Okay, I will call Committee of the Whole back to order, Members. We are on page 8-29 on the Department of Transportation, activity summary, ferries, operations expenditure summary, $6.42...Oh, you guys let me go that far.

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I was trying to move things along here. Mr. Menicoche, would you like to bring witnesses into the Chamber?

Yes, Madam Chair.

Does committee agree?

Thank you. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses to the witness table.

Okay. I'd like to welcome Mr. Auger and Mr. Neudorf back into the Chamber. Again, we are on page 9-29, activity summary, ferries, operations expenditure summary, $6.429 million.

Agreed. Thank you. Page 6-35, activity summary, community marine infrastructure, operations expenditure summary, $120,000.

Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The marine infrastructure dollars, are those dollars still available to the communities that require them or see a need for boating docks, I'll call them, or wharves? I know it would appear that this money is well received or well supported by our communities that need these boating wharves in our communities and I would ask the Minister, Madam Chair, in terms of maybe not so much detail, but that this funding is available to communities that want to apply for it; if it's the hamlet council or the band council or the Metis council. What kind of council can apply for these fundings and how much is available per year per community and where does it show up in our budget here? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yes, the money is available for communities as a grant and it's application based, much like our local access roads program is. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. That begs the question in terms of the grants. It's good news for people who are listening out there and good news for the people or communities that require docks in their communities for boating, recreational boating. These applications, when are the communities notified ahead of time to please send the applications? First-come, first served? Some communities may take a little longer than others in terms of putting together a professional proposal that requires to have a dock in their community. Are the communities given time to put in a good document proposal for funding for this initiative? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. The access to these funds is done through our regional superintendents. Typically I think we've been doing about, I think, five to seven projects a year and it's based on need and application based as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I ask the Minister, could he provide to me in the House a list of these recent, in the last maybe two years, in terms of where these funds were expended in our regions because I believe some regions may be getting more funding in some areas. I ask if he could provide that to the House at a later date. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yes, we'll be willing to provide more details of past expenditure projects to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister, just off the top of his head with his officials here, advise me if there's any type of docks that were provided to the Sahtu in the last couple years or any other small communities in terms of this type of information? Because I know some of the communities, in Good Hope certainly, Tulita and I know Norman Wells and Deline, have received some funding and it's well received and well supported in terms of the boating docks for their community. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Menicoche.

Okay. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. The uptake on this particular program is $50,000 a year that we're looking at and there is another pot of funds that the Coast Guard has. It's $450,000 a year and I believe that's...I believe that it was the Coast Guard access funding that helped out the community of Deline and Norman Wells to do up those docks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Yakeleya.