Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Aumond.
Debates of March 7th, 2005
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Aumond
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Rates, as the Minister stated, for government customers are adjusted after every resupply in the community that is being served by them. So that's on an annual basis, depending on whether you are on a winter road or barge delivery system. For public customers, we review our costing and our pricing after every resupply and we consider whether we have a surplus balance or a deficit balance in the stabilization fund. Right now, we have a surplus balance, so we would use that surplus to mitigate any price increases for the public. As the Minister stated, the price is rising, so we take that into consideration every time we resupply the communities with fuel and we see what our costs are and what they are projected for the year, then we make a decision based on that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the fact that, I assume, when we resupply, we adjust our rates. If that's what happens, that's probably the most reasonable way. I could have taken once every blue moon from the Minister and we could go to our calendar and figure that out. That's a tangible number, but regular basis was not. I am fine for now.
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Some Hon. Members
Detail.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Let's go to page 5-27, committee, petroleum products, operations expenditure summary, $772,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Page 5-30, information item, information and communication technology chargeback.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Pages 5-32 and 5-33, information and communications technology chargeback, active positions by region, active positions, community allocation.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Aumond indicated that the fund is in a surplus position. If I read that page right, we are anticipating a closing balance of $223,000 for the fund at the end of this fiscal year.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is our estimate. It could be a little bit better than that, but that is the estimate that we have at this point. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So looking at the forecast for the coming fiscal year 2005-06, we are forecasting a deficit of $14,000, which is pretty good
bookkeeping on almost $12 million in sales. I will give the department that. I am just wondering why there is a need to plan for a deficit. Can we not amend some prices in there to at least be able to forecast a break-even or a modest surplus here? How tight or fine-tuned can we get at this point? I am questioning why we should see a deficit there. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Mr. Chairman, the fine-tuning is not all that fine when it does come down to the prices and the adjustments we would have to look at. We are hopeful, although we say closing balance for 2004-05 revised estimates, we are hoping with the last contracts and delivery of product, we might see that improve a little bit once the final accounting is done. If it continues to slide, then what I would be looking at doing is bringing a submission forward to my FMB colleagues for an adjustment to ensure we don't start dipping below the line on a continuous basis. Thank you.
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