Can we proceed to a clause-by-clause review of the bill?
Debates of March 27th, 2023
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Committee, we will defer the bill number and title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 1 of the bill.
Clause 1, does committee agree?
---Clauses 1 through 15 inclusive approved
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Committee, to the bill as a whole, does committee agree that Bill 63, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act, is now ready for third reading?
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Some Hon. Members
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 63, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, Minister. Thank you to your witnesses. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber.
I will now call Committee of the Whole back to order. Come on, guys. Committee, we've agreed to consider Tabled Document 881-19(2), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023. Does the Minister of Finance have any opening remarks?
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023. These supplementary estimates propose a total increase of $24.044 million, comprised of the following items:
- $27.75 million to provide funding for the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link Project;
- $205,000 to increase the total project budget for the Land Tenure Optimization System; and,
- A decrease of $4.886 million to adjust infrastructure project cash flows to realign the appropriations with the anticipated project schedules.
These estimates also propose the supplementary appropriations that will be offset by federal revenues, including:
- $726,000 for fish processing equipment for the Hay River Fish Plant;
- $158,000 for cost increases related to the Fort Simpson airfield electrical replacement project; and,
- $91,000 for nurse call bells in Fort Simpson, to be included in the communications retrofit project.
That concludes my opening remarks. I would be happy to answer any questions that the Members might have.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses into the Chamber. Minister, can you please introduce your witnesses.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, on my left I have Bill MacKay, who is the deputy minister of Finance. And on my right Kristal Melanson, director of management board secretariat.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Welcome. I will now open the floor for general comments. Member for Frame Lake.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. Can someone tell me what the opening supplement -- the supplementary reserve was for the infrastructure side in 2022-2023. Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, there are -- supplementary reserves are on the operations side. There aren't supplementary reserves for infrastructure sups. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Sorry, thanks. Okay, so as a result of this supplementary appropriation, are we going to be in a -- does this create -- are we going -- what's the debt that's created through this supplementary appropriation? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, at this point the net impact doesn't have us going into any new debt on this one -- actually, Madam Chair, sorry, let me -- I think I'm looking at the wrong page. Let me direct that to the deputy minister.
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Mackay
Thank you, Madam Chair. So the total impact to be $31,758,000. So we'll be spending more than what was budgeted under the capital plan. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks. Maybe I'm really mistaken, but I understood that we actually did have a reserve on the infrastructure side. Can I just confirm that with the Minister. Thanks, Madam Chair.