Thank you, Madam Chair. The $1.6 million is the staff costs for GNWT staff and for the inspection department, for the group. Yes, indeed. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho
Mahsi, Madam Chair. We are using the GNWT staff, so we are paying back to the GNWT with that money. I also note, down on the contract services, what does that entail, that amount there, $1.7 million?
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. That was asked earlier, but I'm going to see if ADM Brennan can repeat that. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't have a list of all that entails, but I can give the Member some of the items that it would include. It would include -- jeepers, where do I start -- air, marine, and safety. They have the contract to work at airports, so some of the building work that happens at airports, upgrades and whatnot, that's contracted out. Compliance and licensing, they contract out the maintenance of their drive system. Basically, it's just various contracts throughout all the different divisions that add up to that $1.7 million. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho
Mahsi, Madam Chair. Most of your contracts for all those services, are they contractors based in the NWT, northern contractors? Mahsi.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm looking at the line item there for contract services in the expenditure category. You'll see a variance there of $6.2 million in some of the contracting services. I just want to say that $4 million is absorbed within the MTS deficit in order to stay within its authorized stabilization limits, and then the other $2 million is a department-absorbed fuel services division deficit in order to stay within its authorized stabilized limits. That's what the variance in the contract is. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho
Mahsi, Madam Chair. I got confused there because I see a line item of $1.7 million, and she is talking about $4 million here and there. I'm just wondering. It's the contract services on page 248, Madam Chair. Mahsi.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Red means decrease, so there is a decrease in previous years to now. I'll get ADM Brennan to speak a little bit more about the line item.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I have colour; I've got the good stuff. In terms of the $1.7 million for contract services, we don't have the breakdown by northern and southern, but the majority of this work is for airports, air, marine, and safety, and most of that work happens in our small communities where our 26 airports are located outside Yellowknife. Unfortunately, we don't have the breakdown right now. Most of that money is spent in the North, but unfortunately, we just don't have that right now. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho
Mahsi, Madam Chair. Contract services, that's not for any specialized services or anything, is it? What type of contract work does this entail? I think you may have answered that before; I'm not sure.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, we did answer that already, but if the Member likes, we can get ADM Vandenberg to answer it again.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. For the most part, these are contracted services, and I believe ADM Brennan mentioned airports. The majority of this money is spent with northern contractors and northern businesses.
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Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho
I just wasn't sure what type of work that entailed and if the small contractors can access it. Anyway, I heard talk when I was working with Infrastructure back in 2018-2019 about MTS getting their own maintenance personnel. My question is: did that happen? Mahsi.