Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The additional funding budget is available to non-tax-based communities, specifically the designated First Nations authorities.
Debates of Feb. 21st, 2011
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Gareau
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
So is that the nine communities that have what we call band status or band government status?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Gareau
Yes, that’s correct.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
So is that over and above the $4.4 million or is that in addition, a separate cost altogether for the nine communities and the $44.3 million is for the remaining 24 communities?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Gareau
All 33 community governments receive their proportionate share of the $44.3 million, then in addition to that the nine designated First Nations authorities receive the additional funding for mobile equipment and utility costs.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thanks for the clarification. In regard to another issue I had on contributions for water and sewer service funding, for communities like those where they have mixed services with both water delivery and utilidor services, a combination of services, where the costs may be higher for the total operational costs of water and sewer services, is that formula calculated in the way that you can accommodate those communities with mixed services of both water delivery and utilidor systems in place?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Gareau
Yes, the Member is correct. Part of the formula used to determine the funding allocations do take into consideration unique community-specific factors to a certain extent. Other factors looked at include things such as the type of the plant, cost of utilities and so on.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
In regard to an illustration, I’ve noticed that there has been an increase of about $300,000 from last year’s mains to the revised mains. Can you illustrate what that $300,000 increase was for?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Gareau
That was an internal reallocation that the department has processed and that is due to three water treatment plants where the type of treatment plant has changed from a class 1 to a
class 2 system, for example. That was in Deline, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok. The year over year increases reflect the increased funding to those communities because of the change in their water treatment system.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
In light of the water and sewer services, with regard to federal regulations and the possibility of having to process grey water, have we taken into consideration the cost of that obligation or requirement that communities will have to take on if that legislation goes forward?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Gareau
We don’t have that information available, but we’ll be happy to get that information back to the Member.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Thank you, Ms. Gareau. Page 6-40, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, grants and contributions, community government grants and contributions, grants, $51.902 million.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Page 6-40, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, grants and contributions, community government grants and contributions, contributions, $13.485 million.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Page 6-40, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, grants and contributions, total community government grants and contributions, $65.387 million.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Page 6-41, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, grants and contributions, other grants and contributions, grants, $80,000.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
The Chair Glen Abernethy
Page 6-41, Municipal and Community Affairs, activity summary, regional operations, grants and contributions, other grants and contributions, contributions, $1.125 million. Ms. Bisaro.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to see if I could get an explanation here. We have youth corps and youth contribution programs and I’ve been advised earlier that youth corps tends to be a territorial focus and the youth contributions a regional focus. We have almost as much money here in regional operations for youth corps as we do under sport, recreation and youth. Could I get some examples of what the $500,000 for youth corps funding is used for?
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Aumond
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess youth corps funding is split out amongst the regional offices and I guess I’ll just pick someone like, for example, in the Deh Cho we have a budget of about $210,000 that will be run out of that office. That’s anywhere from outdoor leadership to youth conferences to moose hide tanning. In the South Slave we have youth development plans and youth leadership gatherings. If you go to Inuvik we have Ivvavik Field Program. These are broken down and we can provide the Member with a breakdown of all the youth corps funding. Really then we have the territorial programs as well that are run out of headquarters such as the Northern Youth Abroad Program, Foster Family Coalition Camp Connections, Take a Kid Trapping, for example. There’s probably in total close to 20 to 30 different types of projects or programs that get run out of youth corps that are split between the regional office and headquarters but are territorial in nature.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
All those are good things. I don’t need a list of the activities that are funded. I’m just struggling to understand how a regional activity has a territorial focus, but that’s a comment. I don’t need an answer.
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters