Agreed.
Debates of Aug. 19th, 2011
This is page numbers 6813 - 6848 of the Hansard for the 16th Assembly, 6th 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 work.
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Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Page 7, Education, Culture and Employment, education and culture, not previously authorized, negative $254,000.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Transportation on page 8, operations expenditures, corporate services. Mr. Bromley.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bob Bromley Weledeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have some questions on this page. I note that we had $1.85 million made available from the federal government for research on climate change and associated development projects. Could I ask the Minister will we be using or will we have access to all of these dollars by year end or have we lost some of those dollars? Thank you.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bob Bromley Weledeh
My understanding is we will be using about $700,000-and-some in the remainder in this fiscal year. I just want to be sure that that’s correct and ask what the expenditures were from this $1.85 million in the previous two fiscal years. Thank you.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Kalgutkar
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the Member is right. The revised budget for 2011-12 year is $791,000. That’s based on the $527,000 carried forward from 2010-11 and the $264,000 that was in the department’s budget. Some of the projects that were completed in the previous year include a planning study for an access road to the Willow River gravel source in Aklavik; a vulnerability assessment of Highway No. 3; planning for a highway adaption to climate change in permafrost; a climate change adaption risk assessment workshop; and runway vulnerability protocols for some of the runways.
Some of the work planned for 2011-12 include comprehensive stakeholder discussions with the community governments; workshops addressing the impacts of climate change on ferry operations; completion of the DOT Climate Change Adaption Plan; further development on runway vulnerability protocols; monitoring the performance of the highway to source 177. So those are some of the activities that are happening in 2011-12. Thank you.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bob Bromley Weledeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to confirm, the work done in the past, it would amount to about $1.1 million. Is that correct?
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Kalgutkar
That’s my understanding, yes.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bob Bromley Weledeh
I guess my one complaint is that we’ve had two years of expenditures and I heard
absolutely nothing back on what those things were spent on and the results of the research and development. So I’d like to just register that complaint with the Minister and have him work with his colleagues to remedy that, hopefully on a routine basis.
My concern about this funding, of course, is that given the climate change ultimately involves everything, it would be very easy for these dollars to be spent on other things and claim to be spent on climate change. I consider the list we’ve heard to include one or two elements of that nature. That’s why I think this needs some ongoing oversight and reporting accountability. So that’s just a comment. Thank you.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Mr. Chairman, just to confirm for the record, we’ve noted the Member’s concerns and we will provide that formal feedback to the work done to date and the outcomes. Thank you.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. We’re on page 8, Transportation, operations expenditures, corporate services, not previously authorized, $527,000.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Moving along to page 9, Environment and Natural Resources, forest management, special warrants, $6.012 million.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 23-16(6): Concurrence Of Td 53-16(6), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters