Thank you. Page 11-34, lease commitments, infrastructure, information item. Are there any questions?
Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2006
This is page numbers 1219 - 1276 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 4th 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 chairman.
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair David Ramsay
Page 11-35, information item, fur marketing service revolving fund. Are there any questions on that?
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
The item on heritage rivers on 11-37, we seem to be receiving money every second year, so is this due to the funding or just because of the change in government or programs in terms of the heritage river or the way the funding is rolled out to our government? We have some inconsistencies here, Mr. Chair. What may we expect next year, or are we going to take this off the books? Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Mr. Chair, this is federal money. We are trying to negotiate an agreement with the federal government again, Parks Canada. We think that we will be successful in doing that. Once we are, then we can reflect this. Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, can the Minister advise the Members in the House here in terms of any other federal funding that is in negotiations that we expect maybe to hear some word on these programs? Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Mr. Chair, not in this area. The one that does come to mind, though, of course, is the SINED money, the $90 million across the Territories over five years. It would be $30 million for us. The old proposal, the old one that we were in discussions before, looked at $27 million going to contributions of that $30 million but the federal government was in control of that program. We continue to try and negotiate that, as well, as a long-term EDA, but we would like, obviously, to have more control and more say over how that money is spent, so I will start those discussions with Minister Prentice soon. Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I look forward to the Minister's discussion with Minister Prentice in terms of the community dollars, or we think they were community dollars for the Northwest Territories in terms of the $90 million or a portion of that. I hope that we have good news on the discussions with the two Ministers. I look forward to when maybe we can foresee some kind of news or response from this $90 million. I am going to be asking the Minister to put him on the spot in terms of seeking what is the best scenario to hear back on this discussion with Mr. Prentice. Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Mr. Chair, we do know that there is money until March 31st. It was already committed. We are looking at April 1st going forward. Hopefully by April 1st we will have heard from the federal government. It is a priority for us. I will certainly keep committee in the loop and in these discussions. I know how important this program is to people of the North. We want to make sure not only our government is able to access some of this funding for economic development projects, but non-government as well. We would like to see entrepreneurs and regional businesses be able to tap into this fund and into this money. We will be pushing the federal government in that direction. I hope we will know by April 1st. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 22nd, 2006
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
...(inaudible)...many organizations and corporations are looking for this funding in order for this work to get into some very beneficial economic partnerships, so good luck to the Minister. Go get that money from the federal government to use it in the North here. Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair David Ramsay
Mahsi, Mr. Yakeleya. Back to 11-36 and 11-37. Are there any further questions?
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you. I would like to ask committee, please, to return to 11-7, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $37.934 million. Mr. Yakeleya.