Thank you. Minister of Finance.
Debates of March 27th, 2023
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. So it is a federal fund. I can't necessarily speak to the details of the federal fund. But for the purposes here, it is supporting the nursing call bells in the Deh Cho Region and as well as in Avens Seniors. So in Avens Senior Home, it's to provide for oxygen concentrators, shower shares, patient lifts, medication carts, fridges, infection prevention and control. So, you know -- and that's in relation to, again, a long-term care facility. And in the Deh Cho region, it's related to nursing call bells, again in relation to long-term care facilities. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, is the reason this is coming forward in a sup because it was additional funding received from the federal government, is it annual funding, and how many years can we expect to see this come forward if it is something that is multi-year funding block? Thank you.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe, Madam Chair, that it was part of an unspent balance from the previous fiscal year, and so this is the remaining amount that was unspent now carried forward and fully satisfies the amount that was available. Thank you.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Are there any further questions or comments?
Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, health and social service programs, not previously authorized, $91,000. Does committee agree?
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Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $91,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Committee, please turn to page 7. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, economic diversification and business support, not previously authorized, $726,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, mineral and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, negative $1,717,000. Does committee agree? Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I see we're moving $1.7 million over to I assume another year for the mineral administration and registry system, also known as MARS. I believe this is the system that will one day hopefully allow us to have online map staking. Can I just get an update in the timing for this project and when we expect to have online map staking in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Member is correct. This was moved over to the following fiscal year, which is expected to be when that amount will be fully spent.
As for project timelines and activities, we are expecting to have this contract awarded this fall, which means it would then be being built and then implemented thereafter over the next -- it takes approximately two years and with a go-live date to follow. So, you know, early in 2025.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Yeah, I guess 2025 for online map staking. You know, at one point, perhaps naively, I thought we were going to have that done, well, very quickly in this Assembly. I get, perhaps that this is a bit of a custom piece of software. Is there -- is it not possible to perhaps get online map staking a little faster? At one point, I believe there was suggestions about using other registries that, you know, exist everywhere else in Canada. Yeah, is there any way we can speed this up? Thank you.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I have asked the very same question actually not so much of the folks of Finance but more from the folks at ITI, and I know that there is some effort underway to try and do a bit of parallel work but the online map staking program development depends very much on the regulations that it is then going to be applying. So what I understand the effort is right now is to try to put some work in parallel so that we're not entirely waiting for the final version of every regulation to be fully concluded with the Mineral Resources Act project before beginning the work of some of the background for online map staking development, procurement, etcetera. So I gather that some of that is now happening in tandem. I can go back and confirm whether or not that parallel process will accelerate the 2025 estimated date or whether that 2025 date is actually a result of that. That I don't know, but I'll go back and confirm. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. My colleague from Yellowknife North asked some of my questions, although -- and I -- look, I am in favour of moving to map staking, but I've got a lot of issues and concerns if the fees aren't raised to appropriate levels and companies are allowed to go in and speculate and tie up a whole bunch of land without actually having to do anything. That's just not a good place to be. But I'd like to know from the Minister how much have we actually spent on this MARS thing so far and what's the total budget for it. Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not sure, Madam Chair, if I have the totals here in front of me. Let me check with the deputy minister first, please.
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