Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there have been exercises done by the government in the past, normally through Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development looking at other sources, whether it's wind energy or solar panels, as well as through the Power Corporation itself being that those are a number of other areas that deal outside of what we deal with just paying for the subsidy program. I will be taking those comments and delivering them to the other Ministers, and I'm looking forward to what we can come together with. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We don’t have the exact figure. We do have estimates and we are looking at the majority of the increase coming from the mines, the establishment of taxing the mines. We are projecting an increase of 30 percent largely due to the assessment of one of the mines and we already have an assessment of another mine. A large majority of that increase is mainly due to the mines.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This amount shown under directorate accounts for the other sections within FMBS and it breaks down to $266,000 for the system and communications chargeback and then the TSC chargeback, and every department has to pay into this. So although it’s a central agency function, every department pays its portion of receiving the service and our amount works out, for 2004-2005, to $420,000. That breaks down to how much equipment we use or have in use and service provided, as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The breakdown of that, I don't have the specific numbers, but the majority of that are the fees that are charged to the organizations. The fines make up a small portion of that $632,000. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, one of our practices is to work with other jurisdictions and look at best practices that are out there. Again, if we can adopt something that is working well in other jurisdictions and make it fit better in the Northwest Territories, then we will work with those models that are out there. Our intention is to work with the Members of this Assembly, come up with a model that will be beneficial to our staff and to how we carry on the business of hiring and dealing with our staff. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, we will have that provided to the Member from the other department. In this section of directorate, I believe the Member is referring to the $1.142 million and breaks down in this way: travel and transportation, $173,000; materials and supplies, $54,000; purchased services, $89,000; contract services, $133,000; fees and payments, $4,000; other expenses, $689,000.

Thank you, Madam Chair. To my right is the deputy minister of the Department of Finance, Margaret Melhorn; and, to my left is Mr. Mel Enge, director of finance and administration.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will respond to the question that in the report he has referred to that all of the recommendations in there would be part and parcel of our review and what areas we can go forward with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Liquor Commission revolving fund shows the liquor sales income, so the cost of product, the increase of our mark-ups shows here. What you see on the bottom of the page, you’ve got your income, your operating expenses and then a surplus. What goes back into general revenues falls under page 3-22 and it shows it going into general revenues from Liquor Commission net revenues. The amount under surplus, the $20.853 million goes back into general revenues.