Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The information we have says that ECE has procured 300 iPad minis from the local businesses and is now testing the best process for loading the information onto tablets.

I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2014-2015. This document outlines an increase of $17.891 million in operations expenditures for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

The more significant items included in the supplementary estimates are:

$10.9 million for the Department of Executive for costs associated with one-time devolution implementation activities. These costs are offset by an equivalent lapse of Government of Canada funding in 2013-14.

$2.7 million for the Department of Public Works and Services to complete the demolition of the Sir Alexander Mackenzie...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For today we’re talking about the Taiga lab and the money for the staff. The actual building itself is in an advanced state of decrepitude and is going to need some significant upgrading. The issue that the Member is talking about, we could probably be talking about during the business planning process as we move forward. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, we will get that detail for the Member.

I wish to table the following three documents, entitled “Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2014-2015,” “Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 2-17(5): Report on the Review of the 2012-13 Public Accounts” and “Program Review Office Annual Report, 2013.”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There’s going to be revenue generated out of this. The four employees that were there weren’t government employees, weren’t federal government employees, if my memory serves me correctly, and we brought them into the fold, but they’ve been operating on an equivalent amount of revenue from third-party sources. I’ll ask Mr. Aumond if he wants to add anything further and, if I’ve strayed, to make sure that we get it right.

Thank you. If you look across the whole spectrum of energy, including the renewables, we are spending tens of millions of dollars over the last number of years going right back to the last government where we started with the $60 million and we’ve carried on every year since, trying to make sure we keep that work going. So we are investing that kind of money and we’re continuing to invest both in the actual delivery as well as the planning and design on a go forward basis. Especially if we’re successful and confirm our $1 million O and M increase, then we’ll have the ability to look at some...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, June 5, 2014, I will move that Bill 31, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2014-2015, be read for the first time. Thank you.

It’s a federal site. The federal government moves at its own pace and we’ve seen that across the board. In this case, they have yet to respond, and we will do what we can to encourage them to carry out and conclude a response on this issue. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We’ll provide that information for the Member.