Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the work that is ongoing now at the facility will give it a further increased lifespan. As was laid out previously, we had a five-year agreement in place that would require inspection of the foundation on an annual basis. With this work going ahead and replacing many of the pilings themselves, we should be able to get a clean bill of health for hopefully a minimum of five years as the plans are going ahead for replacement of that facility.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated, I will be bringing forward, as the Minister of Finance, a supplementary appropriation document to this House. We will be dealing with it, I think, about the middle of our sitting time here in this session. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, there will be some areas where the money will be spent on helping individuals lower their consumption. One is the energy audits on their homes; one would be the areas, for example, on furnaces and heating systems to provide some assistance to have those systems tuned up. As we know, with a proper operating system, there can be savings in that area. There are a number of areas that we are looking at, but there are small portions that we will be able to assist homeowners with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that Bill 10 be amended by adding the following after clause 5:

5.1 Paragraph 3.3(5)(a) is amended by striking out "breakdown of their marriage" and by substituting "breakdown of their marriage or common-law partnership". Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I will look into those specific problems in that area. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as I stated in my opening comments with our act, if there are sections that are not mirrored or tied to the federal act, we would have to pay Canada Revenue Agency for dealing with those differences. That is why we are falling in line; and that would be the same with every other jurisdiction. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’m aware of the file that the Member has spoken of and I can inform him, and I think he’s aware, that that file has been taken care of and information has been sent out. As for why it took 13 calls, I can’t speak to that specifically. I haven’t asked for that information from the department. I was aware that the file was being looked at and being dealt with. Unfortunately, as I was saying, as a result of creating the human resource service centres, we have found a large backlog of files that were not being dealt with when all departments had control of...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this section is dealing with special provisions that were in the federal legislation that we had mirrored. Federal legislation has removed that section and now we are just following up and removing that from ours. There were never any special provisions for trappers under the federal Income Tax Act. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, higher fuel costs are a concern for northerners and a concern for this government. As Minister of Finance today, I would like to provide some detail about how our tax system affects fuel pricing.

The GNWT does not set or regulate the price of gas or other fuel products. The petroleum products division supplies 15 NWT communities on a full-cost recovery basis but does not set the initial price.

There is no GNWT tax on home heating fuel.

There is no GNWT tax on natural gas.

There is no GNWT tax on propane, whether it is used to heat homes or power...

Yes, I would like to have my witnesses present.