Debates of March 8th, 2018

This is page numbers 3721 – 3766 of the Hansard for the 18th Assembly, 3rd 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 women.

Topics

Oral Questions
Prayer
Women In Leadership
Progress On Transparency And Accountability Initiatives
Acknowledgement Of Firth Sisters
Community Wellness Initiatives
International Women's Day
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
Cannabis Enforcement Training For Bylaw Officers
Role Of The Status Of Women Council
Northwest Territories Power Corporation Generator Procurement And Cost Overruns
Electronic Medical Records System
Site C Hydroelectric Dam Project
Health Information Act
Aurora College Foundational Review
Aurora College Foundational Review
Tabled Document 123-18(3): Northwest Territories Health And Social Services Authority 2016-2017 Annual Report
Bill 7: Chartered Professional Accountants Act
Appointment Of Human Rights Adjudication Panel Member
Appointment Of Human Rights Commission Member
Increasing Women's Participation In The Legislative Assembly
Recorded Vote
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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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Minister.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As long as I have been the Minister of Transportation, this program has always been oversubscribed. Our expenditures are tight on everything else in training to maintain the system of the Northwest Territories; so we will not fund from within on everything else. With the extra $500,000 that we are going to get, I suspect that that will be maxed out as we go forward, too. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu

Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I was including the extra $500,000. In the response earlier, then, does that mean that was fully subscribed to the $1 million as opposed to the $1.5 million? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Clarification, Minister?

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Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess one of the things around this program is we get oversubscribed with these projects. We know quite in advance how much money has been asked for. As things move forward, for some reason or not, some of these communities don't come forward after they get their projects approved, so we tend to re-evaluate and move some projects up the list if some people don't get their project to the table and done in the time that they are allotted. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Minister. The question was: was the program subscribed to the $1 million or to the $1.5 million? Minister.

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Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, it is the $1.5 million. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Tom Beaulieu

Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have nothing further on this page.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Further to corporate management. Mr. Beaulieu, the clock is still running, so I will allow you to keep commenting.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Tom Beaulieu

Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Sorry, Mr. Chairman. I thought that page 246 was a different task, but I see that it is just a different section. I have a question on the next page. On the local community roads, I am wondering if the Minister could briefly describe that program to me, that contribution. How does the contribution work? Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Minister.

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Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's the way the title is, but that is actually the CAP program. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Minister. Would you please elaborate on CAP? Is that an acronym?

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann Hay River South

Community Access Program, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Tom Beaulieu

Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to get it cleared up in my own mind, on page 245, we have the Community Access Program that we just exchanged on, the $1.5 million, and then, for local roads, it is also called CAP, and it provides a contribution. I am wondering if these are two different pots of money, or if this is the same pot of money. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Some clarification from the Minister? Minister.

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Wally Schumann

Wally Schumann Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 246, that is where we record the grants to the community, and the number of 1,480 is what we give the community, but there are also incremental costs there for travel and some other offset costs that raise it to $1.5 million. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.

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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Tom Beaulieu

Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh

Thank you. On page 245, we have a budget for CAP. On page 246, we have a contribution. Is this page the detail of the previous page? Mr. Chair, that is my question.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. McCormick.

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Mccormick

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Page 245 is the total cost to the department of the program budgeted, the 1,508. The 1,480 is what it actually set aside for the contributions made under it, and the difference is some departmental O and M costs, like travel associated with it and those sorts of things. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair R.J. Simpson

Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.