Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. For clarity, I want to ensure that small business and other public buildings and residents of Fort Smith have the option to connect to the green energy proposal that's before us, and is that going to happen even before the expansion takes place, because we have all this excess energy that is not being used, and I'd like to have clarity on that. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, that's the intent. I mean, we have a 2030 Energy Strategy that we have to meet. We have targets. We have action plans every three years we look at and, you know, determine what do we need to do within some of our energy infrastructure projects. So that is something we are looking at going forward. So I take that as a comment, and I appreciate the Member's concern that we need to be able to move to more greener energy. Thanks.
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
I just want to thank -- Madam Chair, I just want to thank the Minister for her comments. I'm a big supporter of the Taltson expansion in the South Slave because it's good energy and it's going to be shared with also the residents of Yellowknife and other communities, and I look forward to a successful project. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. And I appreciate the Member's concern and support as well because that's really important as we push some of our projects going forward, to be able to get the support from the MLAs to help us work with Indigenous groups is key in being able to push these forward. And I do want to make a comment. Perhaps I didn't answer the earlier question but, you know, one of the Members mention that we did an MOU signing with one of the mines. So I mean, that's a great start going forward, to be able to work and capitalize on some of the work that we have for the Taltson. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Are there any further questions under infrastructure, energy and strategy initiatives? Seeing none, committee, please turn to -- or sorry. Infrastructure, energy and strategic initiatives, infrastructure investment, $62,213,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Committee, please turn to page 58, programs and services, with information items on page 59. Minister, did you wish to switch out our witnesses for the next section?
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witness and bring in the new witness. Thank you.
Please introduce your witness.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Still with me today is my deputy minister Steve Loutitt, and Delia Chesworth who is assistant deputy minister for programs and services for this section. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Okay. So Members, Infrastructure, programs and services, infrastructure investments $50,057,000. Are there any questions, comments? Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I see that there's, under the technology service centre, there's a replacement of our capital service network and storage infrastructure. Would someone be able to tell me the estimated cost of that replacement?
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'm going to have Delia speak to the technology service centre in the evergreen. So thank you.
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Chesworth
Thank you, Madam Chair. The work that is being done to evergreen the technology service centre is to replace infrastructure on a cyclical basis. Approximately one-sixth of our infrastructure is replaced on an annual basis with capital improvements to that infrastructure.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. I'm looking at page 58, and I see information technology projects is $2.5 million. So can I just clarify that we spend $2.5 million a year evergreening our current TSC servers, networks, and storage infrastructure? Thank you.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we're going to have to get back to the Member on that. I would hate to be quoted on an exact number without further looking into the details on that. Thank you, Madam Chair.