Thanks, Mr. Chair. It wasn’t so much that we wouldn’t do it, but I’m sure there are times when, for whatever reason, we don’t necessarily do an inspection. Then I’m not calling anybody’s credibility into ill repute here, but my concern was that if we miss doing an inspection, what are we on the hook for as a government?

Secondly to that, the line here states these tasks protect the public by ensuring all installations are constructed dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. So in reference to all installations, are we talking just

GNWT installations or are we talking private installations?

I go back to my example of somebody in Colville Lake who is doing an upgrade or doing an addition to their house and it’s not owned by the government, it’s owned by me as an individual. So to those two things. What are we on the hook for if we don’t do an inspection and do these inspection services apply to every piece of construction in the NWT? Thank you.

I think that covers it. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Moving on our list we’ll be going to the Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, it’s okay.

Moving on, the Member for YK Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On this particular page we have $51,000 under the TSC chargeback. I’m just trying to get a sense of, first of all, why does Public Works provide a TSC chargeback to itself and where does that revenue that accumulates from all of the TSC chargebacks actually show up?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I actually think the TSC chargebacks appear on 7-13 in the correct line as opposed to HR where it was in the wrong line under TSC chargebacks under $951,000. The $951,000 on this page is for computer hardware and software. The reason that TSC chargebacks would fall on this department is because this department is still utilizing the services of the TSC to manage and administer computer services. So like every other department, we have to pay our share of the TSC services.

Thank you. Now, that begs the question: Where does all the TSC chargeback go? If the TSC lies within the Department of Public Works, that money must go somewhere and where does it show up in our books? Thank you.

Later on when we get to page 7-26, there’s a complete, comprehensive list of projections and previous year estimates and actuals from ‘10-11 on all the dollars that came in from all of the departments, boards and agencies and the government services into the TSC. That money goes into the TSC to evergreen, to cover the cost of providing the services and all of those types of things. I might be missing something so I’ll go to Ms. Gault to see if there’s anything to add.

Thank you, committee. It’s been identified that the answer to this question will lie later in this document. So it’s my judgment that we’ll respond to that at that moment in time. So I’ll turn it back over to Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and actually it’s not so much the answer on page 7-26 that I was after. It’s about where does it show up basically in the revenue stream and noting that the TSC chargeback falls through on many pages, it does note the consolidated amount, but it doesn’t show up under Public Works revenue and it doesn’t show up under Finance revenue that falls into the general revenue. So I was just curious where the stream actually ends up. So we have great coordination and a wonderful spreadsheet on page 7-26, although we’re not there yet, of course, I recognize that, but that’s irrelevant. It’s a matter of where does the money show up even though that line shows up on all of these particular pages. Ultimately that’s the question, which is where do we find where that revenue goes back into the system? What page is that? Whether it’s in this department or any other department, there’s got to be a corresponding line item somewhere within this budget.

We’ll take it under advisement and I’ll ask the Member to reiterate that question when we get to 7-26. Mr. Hawkins, continue.

Tough. Okay, that’s fine. I guess seeing how it was brought up, the National Building Code, by a previous Member, although he does represent – and I appreciate that – certain idealism that probably isn’t shared by very many people here, I will ask the department have they adopted the National Building Code and if not, why not. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The GNWT has accepted and utilizes the National Building Code.

Thank you. That wouldn’t be the whole National Building Code would it?

I’m not sure I understand what the Member means by that.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Hawkins, can you clarify your question, please?

Has the GNWT fully adopted the complete National Building Code? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’ll turn it over to Mr. Guy for a response.

Is it a fair assumption to say that certain particular parts of the National Building Code have been adopted by Public Works and maybe with the knowledge of the deputy minister, certain sections of the National Building Code have been adopted by Municipal and Community Affairs, but not the whole National Building Code?