Moving along to page 6-14. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just wondering what the plan is for the additional expenditures in contribution funding for NWT Association of Communities, Local Government Administrators and the Arctic Energy Alliance.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.

I’ll have Mr. Aumond speak to that.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Aumond.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you for that information. So this is not a special allocation or anything like that. This is core funding that’s part of the regular core funding. That’s fine. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. No question. I’ll go to the next person on my list. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much. On this page here, Mr. Chair, it talks about Extraordinary Funding Policy. Can the Minister provide me with examples with some of his emergency funding that he provided in 2010-11?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We haven’t rolled out any funding in 2010-11, but overall we use this for such things as utilidor repairs or we’ve used it in the past for water reservoir refill, some repairs on community centres and land slide repairs. As far as this year, we haven’t rolled out any funding yet. Thank you.

I see that the amount stays the same for 2011-12, which is good to see. Just in terms of the Extraordinary Funding Policy, what are some of the guidelines that surround that policy?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Aumond.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Menicoche. Page 6-14, Municipal and Community Affairs, summary, directorate, grants and contributions, grants, $168,000; contributions, $470,000; total grants and contributions, $638,000.

Going on to page 6-15, Municipal and Community Affairs, information item, directorate, active positions. Agreed?

I would like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. Today we are discussing the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. We are on page 6-17. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regards to public safety, one of the issues in regards to fire safety regulations -- and again I mentioned earlier in my opening comments – and giving the communities and volunteer firefighters in our communities the tools that they need to ensure that they not only have the training and they have the equipment, but more importantly, that we are able to not only enforce the regulations that we put in force but also that we ensure that we have the capacity in our communities to ensure that we are there in regards to protecting the public when it talks about fire prevention, but more importantly, fire retention in regards to as our community is not only vulnerable to fires from within but also fires that come from outside the community regardless, forest fires. In the forest fire season during the summer months, and as we have seen in the situation that we have run into, we are aware that there is the major possibility of major fire season happening in the next while, because we haven’t really had any major fires in the last number of years and realizing that we have to not only have the capacity but have the ability to have trained firefighters in our communities and also elsewhere. I would just like to know from the Minister exactly what are we doing to enhancing the area of training and the equipment that people deserve.

I know that Mr. Jacobson mentioned in the House that the costs for Scott Air Packs and other equipment that they need in regards to fire response but also equipping the firefighters in our communities. They are not only protecting the community but also protecting themselves when they are responding to a fire. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister McLeod.