Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Schauerte, Mr. Williams, welcome back to the House. It’s always good to see you folks. We are on general comments for MACA. Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just briefly, I just wanted to touch on the way the department deals with the communities. As I said with the capital projects, it is up to the communities now to develop their own capital plans. From past experience, I really appreciate the way they operate now. I always say I’m glad the New Deal is moving forward. I hope we continue this practice. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the Member for his comments. I think we’ve all been to the communities and we’ve seen the work that they’ve done. With the responsibility they’ve been given they’ve done a lot of fantastic projects in the community. As the Member said, they have the ability now to make the decisions as to what their priorities are. I appreciate the comments and a shout out to the communities.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Before we continue with Mr. Blake, committee, I draw your attention to the gallery. We have Yellowknife resident Mr. Marino Casebeer joining us today watching the proceedings. Mr. Casebeer, thank you for joining us.

Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was about the only comment I had there. I’m glad to hear that we are planning to continue this practice and I look forward to the future projects the communities have.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. I’ll take that as a comment. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a couple of comments and I don’t need a response from the Minister. I will have questions when we get to detail. I just wanted to say that I was really pleased to see that there was a review of the funding formula for communities in this past year. It was well overdue, and I think the process that the department undertook was a good one. My communications with the folks from the City of Yellowknife was that it was a good process, well thought out and lots of good discussions and that the end product was a good one. I was really glad to hear that.

I do have to say that I’m looking forward to hearing about 911 when we get to that page. I’m also looking forward to hearing about the advancements in regard to the hotel levy when we get to that page. I do have to say, and I will have questions when we get there, but I do have to say that I am extremely disappointed about the transfer of the NGO Stabilization Fund to MACA from the Executive. It doesn’t belong in MACA. It’s an all-encompassing fund that stretches across all departments, which is what the Executive does and MACA does not. No disrespect to the MACA staff who might be handling it, but it just doesn’t belong in MACA.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. The Member asked to be just general comments without reply, so we’ll respect her wishes. She’ll be dealing with those in detail. General comments? Is committee prepared to go into detail?

Committee, we’ll commence with detail. We’ll defer page 351 until consideration of activity details for MACA. I’d like to turn your attention to page 352, Municipal and Community Affairs, revenue summary, information. Any questions? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a question on this page in regard to the number. It looks as though the revenue, for instance, in 2015-16 is $187,000, but then there’s a line underneath that total, and I need an explanation. The total for 2014-15 revised is $187,000 and then beneath that it has $2.561 million, and I don’t know quite where that other number comes from, so if I could get some explanation, please.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Mr. Schauerte.

Thank you, Mr. Schauerte. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Chair, and thanks, Mr. Schauerte, for pointing out what I should have seen in the first place. I guess the revenue for Building Canada Plan for this year, ’15-16, is not there because we haven’t got it yet. Is that right?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is correct; we haven’t gotten it yet.

Committee, we’re on page 352, Municipal and Community Affairs, revenue summary, information item. Any questions?

Thank you, committee. Page 353, Municipal and Community Affairs, active position summary, information item. Any questions?

Seeing none, thank you. Page 355, Municipal and Community Affairs, community operations, operations expenditure summary, $2.093 million. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I note the last line of the text on page 354 says that this section is also responsible for coordinating MACA’s responsibilities for environmental liabilities. I thought that those environmental liabilities came either under Lands or under ENR, so could I get an explanation of what MACA’s responsibilities are under for, or under environmental liabilities?