Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on March 14, 2013, I will move that Bill 7, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012, be read for the first time.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are in year two. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This motion is stating in many cases and to a large extent what the government is already doing. The government of the 16th Legislative Assembly directed significant resources to update and improve the Diamond Policy Framework in 2010-2011. Updating the framework was a significant achievement of the 16th Legislative Assembly, and involved extensive consultation with industry and other stakeholders to assure a comprehensive approach. At that time the government worked closely with the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure, Government of the...

I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2013-14. This document outlines an increase of $3 million in operations expenditures for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

The major items included in the supplementary estimates are:

$1.670 million for the Department of Health and Social Services to increase funding for prevention and promotion services.

$600,000 for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment to increase funding identified for increased investment in tourism marketing activities.

$400,000 for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to...

We, as a government, have put in subsidies to cushion the rate shock. As well, on an operational basis, governments don’t get any type of subsidies, so we pay out the cost to cushion, or the subsidy, and then we pay the fully burdened rate for the service.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to update the people of the Northwest Territories on management actions for barren ground caribou herds.

The new population estimates for the Beverly and Ahiak caribou herds, led by the Government of Nunavut, highlight the need for regular surveys and monitoring so we have a clear picture of herd status and can identify changes and deal with them in a timely manner.

The last calving ground survey of the Beverly herd was done in June 1994 and the herd was estimated at 276,000 animals. The survey done in June 2011 estimated 124,000 in the Beverly herd and 83...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s to compensate us for providing that service to Nunavut.

That is in reference to the flood at Nahanni Butte.

Thank you. We are going to apply ourselves and resources to answer the questions that we’ve been talking about in the House today and we’ll be coming forward with the cost projections. We have to do the needs analysis almost on a client-by-client basis to see how different and how varied they are, to sort out those complexities, but we intend to do that in the coming year so we can make some hard decisions about the potential to first repatriate and try to identify with more clarity the trends, and what do we need to do on the prevention side. Thank you.

As we move forward with the resolution to the energy challenges in Norman Wells, they will be getting, of course, the full support that we have to offer both on the Housing Corporation side and other government agencies as required. But that work is still underway and not quite clear in terms of the final fix that we’re looking at in Norman Wells. There has been a significant amount of move to biomass, for example, for heat. There was initially about a $39 million ask by the community for a major district heating, which I believe they’ve moved away from, so we’re working with them, plus we’re...