Thank you. Just to confirm then, there is no dollar amount of environmental liability that is being under reported at the moment because we don't know what that is. There is a potential that, when we get this environmental accountant, I have never heard that term before, but I guess it is an environmental liability accountant or monitor. It goes out that there is a potential that he or she will come back with something we didn't know before. I guess we will hear about that. Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2006
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess, for the record, I should state that, as I stated earlier, we won't see Mr. Voytilla out there in overalls and rubber boots. We will be working with departments. This individual will be working with departments and their assessments and then coming up with that valuation of those assessments. At that time, then, yes, we will have a clearer picture as to what lies before us in the area of liabilities and how we allocate amounts to that. Thank you.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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David Ramsay Kam Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a few questions in regard to the $8.3 million in power subsidies. I wonder if the Minister could break down for me a couple of different things. I want to know, first of all, what it costs the department to administer that $8.3 million, because I think that $8.3 million is the money that goes directly to those who need the subsidy. It doesn't include administrative costs. The other thing I would like to know is how many persons are solely responsible for
administering this program? How many people does it take to administer this program? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, to do this program year round, it is taking about half a position to do this. Thank you.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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David Ramsay Kam Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The reason I ask is for possibly future reference when somebody comes and wants to take the Power Subsidy Program and put it in a different department, I think it is important that we know what it takes to administer the program. Is there any likelihood that this Power Subsidy Program will be moved in the near to not-too-distant future to the Department of ECE? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we haven't had the discussion with any departments to this date of actually moving that amount and that subsidy program over. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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David Ramsay Kam Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. If it is indeed the government's intention to have the one department looking after subsidy programs, would it not make sense to relocate the Power Subsidy Program to the Department of ECE to administer? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we have done a fair bit of work in identifying the different subsidy levels that we have paid across the board in a number of departments. This has been one of those that have been identified as a subsidy that is provided to residents of the Northwest Territories. We haven't sat down yet to discuss if all programs will fall into one area or if we will get the bulk of them that are funded through one department. It is not a discussion that can happen. We haven't had it to date. Thank you.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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David Ramsay Kam Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to state, for the record, that I would be supportive of the government having a look at taking the Power Subsidy Program from FMBS and moving it under the roof of ECE so that it can better coordinate subsidy programs to all of our residents. I don't need a response from the Minister. Thank you.
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Page 2-63, activity summary, government accounting, operations expenditure summary, $12.058 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Page 2-64, 2-65, activity summary, government accounting, grants and contributions, $8.307 million. Mr. Yakeleya.
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the summer of 2005, the FMBS completed a review of the Territorial Power Subsidy Program. Is the department thinking about changes as a result of that review?
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, we are not contemplating any changes in the level of the support or changing the program as it exists. Thank you.
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. How does the department intend to control the escalating costs associated with fuel, the cost increases in the North here? Thanks.