Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Madam Chair. The completion date is April 2015, and we expect to start moving people in shortly thereafter. The project is gone out for RFP, a contractor has been selected and the contract has been awarded. Total contract construction costs, including all design and tenant improvements, is $25.143 million, which works out to about a square foot cost of about $378.66 per square foot. Keeping in mind that this does include tenant improvements and specific stuff for whichever departments happen to be going in there. If you take out the tenant improvements, the total cost is around $20...

Madam Chair, as a Regular Member I had an opportunity to travel to Ulukhaktok. When we were in Ulukhaktok, we met with the school. They had a significant number of computers that were actually old government computers from Yellowknife. They got there through the Computers for Schools program. There are a number of ways that different groups make requests to the department on a fairly regular basis. When we have stock, we are happy to work with them to dispose of it. We have also had situations where MLAs have come to us indicating that there are some needs in a community. Can we use old...

I’ve heard a lot of individuals stating that certain businesses are committed and then I’ve heard that those businesses aren’t committed. The city has asked us for a commitment and we have not committed in any way, shape, or form to this project.

What we are willing to do, and what we have indicated to them that we’re willing to do, is once a comprehensive business plan is provided which outlines the costs, we will assess it to see if there are savings to the government, what the costs to government would be, and if those costs are reasonable, we would absolutely approach the House for more...

Yes please, Madam Chair.

Some of it is recycled, they auction some off, but for the actual specific details I’ll go to the deputy on what we do with the specific items.

That’s a discussion that’s going to need to be had. Fiscal year 2018-2019 is a little ways off and it will have to be a discussion between Education, Culture and Employment, the community and the builder, in this case Public Works and Services. I imagine and I expect those conversations will take place.

I can’t say. The foundation work was done in 2008. I will commit right now to having staff from the Department of Public Works and Services contact the leadership in Deline and set up a meeting where they can come and talk to them about the work that has been done in that particular school.

Over $1.64 million in maintenance and other activities has taken place. We do have some work scheduled for 2013-2014. We are planning to do some envelope work and some roof work. I understand there are some concerns about the roof and we’ll have some work done there.

I’ll commit right now to having staff...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of interns working for the Government of the Northwest Territories. Krystal Shaben, who is the Public Works and Services policy and communication assistant intern; Rebecca Dupuis, who is the Justice policy intern; and Harjot Sidhu who is the HR policy intern.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled Northwest Territories Coroner’s Service 2010 Annual Report including a 10-year review 2001-2010. Thank you.

As I’ve already indicated, for 2013-2014 Public Works and Services is planning to do an envelope upgrade and roof replacement under the Deferred Maintenance Program on that school, as well as some energy efficiency work and upgrades to the GNWT’s energy priorities investment funding. These improvements will obviously help control costs in the school and whatnot.

Based on the facility condition and program requirements, Education, Culture and Employment has identified the need for major upgrading of the Grandfather Ayha School starting in 2018-2019, so that is on the books and is something that...