I was going to ask we are on regional operations? Here, community government funding, it's 49 for this fiscal year and still the same in the new fiscal year. Does this reflect the current -- because we know that the inflation fluctuates and we talked about it before. I'm just wondering if it's added within this 49 for the next fiscal year?
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Thank you. The Member is correct, there is no increase in the community government funding line, but there is an increase going to community governments. If you look at the community government mandate funding line, an increase from $3.3 million to $4.167 million. And that's the funding that is proposed to be approved to help reduce the municipal funding gap. Thank you.
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Jane Weyallon Armstrong Monfwi
Okay, how is this fund being allocated? Is it based on per capita or infrastructure? There's a community government funding.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
So there's a formula that was developed, and that how the funding's allocated, according to that formula. Thank you.
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Jane Weyallon Armstrong Monfwi
It would be nice if we could see that formula, how the funding's being allocated. And this also this other one too, community government mandate funding, that one that -- to close the gap. How is that funding going to be allocated among 33 communities?
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Thank you. MACA has a formula funding to allocate the community government funding. Various things in it, including things like population. But we will use that same formula to allocate the community government mandate funding. Thank you.
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Jane Weyallon Armstrong Monfwi
Thank you. And this water and sewer services funding to provide funding to support community government, so that's 19. How is that being allocated too as well, to the community? Because -- I would like to get answer for that first please.
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Jane Weyallon Armstrong Monfwi
Okay, with the recent experience in Tlicho region, that was an emergency for us because having, you know, access to clean water, and that's one of the mandate for the government too, is that to have -- to provide funding for program and services in the communities. This was an emergency. Flooding and fire is also an emergency situation. That's natural disaster. And so I just wanted to see -- I wanted to know why water and sewer, especially for water, having access to clean drinking water was not part -- is not seen or part of an emergency situation for communities as large as Tlicho region, especially in Behchoko where there -- we're the largest Dene community in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
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Gareau
Thank you. We do have a disaster assistance policy which is used to respond to major emergency. The situation in Behchoko did not meet the criteria laid out in that policy which is, you know, it has to be a sudden unanticipated event that impacts a large number of people. And I know that the situation in Behchoko, there were several -- you know, many people impacted by it. The difference is that it is the community government's responsibility to respond and -- which they did, and they did a very good job in terms of, you know, bringing in MACA, bringing in other expertise and getting the repairs done as quickly as they could. Thank you.