Debates of Oct. 22nd, 2024

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Thank you. Is there any further general comments? Okay, I'm going to continue on. Thank you.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, health and social services programs, not previously authorized, negative $3 million. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, long-term and continuing care services, not previously authorized, negative $7 million. Are there any questions? Thank you, I'll continue on.

Supplementary Estimates -- sorry, my apologies. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll put my hand up higher next time. Similar questions to the previous line item, what is the project timeline looking like for the Hay River long-term care facility with this reduction? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this one, again, and similarly the project is underway but there is a need to revise the timing of the delivery of the project. I do expect this one, similarly, will be completed in the fiscal year of 2027-2028. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And is the delay attributable to anything that we can speak about? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I don't have detail here as to exactly what challenges there may have been, I mean aside from having been in this government and seeing the community of Hay River go through a number of various challenges and emergencies over the last couple of years, but I can say that we are expecting the design to be completed here 2025-2026, so that much is on schedule, and construction would be starting as soon as possible thereafter. And yes, Mr. Chair, the construction -- well yes, and in fact I can say with a little more certainty, Mr. Chair, that it was the 2021 flood event that did require in fact a whole new site to be selected so that it would not be impacted by future potential waters and flood waters. And with anything that kind of lasted in between that period of time to now, there's been some additional inflationary pressures on those budgets. So reason for the delay, and then a move, and then now, of course, a bit more of delay having to rescope the budget. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Thank you. Any further general comments from Members? Thank you.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, long-term and continuing care services, not previously authorized, negative $7 million. Does committee agree? Thank you.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, total department not previously authorized, negative $10 million. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Please turn to page 8 for Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditure, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $71,000. Are there any questions?

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2 -- did I miss somebody? Okay, I just want to make sure. Thank you.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $71,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, total department not previously authorized, $71,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Please turn to page 9 for Department of Infrastructure.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Department of Infrastructure, capital investment expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $8,500,000. Are there any questions? I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister please speak to how much of the costs for rehabilitation work on Highway No. 3 are offset by the Government of Canada? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's partial offset $1.35 million in federal support have come in, so the net to the GNWT is $2.15 million. Thank you.