Floyd Roland

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, that Bill 1, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2005-2006, be read for the third time. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a return to written question asked by Mr. Yakeleya on May 26, 2005, regarding alcohol sales and revenue.

The Northwest Territories Liquor Commission tracks sales of alcoholic beverages made by liquor outlets in the Northwest Territories. The data provided is for the 2004-05 fiscal year, the latest complete fiscal year for which data is available.

Total sales of alcoholic beverages from the Norman Wells Liquor Store were $1.884 million and $37.724 million for the Northwest Territories as a whole.

Revenue from the Norman Wells Liquor Store contributed 4.9 percent...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, with the branch being extended about working together, I am always willing to work with the Members of this Assembly on the rules that we use. In fact, as a result of the questioning and some of the confusion about what applies in the guidelines that are used, I intend to and have talked with my Cabinet colleagues and intend to strengthen section 302 of the FAM document to make it formal, that the communication be done in writing instead of being in the area of consulting. Consulting is a number of things; where it’s a discussion in the hall, in a...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there is a plan to establish beverage recycling depots in the regional centres or regional locations. The setup process centres are in Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik; and depots in six communities: Fort Smith, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Yellowknife, Rae and Inuvik. That is the plan and I believe they are due to roll it out soon. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 1, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2005-2006, be read for the second time.

Madam Speaker, this bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2005-06 fiscal year. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the project had increased and it expanded for that facility, which was to increase the client space from 1,500 square feet to 4,300 square feet. As well, there’s a construction of a mezzanine that will increase useable floor space by approximately another 2,300 square feet for total space of 6,500 square feet and that’s primarily the reason why the cost has increased. The Minister of Health and Social Services may have further detail on that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I guess we’re just going to have to agree to disagree. I don’t think there’s anything that I can state that would be satisfactory to the Member about the moves that have occurred here. The rules have been followed. The rule that she uses and has quoted there is one where we’ve made a decision to transfer, and the decision has been made and then you notify the Members of that change. What we’re doing here is the decision has been made to accept the proposal, which kicks this into gear to come back to this House to say we need your approval for this...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, as any Minister would bring forward, if it is the request, the approval of dollars would come to the FMB table if it is approval seeking direction, other than that it would go to the Cabinet table. In this case this has come to both. The information provided by the Minister requesting this was to proceed with this track and it was granted on the basis of then going forward and getting the approvals of this Assembly through the financial process, and that’s what we’re into right now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I guess we could go around the clock on this. I have stated that the process, the guidelines that are here, we use when we make changes to a project. Whether the Member feels we're just using it to get around to say this is the formal process that we're now using…I've spoken to the Minister. He has indicated to me that when this project came up and why it hadn't proceeded in that year, why they needed to carry it over and re-identify it, it was identified at that point to the committee members that there were alternative options also being looked at.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I guess the Members may want to debate the merit of moving the project, but to try to call into question the process that’s established in saying we dislike the fact that the project or the idea of the project, the money being moved is in question. Let’s have the debate around the merit, the value of moving the project from one community to another. The process is identified. If the plan goes ahead, the dollars would be coming back to the Assembly, to the committees in the 2006-07 business plan to have that project established. What they’re seeking at...