Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, I can confirm that there was a special arrangement made with Hay River that no other community got that we're not longer willing to fund. We have now calculated a deal for all the communities that is simple, that's fair, it can be calculated and understood by all parties. We have worked very hard in the last while through the New Deal process to review all the funding streams and I'm very proud to say that all communities have received an increase. As a result of that, some communities have taken monies that are allocated and they've been able to reduce some of their fees, been able to reduce some of their water rates. Now some communities have seen a decrease in the water and sewer program. Other communities have seen a decrease in the operations and maintenance. However, Mr. Speaker, what we tried to do here is remove the stovepipe approach for funding. Every community has seen, overall, an increase. In the case of Hay River, we compared the last year of the 14th Assembly to the funding that's being provided now. There's been a 91 percent increase and I don't understand why the $200,000 is still being considered as a cutback when there's been such an extreme increase in our funding. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Michael McLeod on Question 469-15(5): Community Funding Under The Water And Sewage Services Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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