Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We haven’t identified any exact numbers. We don’t have a line item yet for the work that’s going to be undertaken at the Joe Greenland Centre. It is one that we are hoping to bring forward and get approval for, but it’s not a line item in this particular budget. It is work that we are planning on doing.

Mr. Chairman, the short answer is no, they wouldn’t have veto power. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is obviously a difference and we all realize that between all the communities in the Northwest Territories as to how the rent is calculated. Having said that, I do agree with the Member that there is a difference in the amount of the rent scale.

I will refer to Mr. Polakoff.

Mr. Chairman, it is going to be on a community-by-community basis. Once the assessments are done, we will be in a better position to determine the specialized training that we will need and when we are able to do that, identify that, then I will let the Member know how it affects the communities he represents. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, we continue to use all Energy Star appliances where we are doing new houses or replace them out. I do know a few programs that have occurred in the past where there was a program to replace a lot of the fridges because they were older fridges, and one community got, like, 75 fridges that were more energy efficient so they were able to go and change the fridges out. The LHOs usually do an inventory of older units so they know exactly what is in their units, what type of furnace they have in there, what make and model number and it goes right down to the appliance. So they are well...

That’s just something that we’re working on right now. I can’t give a specific timetable. You have to understand that we have a lot of folks out there in the small communities that are paying a fairly good rate for the power that they consume, so we have to give that some consideration too. We have to be understandable of that. It’s not one that we just don’t want to rush in blindfolded and throw a number out there. We have to realize that we have a lot of folks in small communities where their power rates are awfully high and they’re not as fortunate as some of the larger communities that...

Thank you Mr. Chairman. We would have to get the details and then we would have to get the details of the land. We don’t know if it is Commissioner’s land or if it is Indian Affairs branch land, so once we have, if the Member could provide us with some details, then I would commit to the Member we will follow up on it and we will have an answer back to him very shortly. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, $640,000 this year, $250,000 next year. Thank you.

As a department we don’t have any extra monies that we would be able to put towards this. Some of the communities have identified firefighting equipment in their capital plan and their operations and maintenance. So as far as the department goes, we use the money that we have, that we are hoping gets approved here, to enhance our training and our assessments of each particular communities’ firefighting department. Thank you.