Bill 4, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2013-2014, has had first reading.

Item 19, second reading of bills. Mr. Miltenberger.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 4, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2013-2014, be read for the second time.

This bill authorizes the Government of the Northwest Territories to make appropriations for operations expenditures for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Bill 4 has had second reading.

Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 1, Tlicho Statutes Amendment Act; Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Territorial Parks Act; Committee Report 1-17(4), Report on the Review of the 2011-2012 Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission Annual

Report; Tabled Document 43-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012; Tabled Document 44-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012; Tabled Document 45-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013; Tabled Document 49-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013; Tabled Document 50-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2013-2014, with Mrs. Groenewegen in the chair.

By the authority given me as Speaker, by Motion 1-17(4), I hereby authorize the House to sit beyond the daily hour of adjournment to consider business before the House.

I call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee today? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Sorry, Madam Chair, I was just getting clarification. The committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 49-17(4), Supplementary Estimates, No. 1, 2013-2014, and Tabled Document 50-17(4), Supplementary Estimates, No. 3, 2012-2013.

Is

committee agreed?

We will take a short break – short break – so we can get some paper to the Members.

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Members, I’d like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. We’re going to begin with Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013. I’d like to ask the Minister if he would like to bring his opening remarks. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013. This document provides for an increase of $11.390 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Major items in this supplementary estimate include:

• $1 million to report a special warrant approved

on December 14, 2012, for the Department of Transportation to complete reconstruction of the Nahanni Butte access road that was damaged during the flood in June 2012;

• a transfer of $5.3 million from operations

expenditures for the Department of Transportation to capitalize the debt servicing costs associated with the Deh Cho Bridge debt;

• $5 million for the Department of Transportation

for activities related to the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project, such as upgrade of the Source 177 access road, additional geotechnical investigations, and the continuation of environmental and engineering work. These costs will be partially offset by funding from the federal government.

I am prepared to review the details on the supplementary estimates document. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. I’d like to ask the Minister if he would like to bring witnesses into the Chamber.

Yes, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Is committee agreed?

Agreed. Thank you. I will ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses to the table.

For the record, Mr. Miltenberger, could you please introduce your witnesses?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr. Mike Aumond, deputy minister of Finance; Mr. Russ Neudorf, deputy minister of Transportation; Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar, deputy secretary of the FMB. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Are there general comments on the Supplementary Appropriation, No. 3?

Okay. Thank you. Please refer to your document. Turn to page 5, please, 2012-2013 Supplementary Appropriation No. 3, (Infrastructure Expenditures). Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, special warrants, $1.028 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. With respect to the $5 million for the Inuvik-Tuk Highway Project for the Source 177 access road, the bullet point and what also is mentioned in the opening comments was that these costly parts should be covered from the federal government for this cost-shared project. I wonder if the Minister or department can indicate as to where would that be classified in the cost-sharing estimate in terms of a descriptor. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m not sure I’m clear on the question. We have a project that costs $299 million. We know the federal government is putting in $200 million, 67 percent of the project, and we’re putting in $100 million. I’m not sure that is the issue that the Member was wanting me to address. Thank you.

No, I’m fully aware, and I appreciate the Minister for again reassuring the people in the House of the breakdown. The question I have is will this show up in the appropriate cost-estimate breakdown at a moment in time when we do have that tabled in the House. Will that actually show up as a line entry, as a supp line within the budget? Thank you.

Madam Chair, it will be a line item. It will be amortized over the life of the project. That’s how it will be delineated in the budget documents. Thank you.