Agreed.
Debates of March 9th, 2007
This is page numbers 1381 - 1424 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 5th 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 going.
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Page 14, Transportation, operations expenditures, corporate services, not previously authorized, $451,000.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Jackson Lafferty North Slave
Mahsi, Mr. Chair. The highway is always a big topic for us, especially when we travel it every day. I would just like to highlight the $83,000 that has been earmarked for the Tlicho winter road last year. Are we going to keep subsidizing the contractor that is currently doing the work? What it came down to was the lowest bid. This is the consequence that we are facing where they are coming back to the government and saying, well, there are additional costs that we need to keep in mind. But at the same time, we said no to the other contractor but now they are coming back for more money. If you times that by three years, it will be a quarter of a million dollars. Are they going to keep coming back every year? I am hoping I don't see them this year again in the supplementary. Mr. Chair, it is a grave concern to me because the contractor made a terrible mistake last year. We have to pay as a government now. Are we going to subsidize even further? Mahsi.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the information I have is the contract did go out for a public tender. It was for three years. It comes to a close on 2007-08, so this upcoming year, it will have to go out for a re-tender. That is my understanding. Hopefully we don't see another one coming forward, but the Minister of Transportation may have more detail on that. Thank you.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. The increased cost is one-time only. It is not scheduled to be an ongoing increase. We will be re-tendering it this year and hopefully look for a fixed amount. You have to understand, too, a lot of the forced growth that was associated with this and some extra construction costs as well there, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Jackson Lafferty North Slave
Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, I do understand forced growth and a one-time shot deal here, but every time we come to this table, we always hear about a one-time shot. I personally think this whole contract issue seriously needs to be looked at where last time it was awarded, the Tlicho wasn't too happy with the contract awarded. We have contractors in the community that can certainly take on the workload. It is already happening from Whati to the junction area, so we have proven ourselves. I hope the Minister will take that seriously into consideration, that there has been a huge mistake that was made the first year, as the Minister may be aware. The way that it was handled, it wasn't appropriately handled. The department had to go back in March to re-fix the whole road again. That is uncalled for. I was there and witnessed it. There were deep pots that we were getting stuck in. Anyway, Mr. Chair, I just wanted to, for public awareness and the Members here, note that this is not acceptable that the contractor is coming back for more money. If that was the case, they should have put it into their contract where everybody knows about forced growth. We are fully aware of that. There is high cost of fuel that is going up every year. They should have considered it at that time too. Fortunately, we are going out to a new negotiation. That is great. Okay. Just a message to the Minister. Keep that in mind in ongoing discussions with the parties in their jurisdiction. We also have agreements in place with our Tlicho Government so we have to respect that as well. That is just more of a
comment to the Minister and also for the Members here. Mahsi.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Mr. Chair, I am going to just support what Mr. Lafferty is saying in terms of the work that needs to be looked at again by the Minister. I have taken out the whip. Now I put it down so I don't want to take out the whip again. It is Friday afternoon and we want to see this through. The Minister knows the sentiments of our people in terms of this type of work that is being done in our region. We certainly have industry pay close attention to the work that we do in our region. I think it is no different than the government. I want to say that to the Minister there. That is all I have to say. It is a comment to the Ministers. Thank you.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. We are on page 14, highways, not previously authorized, $522,000.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Page 15, Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $11,000.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have just a quick question on the Harvesters Assistance Program. Why was in 2005-06 this program not up and why is it reinstated in this year's budget with a supp? Thank you.