Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.
Debates of March 8th, 2023
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, no, thanks. I think there's also something around the cycle that we use for road and culvert inspection or replacement. There was some changes there. Could the Minister speak to that as well? Thank you.
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'll ask Mr. Moore to speak to what's our plans in order to get some of these road work done.
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Moore
Thank you, Madam Chair. All our bridges and structures, including major culverts, are inspected on a three-year cycle throughout the territory. All our linear infrastructure, so all our roads and side roads, are inspected on a regular basis, utilizing a number of aspects, including private sector. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I guess I -- I don't know what else to say other than I've lived here 35 years -- 37, maybe 38 years now, and I will say I think the condition of some of our highways is deteriorating. And if we can't maintain the roads that we have, I'm just really worried about putting more money into roads, period but that's more of a philosophical discussion. So I really want to get this asset management stuff in place so that the public can see what our cycles are, how we stack up, you know, one highway against another. But I think it also gives us a way to benchmark ourselves against other jurisdictions, which is a really important thing for us to do. If we want to make sure we have safe highways for our residents and, you know, attract tourists, we just got to do a better job. Thanks, Madam Chair. I don't think I have anything else.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. I didn't hear any questions there so just take that as a comment. Are there any further questions under asset management? Seeing none, Members, please turn to page 258.
Infrastructure, asset management, operations expenditure summary, 2023-2024 Main Estimates, $18,146,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. We will now turn to corporate management, beginning on page 262 with information items on page 263. Questions.
Seeing no questions, please turn to page 262 -- oh, Member for Frame Lake.
Sergeant-at-arms, please switch the witnesses. Thank you. Minister, will you please introduce your witness for the record.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, to my left I have my deputy minister Steve Loutitt.
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. I guess I would -- I think this is probably as good a place as any to ask, but where are we at with the government renewal initiative for this department? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we've completed phase one. The overall plan is led by Department of Finance.
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Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. So for those that are listening, what's phase one? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'll ask Ms. Lee to provide a little bit more of the information. Thank you.
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Lee
Thank you, Madam Chair. So phase one is having our interviews and our inventory of programs being completed and documented. So we have had that work done with the GRI staff with the Department of Finance, and we have completed that as scheduled. And I believe that there is a schedule online that presents our status. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Okay, thanks. So this was kind of a new department that was created in the last Assembly by jamming together public works and Department of Transportation -- public works and government services and Department of Transportation. Has there ever been kind of like any kind of review done of that merger and kind of where we've ended up and how we could look at maybe reorganizing parts of the department, making it more efficient and effective? Part of my difficulty in going through this department is we get these big activities that are so vague and amorphous that I don't even know where I'm supposed to ask questions. So anyways, has that kind of, you know, review been done of what, you know, lessons learned from jamming together these two departments, and where we're going? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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