Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I received a letter from Lorne Tricoteux, the assistant regional director in regard to the program. The letter states the program is a partnership between the federal government and the Government of the Northwest Territories to target green infrastructure projects that can be cost-shared by either levels of government. Cost-shared, does that mean a 50/50 commitment? That is the federal government's $2.8 million. Are we going to be putting $2.8 million into this as our share?
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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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, the territorial government funds non-tax-based communities on a 50/50 basis with the feds. On the tax-based communities, it is 50/50 with the feds and that is met by the tax-based communities. That is the process we are using. The actual breakdown of the figures I will ask Mr. Murray to respond to, because he sits on the committee with the federal government to allocate this funding. Thank you.
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The $2.86 million, I believe that is the federal share for both non-tax-based and tax-based that is planned for the 2002-2003 fiscal year. Under the program, $1.86 million of this amount is the federal share of the tax-based communities. A million dollars of it is the share that will go to the non-tax-based. I should add that on top of this $2.86 million, there is another $1.4 million, or something like that, that will show up in next year's budget for non-tax-based out of that federal cost-shared program. It is just that as of right now, being able to spend it all in the one year is unlikely.
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
If I understand the deputy minister, next year's budget, there is $1 million allocated for Tsiigehtchic. Is that the $1 million that is going to be allocated to the non-tax-based communities?
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, it has nothing to do with the Tsiigehtchic project. That Tsiigehtchic project that shows up in the capital acquisition plan is 100 percent GNWT dollars.
This figure of federal funding goes to projects that have not been allocated out yet, as we were saying and what the Minister was referring to, will be completing when the studies are done and when the priorities are being set, the federal money and the GNWT money will be used to allocate to the non-tax-based communities based on priorities for upgrading existing systems. That $1 million for Tsiigehtchic is there irregardless of that.
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Committee Motion 10-14(5): Funding And Program Delivery For Youth Programs (carried)
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Is this in light of what happened in Walkerton? This money was not in the budget previous, so I am wondering, is that why the federal government, along with ourselves, is putting more money and dollars into improving the water and waste systems, and also improving the water management in the solid waste management project? Is that one of the fundamental reasons behind this new project?
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Murray
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think this government has always put quite a bit of capital into water and sewer. Certainly it is a high priority in the government's corporate capital planning system. None of the projects that we had submitted for water...because it is related to health and safety, all of those were approved. I think across Canada, all of the provinces are taking a higher interest in their water. We are doing our own checking, along with Health and Social Services and with Public Works and Services, on water quality.
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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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the major concerns that we have heard come out of Walkerton is the area of training and ensuring that we have a system in place that we can continuously test our water systems. That it is an ongoing process. That it just does not come on an as-and-when-needed basis. Will we be looking at the whole area of water management in regard to solid waste management, ensuring we have a system in place that is accountable to where we are going? I would like to ask the Minister, is there such a management project in place? Do we have plans and strategic initiatives to look at the comprehensive review of water and solid waste and how it is managed in the Northwest Territories?
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Public Works and Services, Municipal and Community Affairs, and Health and Social Services have put together a committee to review all of the water and sewage problems we were experiencing in the communities. Taking those into consideration, we are putting together a plan where we can address the problems on a priority basis. Thank you.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Steen. Page 4-43, detail of work performed on behalf of others, total department, $3,335,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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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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The Chair Paul Delorey
We will go back to page 4-7, department summary, Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expense, total operations expense, $70,750,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
We will go to cap-5, Municipal and Community Affairs, capital acquisition plan, community financial services, total community financial services, $2,000,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.