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Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Although many people out there would probably like to see Mr. Voytilla out there in overalls and rubber boots...

---Laughter

...doing a search for these places, that isn't the case. It is, in fact, a financial process that we have to go on quantifying environmental liabilities that we have overall as a government. Thank you.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Hawkins.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Robert Hawkins

Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Minister Roland can add me to the list of not wanting to see Mr. Voytilla in those boots. No, I can completely understand why it's the bean counting process. I respect why it's under FMB. At this moment, that's all the questions I have, but I may be back. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Next I have Mr. Yakeleya.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister what has been done to ensure that the corporate memory of these individuals that have been lost, if any efforts have been made, if feasible, to move these individuals into regional superintendent positions in the Executive where the superintendents have been cut. Thank you.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Roland.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as I stated in my opening comments, the reason for the reduction is the change in business activities that FMBS carries out. The managers underneath regional superintendent levels are still engaged in delivering day-to-day programs and clients services to individuals. Thank you.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Yakeleya.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

General comments with regard to page 2-57?

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February 22nd, 2006

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Some Hon. Members

Detail.

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $3.383 million.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Can we go to page 2-60 and 2-61, information item, directorate, active positions.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Page 2-60 and 2-61, information item, directorate active positions. Ms. Lee.

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Sandy Lee

Sandy Lee Range Lake

Mr. Chairman, I think we may have skipped a page, 2-58.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you. Does committee agree to go back to page 2-56? Oh, I'm sorry. Does committee agree to go back to page 2-58?

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you. Ms. Lee.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Sandy Lee

Sandy Lee Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is not a blank page. There are words on this page. I think this is an issue that was ongoing way back when the government was considering whether to get out of the federal pension and the calculations were made that it was much better for us to stay within, but the payments from the federal government have stopped. So I'd like to know, even though there are no dollars showing here, I may be wrong in that -- it's been a while since I've had that briefing -- but I'd like to know what the costs are that this government is bearing, if there's any. So could I ask that question?

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Ms. Lee is correct to a certain degree that the superannuation program that we were involved with and the federal government helped us in that end of it with our portion of it changed, and it is then, as we discussed with them, it was rolled into our transfer payments. This is a portion outside of that. But for the actual details of these two I'll have Mr. Voytilla provide that.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair

The Chair Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Voytilla.

Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Voytilla

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just quickly, a number of years ago, the federal government increased the employer rates that they charge for participation in superannuation. It cost the government about an extra $13 million a year because of those increased rates. But the federal government, at our request, agreed to reimburse us for that impact through the formula and we still get that funding to date. This particular entry goes back a number of years when some of that $13 million we provided as contribution funding to the WCB and the Power Corporation. But that was terminated back in last year's budget.