Vince McKay

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.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, to clarify this, as part of the training and as part of our review and the new ICS training, the roles and responsibilities state to work in the unified command, and that is with all community governments, not just the city of Yellowknife, all community governments, all agencies work in unified command, and that's the only way emergency management operations would be handled in order to ensure that proper procedures are done and that all the agencies have the proper resources and tools to action that type of emergency. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. And just so the Member's aware, so the community already had two projects that were completed also and this particular funding is fully subscribed. And this funding pot is related to a lot of the roads, the solid waste facilities, yeah, water treatment plants, and all that stuff. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With all this funding that flows through, the communities establish their priorities, and the department just supports them. So the department has the staff that support the communities with all the, yeah, infrastructure challenges they may have and capacity challenges. Thank you. Oh and deputy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. A lot of it relates to reporting from the communities and capacity and the timing of projects. Like, sometimes communities may not be able to get them started right away. So these funds are all allocated. It's just a matter of reporting to transfer the funds to the communities and being able to -- yeah, essentially being able to get them reported in order to get the funds out. It's not that the funds go away. They're spoken for, and they'll get transferred to the communities once everything's in line. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, so just so the Member's aware, again all these -- all the community funding goes out to the communities which they allocate through their funding -- or their capital planning, and we document it here as part of their -- as part of the large capital for the communities. But every community has their own large capital spending which we have broken up, but if we want to go by community or region for the Member at what she would like to know, yeah, we can share that. Although if you will recall, and I can do it again, but last year I sent out community fact sheets that...