Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. I'm not sure if that would be within the scope of the Minister's knowledge or mandate. Mr. Menicoche.
Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2007
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. No, we have conveyed the sovereignty issues in our Connecting Canada documents with our federal counterpart, the Minister of Transportation. Indeed usually one of our arguments to further and increase the presence of us in the North and Tuktoyaktuk will certainly do a lot to establish Canadian sovereignty on our northern waters. I think the Member's kind of referencing the port idea and we continue to discuss it with Transport Canada, and certainly it will be a great project for our northern territories to have such a port, especially in our western territory. Thank you.
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Calvin Pokiak Nunakput
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd just like to say thanks to the Minister for that. I think a port located in Tuk would surely address the sovereignty issue, because we have a deep sea port there also that can accommodate. I'll say once again, Madam Chair, that we have an infrastructure available for personnel. Thank you.
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. No, we continue to work with Transport Canada to develop the idea of a port in Tuktoyaktuk. Certainly there is existing infrastructure there. There's still lots of issues to work through to make such a port idea a reality. Certainly we'd like to work on that and work towards a future port in Tuktoyaktuk, that's for sure, Madam Chair. Thank you.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Activity summary, community marine infrastructure, operations expenditure, $120,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you. On page 9-37, activity summary, community marine infrastructure, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions and grants, $50,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Page 9-39, activity summary, community local access roads, operations expenditure summary, $323,000.
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Some Hon. Members
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Madam Chair, the community local access roads, I'll ask the Minister, Madam Chair, in terms of is this similar based application requirements criteria similar to the marine infrastructure dollars that come to the community in terms of is that in line somewhere that the community again, it's application based, first-come, first served, and there's so much for each community on a specific road; that type of a situation? I want to ask the Minister if that's the same type of program, I guess, like the marine infrastructure. Thank you.
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you, Madam Chair. The answer is yes. It is application-based. Typically, we have set a ceiling limit of $40,000 on projects under this program item per community. Thank you.
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. Is this one-time funding? Is this ongoing with the communities?
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. The clarification on that, it is an annual contribution, not necessarily one time, so there could be a project spread over several years. Thank you.
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I am going to ask a question in terms of this program being accessed out of our regional superintendent's office. Where is the regional superintendent's office on this one here?
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, the application is filed with the regional superintendent and that is in Fort Simpson. Thank you.
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