This is page numbers 695 - 716 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 5th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was project.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

The House will come back to order. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, would you care to restate your supplementary question?

Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, further to my question around the health board re-organization that the department is beginning to work on, the Minister stated that they are going to be doing some work and hopefully by this fall we will have some ideas of what this will entail. I would like to know from the Minister if, in fact, when they are looking at the financial side of it, the impacts, if the department or Cabinet has looked at the fact that this money will have to come from other sources than our own. Is that the case? Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of our tasks is, of course, to identify both the process and steps that are going to be needed to make this a reality, but also to do the costing. We have not done that yet.

I know and the Member knows through our experience with division that making two out of one entails some cost. We are going to be very diligent to make sure that those costs, should they occur, are very, very necessary. We will be very diligent to ensure that we make this affordable. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. I believe that was your final supplementary, Mr. Roland. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. McLeod.

Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister responsible for MACA. During my time at home and in my riding, I was quite disappointed to hear that the swimming pool in Fort Providence will be closing this year after many years of operation. With the closing of this pool, there will be no pools operating in my riding. This was the last one. During our last session, we passed a motion in committee of the whole to include swimming pools as part of the capital plan. I would like to ask the Minister, what is the status in terms of incorporating swimming pools as part of the capital plan?

The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department has not, at this point in time, made any recommendations to FMBS or Cabinet. The motion suggesting pools is not reflected in our new business plans.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister then if he can tell us when can we expect it to be part of the business plans? In fact, maybe he can be more specific and tell us when we can see our first pool being built? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Supplementary To Question 232-14(5): Inclusion Of Swimming Pools In Capital Plan
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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when pools become part of the capital plan will be decided at the point in time that Cabinet or FMB amends their capital priorities. At this point in time, there is no discussion at the Cabinet or FMB level as to amending the capital as far as pools are concerned. We have not discussed it at all.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, can he tell me if the cost overruns of the projects under his department, such as the ones in Inuvik and in Yellowknife, are preventing this program from going ahead because there are no extra monies to put towards a swimming pool program? The cost overruns are not allowing for it. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to the best of my knowledge, whether pools become part of the capital business plan or not, I do not know if there is any relation to the fact that we are running over budget on these projects. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

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Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am assuming that the Minister has an obligation. We have a motion passed in committee of the whole to take this to Cabinet. I am wondering, what is stopping him from doing so? I believe he is obligated to do so. Is he not going to react to this motion? Is he going to ignore it? What is his plan? I would like to hear that from him.

Supplementary To Question 232-14(5): Inclusion Of Swimming Pools In Capital Plan
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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am just speaking from experience here, but in the past, I am aware that motions from the Assembly were discussed at the same time as business plans were discussed. It was at that time that Cabinet as a whole responds as to what they are going to do in relation to the motion. It is at the time that we do business plans that I have seen this list in the past.

I presume that whenever we do business plans over the summer, we will come to a list of motions from the Assembly that we have to respond to individually as Ministers, and what do we will do then as Cabinet or at the FMB level. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Bill Braden

Bill Braden Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, in his capacity as the Minister responsible for the Business Incentive Policy. The issue we have been talking about this afternoon is one of a kind. It is a big project. Still, I think it indicates some systemic problems that are buried in the BIP policy, its philosophy and its approach. It has always been recognized as certainly not a perfect program, but one that has had its benefits.

Considering the tone and the times, it is a hot economy, this is probably just a symptom of other things that we are going to experience, and not just in the short term. Would the Minister advise what is underway, if anything, Mr. Speaker, to review the philosophy, the approach, and the process of the Business Incentive Policy that we have? Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is a process underway now, and it has been underway for some time. In January of 2001, there was a comprehensive discussion paper called, BIP: A New Direction, which was distributed to about 1,500 businesses, interest groups and aboriginal governments who were invited to provide comments. Since that time, there have been releases in the media, in newspaper announcements and interviews.

Through this public consultation process, a lot of views came in. There was a number of written submissions received from a number of stakeholder groups as a result of this public consultation. These were also published in the website of BIP, so there has been a lot of work done in this area to try to look at the Business Incentive Policy and review it.

I know that in the past, other governments have tried to review it and change it to no avail. As a result of this consultation, RWED is preparing a joint decision paper and an FMB submission. We will be making this presentation to Cabinet and FMB at the end of June to move this process forward. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.