Vince McKay

Yeah, thanks. I'll ask the deputy minister to answer that for me. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I could go through every community and give out every community's capital plan. This fund is divided up to the communities to fund their projects within the communities. So a lot of this -- like, the investing in Canada infrastructure program that she's speaking of is all distributed to the communities. We don't hold on to any of that. It's all part of their capital plan and all their developing within the communities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the $51,000 under small capital projects for the small sport utility vehicle is more of a safety liability thing for the vision for sports and rec. You know, they have to run around, they have to, you know, do their business within the community also and also travel around the region, but they also -- like I said earlier, they also deliver Western Canadian Lotteries things to the post office, to venues across Yellowknife and the region and, yeah, get it out to the communities. So not so much just a -- you know, a wonderful purchase of a new vehicle, it's more of...

Great comments by the Member. Noted. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, a lot of the community governments receive funding for their operations in their own communities, so Deh Cho riding has a few communities and they've already received -- or they have a lot of their funding already allocated through their planning. So I can share that information also with the Member if they like, but it's more of a community operations line of questioning that I couldn't answer for the communities. I'll also maybe just ask the deputy minister just to share a few things there. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the department has been working with the community government in regards to this formula funding. And they continue to work with the Tlicho government. So just with that, again, you know, the formula funding is divided up between the communities based on, you know, their infrastructure, their services they provide, assets they have, and all that kind of stuff. So it's distributed through all 33 communities fairly and equitably so that -- you know, we all have the same problem of not having enough money, and we're trying to get these funds out to all the...

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the recreational facilities in communities are under the community governance, so they would fall under their funding that they receive in operating their recreational facilities. So more of a community operations question, but I know they have funds available within their budget to do that type of work if they so choose. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, again, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, again, this funding is that the communities have applied for through their capital planning process. If the Member wants, we can share that information now. It's communities projects, not our projects. Or if not, I can share the information afterwards with their capital plan and their fact sheets.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the CHIF funding is used for communities to apply for in projects, some big projects. We recently just signed the agreement of $74 million, and that's over a certain amount of years. So there are some three -- there's been three big projects that have been approved for communities - Fort Smith, Fort Providence, Fort Liard. And, yeah, so the communities can apply for this CHIF funding but they -- it's up to the community to have projects on the books and ready to go. So just trying to think -- sorry, that's good. Thanks.