Debates of Oct. 1st, 2015

This is page numbers 6559 – 6620 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 know.

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Oral Questions

Prayer

2014-2015 Public Works And Services Energy Conservation Projects Annual Report

Tourism Highlights

Impact Of Fiscal Restraint On The Public Service

Flexibility In The Delivery Of Government Of The Northwest Territories Programs

Shortage Of Long-Term Care Facilities For Seniors

Mackenzie Delta Elders Care Facilities

Great Slave Lake Fishery

Establishing Of NWT Ombudsman Office

Sahtu Child Care Requirements

NWT Housing Corporation Repair And Renovation Programs

GNWT Debt And Borrowing Capacity

Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project

Kakisa Community Hall Grand Opening

Tu Nedhe High School Graduates

Condolences To Tlicho Families On Recent Passing Tragedies

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Comprehensive GNWT Agriculture Policy

Child Care Services In The Sahtu Region

Disclosure Of Private Health Care Information To Approved Contacts

Mackenzie Delta Elders Facilities

Draft Conservation Plan

Housing Program Co-Payments

Question 904-17(5) Great Slave Lake Fishery

Diagnostic Imaging Issue

Inuvik Airport Road Improvements

Impact Of Fiscal Restraint On The Public Service

Hearing Aids For Children

Bill 54: An Act To Amend The Forest Management Act

Tabled Document 318-17(5): Cabinet Operational Guidelines During A Transition Period

Tabled Document 319-17(5): Memorandum Of Agreement Between The Government Of The Northwest Territories And Government Of Nunavut On The Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan Acts

Tabled Document 320-17(5): Northwest Territories Coroner Service 2014 Annual Report

Tabled Document 321-17(5): Annual Report Of The Conflict Of Interest Commissioner With Respect To The Filing Of Disclosure Statements

Tabled Document 322-17(5): Draft Ombudsman Act For The Northwest Territories

Tabled Document 323-17(5): Article From NWT Literacy Council On Universal Child Care

Northwest Territories Disabilities Services

Bill 68: An Act To Amend The Child And Family Services Act, No. 2

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Report of Committee of the Whole

Orders of the Day

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Guy

The total number of assets we have in Yellowknife is not that many. I would think in the major assets we have a central warehouse out by McDonald’s; we have the Data Centre; we have the Laing Building, the new office building, the Stuart Hodgson Building and our North Slave regional o

ffice. I don’t think we have very many other large

office spaces with roofs that we could potentially utilize. Most of the other ones are leased space or owned by others. I think we could complete that evaluation reasonably quickly, but it would take, I assume, several months to do the engineering, the analysis and the costing on it beyond that.

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Bob Bromley Weledeh

One last question, and I appreciate this information. Was the new building constructed with the potential of solar on its roof in mind, and associated with that, do we now make sure that that’s a consideration when we design buildings and construct buildings?

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Guy

The new office building, certainly, I think we did do an analysis at the time and it didn’t seem to be feasible, but as the technology and costing changes, it may be feasible. I can recall back when we did the Data Centre, we did a similar exercise and it wasn’t feasible cost-wise. There was no business case to do it there. We looked at whether we could use it for charging the batteries in the UPSs, for example, and it wasn’t something that was feasible

from a busines

s case, but we’re going back and re-

evaluating those options again. So I think as we look at the potential, there is still a possibility of perhaps using a new office building going forward as an opportunity for solar.

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Bob Bromley Weledeh

Thanks again for that information. Just the last part, do we now, when we build buildings, routinely sort of consider the design of the roofing or the exterior with the potential of solar in mind?

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Guy

That’s one of the things we’re looking at,

updating our Good Building Practices to have a more robust chapter and prescription around those requirements going forward. As I said earlier, there are a number of projects here that we are embarking on through this plan that are going to have solar that weren’t originally envisioned, but as we go forward we will look at that, like we do with biomass, as possibly something that we will consider on a mandatory basis on new infrastructure.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Thank you, deputy minister. Committee, we’re on page 74, asset management, infrastructure investments, $14.792 million. Does committee agree?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Page 76, energy, infrastructure investments, $295,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Page 78, Technology Services Centre, infrastructure investments, $1.890 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Return to page 73, Public

Works

and

Services,

total

budget,

infrastructure investments, $16.977 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Does committee agree we have concluded Public Works and Services?

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September 30th, 2015

Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Mr. Guy and Ms. Gault. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses. Thank you, Minister Beaulieu.

Alright, committee, next on the order is Department of Finance. I’ll ask Mr. Miltenberger if he has any witnesses to bring into the Chamber.

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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Sorry. Is committee agreed to that?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Mr. Miltenberger, I’ll

get you to introduce your witness.

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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me Mr. Mike Aumond, deputy minister of Finance.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. We will open up to general comments for Finance. Department of Finance, general comments.

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Some Hon. Members

Detail.

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The Chair Robert Bouchard

Committee is agreed to go to detail?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Debates of Oct. 1st, 2015

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