Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to bring up a very important matter that comes up as a result of the questioning that I had for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs on Friday. During that time, and I quote from unedited Hansard, the Minister of MACA said, "Everybody was made aware that there was new reviews going on with the different streams of funding. I think there was adequate notice provided." What the Minister was speaking to is that communities receive adequate notice that they could anticipate this change in the support for water and sewer and that they could build that into their budget planning. They had ample notice to deal with that. He made reference to communities being made aware at the NWTAC AGM in May 2006. In fact, I had the document that was given to the communities in May 2006, and it showed Hay River still on there at $566,212 for the water/sewer subsidy. Subsequent to that, Members were told that there were going to be some changes to that, so the number dropped down to $414,000, which is about a $150,000 reduction. Knowing there is going to be a change and knowing how much the change is going to be are two different things. I don't think it is fair for the Minister to suggest that in May 2006 communities should have known what their water/sewer subsidy was going to be. I would like to ask the Minister if he feels that Members or communities were given adequate notice. When was Hay River informed of the amount of water/sewer subsidy they would receive in this fiscal year? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 484-15(5): Community Funding Under The Water And Sewage Services Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on March 12th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Question 484-15(5): Community Funding Under The Water And Sewage Services Policy
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 11th, 2007
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