Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I will also be supporting this motion. It's well known, and certainly those of us who have been in municipal government, know how deep this cuts when it comes to the impacts on municipalities. But just to give some more perspective on, you know, where the gap -- or the size of the gap that we're dealing with. You know, according to our government's own calculations, so in terms of water and waste funding, on average, communities only get about 52 percent of what they're owed. On average, in terms of operations and maintenance funding, communities get about 74 percent of what they're owed. And in terms of capital, communities get about 77 percent of what they're owed. And certainly, it varies a lot between communities. And just to go over a few examples in terms of those on the lowest end of things, so in terms of water and waste funding, Yellowknife, for example, only gets 20 percent of what it's owed according to the formula, followed by Fort Smith at 31 percent. But it's not just Yellowknife. So in terms of O and M funding, the lowest community is actually Norman Wells at 49 percent. And in terms of capital funding, the lowest paid community is Inuvik only getting 57 percent. So this really is something that affects communities all across the territory, and I hope we make some solid progress in this Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Shauna Morgan on Motion 33-20(1): Municipal Funding Gap, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on June 10th, 2024. See this statement in context.
Motion 33-20(1): Municipal Funding Gap, Carried
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