Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Through all the investments that we are making, we had hoped to see some of the numbers coming down. We are assuming that the next one that we do, the numbers will definitely come down. I can advise the Member that the numbers on the survey that was just completed will go a long way in determining our infrastructure budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year. We have already dealt with the 2010-11, so the 2011-12 budget will be determined a lot by the community needs survey figures. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d have to follow up with the Member and get some of the information because I’m not quite familiar with this. I know it’s not on the radar right now, but I will follow up with the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All communities but Yellowknife.

That’s correct, Mr. Chair.

Not that I’m aware of. I don’t recall an evaluation of the SRC. It’s a fairly new organization. However, I suppose if there’s a feeling amongst Members that this is something that needs to be considered, then we’d have to have a look at that. But the short answer is no.

Mr. Speaker, going to the MLAs and Ministers should be a last resort. However, without an appeals process in place, we’re seeing a lot of that and we’re hoping to get away with that. If this could be dealt with at the district level, that would be our preference. They would be able to speak to the district director and make an appeal to them and see what comes out of that. Hopefully, by the time we go through the next application cycle we’ll have fewer and fewer appeals being made to the Ministerial and MLA level.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The ones that we have in headquarters are usually support to the regional operation folks. So the bulk of our positions and the bulk of our work is done in the region and these folks here are just support to the regions. Thank you.

When we do the water and sewer increase in funding, a lot of things are taken into consideration. A couple things that the Member exactly spoke of is the distance between his community and Deep Water Lake and all that’s taken into consideration. The capital portion of it is not taken into consideration.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We can provide that to the Members. I’ve also, I think, made a commitment to provide a list of some of the communities that were getting the pilot project money. So we’ll provide those two pieces of information to Members. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Well, the Multisport Games Review, some of the recommendations that were made we’re following up on. The review is completed. The department’s completed its review of the input received on the multisport games and has agreed with the NWT Sport and Recreation Council to move towards developing a long-term strategy to stabilize the delivery of NWT participation in the games. So there were some recommendations that were made that we are following up on and are hoping to share our findings with committee and get some input back from them.