Agreed.
Debates of March 25th, 2004
This is page numbers 293 - 348 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 3rd 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 housing.
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Agreed.
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Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you. That item carries on to 10-38, detail of work performed on behalf of others, total department, $4.057 million.
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Agreed.
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Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Could you please turn back in your books to page 10-7, Transportation, department summary, operations expense, total operations expense, $76.94 million.
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Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you. Now to CAP-19 under infrastructure acquisition for the Department of Transportation, airports, total airports, $9.42 million. Agreed?
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Agreed.
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to ask a question about the $7.7 million for Norman Wells airport. I don't know a lot about the airport, but every time I go there I think that it is the nicest looking airport in the Territories. I just want to know what work is involved with respect to this. Is there a need for that sort of spending?
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this issue is in our budget, however we haven't had final approval from the federal government from the actual commitment. It's under the ECAP program. It's 100 percent funded by the federal government and the work that was targeted to be done was all on the outside facility to improve the parking space and resurface the runway. Thank you.
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
So when will we find out from the federal government whether this money is coming or not and how was it that Norman Wells was chosen as opposed to other ECAP airports and what other airports would qualify for the funding arrangement?
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Madam Chair. We are having discussions with the federal officials. The project will not go ahead. It's conditional on federal government approval. As I said earlier, it is 100 percent funded by the federal government through the ECAP program. To be eligible for the program, the project has to demonstrate impact and safety issues. This is not the first project we are doing with this funding. Last year and over the last few years, we have been doing some work on a fairly large project on the Inuvik airport. We have done some smaller projects on the Yellowknife airport also.
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Thank you. I am gathering from the Minister's answers that this funding is somehow connected to resource development or industry activities, and I am gathering from his answers that Norman Wells, Yellowknife and Inuvik were in the running. I would like to know what other airports, other than those three, if my assumption is correct, were in the running for this funding, and maybe I could ask if airports like Simpson, for example, were considered in this funding. Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Madam Chair, the procedure that we utilize to determine what projects were put forward is fairly simple, we look at and analyze all of the airports based on safety and security. The Norman Wells airport was chosen over others because of the potential development in that area. It is utilized to the maximum right now. It is a very active airport, and we anticipate it becoming busier. There are areas around this facility that need improvement. There was and there are other airports, all our airports are analyzed regularly. Fort Simpson, for example, was also looked at. There is also engineering condition reporting that is done on these facilities. Those things are taken into account when we put our projects forward.