Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Item 15, notices of motion. Item 16, motions. Item 17, notices of motion for the first reading of billings. Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act; and Tabled Document 30-19(2), Main estimates 2020-2021, the Department of Infrastructure, with the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes in the chair.
Debates of June 1st, 2020
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Tabled Document 121-19(2): Northwest Territories Housing Corporation 2020-21 Consolidated Operating Budget
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee, Mr. Norn?
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Marsi cho, Madam Chair. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 30-19(2), Main Estimates, Department of Infrastructure; and also further, Madam Chair, we wish to consider Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, committee. We will have a short recess and will resume with where we left off with Infrastructure, regional operations.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
All right, committee. I am going to call committee back to order. Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 30-19(2), Main Estimates 2020-2021. We were at the Department of Infrastructure, and we were going to start regional operations. Does the Minister wish to bring witnesses to the House?
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Yes, Madam Chair. I would like to bring Dr. Joe Dragon, my deputy minister, and Mr. Gary Brennan, the director of financial services.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber. Would the Minister please introduce her witnesses?
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. On everyone's left if we are looking at the back of the room is Dr. Joe Dragon, my deputy minister, and on his left, our right, is Mr. Gary Brennan, director of corporate services. Thank you.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, Minister. All right. We will start with regional operations, beginning on page 239, with information items up to page 242. Questions. Did I miss something? There are no questions. Do we have questions? Member for Frame Lake.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. Are we also dealing with the revolving fund pages that follow that? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
We are dealing with pages 239 to 242, and then we will go on to the next following sections, technology service, after, so up to 242 right now, regional operations. Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I am just looking at the line item "highway operations," $80 million. Can I get a sense what that money is for? Is that all of our road maintenance costs, or does that also show up in the capital budget? If I could get a sense of which part of road maintenance is in this budget versus capital? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I am looking at the item "highway operations" specifically, $80 million, and I would like to get a sense of what this line item entails and where exactly road maintenance falls within the operations budget versus the capital budget. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. I think this is one that I will ask Dr. Dragon to answer.
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Dr. Dragon
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, this allotment of $80 million is looking at all of our highway operations across the regions. Looking at a number of activities that we have within that program detail would look at resurfacing, bridge rehabilitation, culvert repairs, that type of activity that goes right across the Territory. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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