Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am sure if we reinstated the extra money for Hay River, we would have every Member of this House standing up for an extra $200,000, and our budget just won't allow that. Mr. Speaker, this allocation for each community was based on the assets in the community and what it costs to produce water and what the variable costs in terms of power, fuel and those types of things added and also factored in is the ability for those communities to raise revenue. I think it is fair system. Everybody has the same system in place. There is no mechanism now for some communities to get more. Some communities that were provided no assistance are now getting assistance, so it is really a change. The old formula was set up so there were a number of things calculated, everything in the book: how long it took for a truck to fill up a tank, how many tanks and what sizes were the tanks in the community, what size the drivers were, how much fuel do you use, how often the trucks were replaced. It became a system that we couldn't calculate. We didn't know if it was fair. Some communities were asking us to change it. Other communities were saying they were being cheated. So this is a new system. People can understand it. It is fair across the board, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Michael McLeod on Question 299-15(5): Water And Sewer Services Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on February 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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Question 299-15(5): Water And Sewer Services Funding
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 12th, 2007
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