constable Program.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Murray. Page 4-39, School of Community Government, operations expense, total operations expense, $2,246,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Page 4-41, School of Community Government, grants and contributions, contributions, $25,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Canada/NWT Infrastructure Agreement, I see this is for municipal infrastructure projects. Looking at the capital projects in Rae, they recommended they get a new source of water and the cost is going to be a little more than what this government had anticipated. Would the Minister get some funding with the federal government to go and fund some projects that are going to be a little bit of a higher cost than what was originally thought of?
Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That $2,860,000 represents the share of the $4-odd million that we received from the federal government that has been set aside for the non-tax-based communities.
What is going to happen there is Public Works is in the process of conducting various studies and reviews of community water systems. This funding of $2,860,000 is also going to be tied into the funding that we have already set aside. We have $2 million in our capital for projects that have been identified as being needed by Public Works through this review process. It may very well be available. Depending on what the priorities are of the reviews and the studies that are now underway, it may be available for projects that are already on the books. It depends on what those priorities are from a technical point of view being set by Public Works. Thank you.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Murray. Page 4-43, detail of work performed on behalf of others, total department, $3,335,000. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the same matter, the Canada/NWT Infrastructure Agreement, I hope the Minister is going to take a study, and it takes forever to solve some of these problems.
One of the communities I represent, Tsiigehtchic, there has been a notification given to this government regarding the condition of that water source. There have been warnings written to this government. I see in the budget that there was supposed to be improvement to the filtering system and what not.
My concern is when you talk studies, I hope we are not spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to study something we already know exists. There are problems out there. I hope the Minister realizes that we have some major problems in our communities where we have been detecting different traces of carcinogens; THMs and different types of items that are in the water. From what is happening with regard to Aklavik and Fort McPherson, now Tsiigehtchic, that we do not exclude communities because of the size of those communities.
I would like to ask the Minister, where is this money going? Is there any money allocated to go to the community of Tsiigehtchic because of the water concerns there?
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, most of the studies the department was referring to have already been done. It is a matter of deciding where to allocate the funding now to the highest priorities. Different communities are facing different levels of problem with their facilities.
In the case of Tsiigehtchic, for this year, we have $100,000 for a truck fill station and $1 million in 2003-2004 to upgrade the water treatment facility there. So there is not going to be very much money actually spent on any more studies. We are actually putting the money towards the projects now. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Out of the $2,860,000, I believe the federal contribution is $3.4 million, so is this our half that is in the budget here or is that a combined amount from the feds and ourselves?
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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