Debates of March 9th, 2015

This is page numbers 6061 – 6102 of the Hansard for the 17th Assembly, 5th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was health.

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Oral Questions

Prayer

Office Of Auditor General’s Report And Justice Updates

Conference Board Of Canada Health Status Report

Application Of Payroll Tax On Northern Residents

Candidate Diversity In Upcoming Territorial Election

Contractor Safety Management System

NWT Youth Ambassador Program

Dehcho Process Negotiations

Sahtu Region Sustainable Economic Development

Gender Equity In Corporate Governance Structures

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Acknowledgements 19-17(5): Caroline Bonnetrouge – Wise Woman Award Recipient

Supports For Sewing And Beading Craftwork

Dehcho Process Negotiations

Application Of NWT Payroll Tax On Northern Residents

Contractor Safety Management System

NWT Youth Ambassador Program

Questions 768-17(5): Conference Board Of Canada Health Status Report

Winter 2015 Fur Prices

Advancement Of Women In Northern Society

History Of The RCMP In The Northwest Territories

Response To Auditor General’s Report On Corrections In The Northwest Territories

Conference Board Of Canada Health Status Report

Return To Written Question 34-17(5): Decentralization Analysis

Bill 42: An Act To Amend The Residential Tenancies Act

Tabled Document 216-17(5): Return To Written Question 23-17(5), Decentralization Analysis

Tabled Document 217-17(5): 2014 NWT Survey Of Mining Employees Overall Report, December 2014 Tabled Document 218-17(5): Review Of The Venture Investment Program And The Contribution Programs Of The NWT Business Development And Investment Corporation, March 7, 2013 Tabled Document 219-17(5): Review O

Domestic Violence Death Review Committee

Wellness Centre At Stanton Hospital

Establishment Of A Special Committee On Transition Matters

Bill 49: An Act To Amend The Deh Cho Bridge Act

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Concurrence Of Td 188-17(5), Northwest Territories Main Estimates, 2015-2016

Concurrence Of Td 205-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2014-2015

Concurrence Of Td 206-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2014-2015

Concurrence Of Td 207-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016

Report of Committee of the Whole

Orders of the Day

Committee Motion 104-17(5): Concurrence Of Td 206-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2014-2015, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. Page 7, Lands, capital investment expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $274,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $274,000. Does committee agree?

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. Page 8, Transportation, capital investment expenditures. Ms. Bisaro.

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I have a question here with regards to the total amount of money. The budget indicates that the net impact on government operations is nil because this says $28.5 million is totally offset by federal funding. There is a cost

sharing between the federal and territorial governments, is my understanding with this Build Canada Fund. What is the percentage of cost share, please? Thank you.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Miltenberger.

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Seventy-five federal, 25 territorial. Thank you.

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thanks to the Minister. What I’m trying to understand is this $28.5 million is presumably the 75 percent, because it’s going to be offset by funding from the federal government, so where is our 25 percent share? Thank you.

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Our matching dollars were in the capital plan that was approved in November. Thank you.

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thanks to the Minister. So, the total cost of these projects is not $28.5 million is my guess. The total cost is 25 percent more than this. Is that correct? Thanks.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thanks, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll go to Mr. Kalgutkar.

Kalgutkar

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is correct. The total investment in this first bundle is in addition to the 75 that the feds are putting in is the 25 percent of our share as well. Thank you.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. Ms. Bisaro.

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thanks. I guess my last question would be: What is the total cost of this bundle of projects? Thank you.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister of Transportation, Mr. Beaulieu.

Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess the best way to answer the question is that the total cost of this bundle here is $96 million. What we’re doing is we have the bundle divided into four fiscal years. In this year, the $28 million, we will be trying to load as much of the federal money, the Building Canada funding, to the front end of this agreement as possible. But at the end of the day, it’s going to be spread out over 10 years.

I don’t have the matching number here, but I could get that information for committee.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. Ms. Bisaro.

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister. I think I understand.

I just have one last comment. I was somewhat dismayed to hear the Minister say that in the next bundle it’s going to be mostly bridges. It’s already decided what’s going in the next bundle and it hasn’t even been brought before any Members on this side of the House to have any kind of an input. We didn’t have much input into this bundle and

where this money was going, and it sounds like it’s already decided where the next several bundles are going, so I have to express my dismay. Thank you.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll treat that as a comment. Committee, we’re on page 8, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $29.719 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $29.719 million. Does committee agree?

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that consideration of Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016 is concluded?

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. Ms. Bisaro.

Committee Motion 105-17(4): Concurrence Of Td 207-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 207-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 207-17(5) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you.

The Chair Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’re just circulating the motion.

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Some Hon. Members

Question.

Debates of March 9th, 2015

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