Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment

3.3 FINANCIAL CONTEXT OF REGION

3.3.1 General financial context

Fig. 2. Breakdown of expenditures and revenues for the Government of Nunavut for 2008-2009 (GN, 2007b).

, 2005)

FIG. 3. Capital expenditures in the 2008-2009 budget for the Government of Nunavut (GN, 2007a, p. viii)


(thousands)

FIG. 4. Overall financial position (including funds and reserves) for Nunavut municipalities in 2005/2006 (MTO, 2006, p.7)

(thousands)

FIG. 5. Overall financial position less reserves for Nunavut municipalities in 2005/2006 (MTO, 2006, p.7)

3.3.2 Source of infrastructure and wastewater operation funds

Of the 25 communities in Nunavut, Iqaluit is tax-based and all others are non-tax-based. A large part of the revenue for non-tax based communities is derived from the GN, delivered through a municipal funding program. Iqaluit receives funding through an equalization grant. Recently, the GN formed a partnership with the Nunavut Association of Municipalities to plan and implement municipal infrastructure projects, using territorial and federal funding (Treff and Perry, 2005).

TABLE 2: Expenditures over the next 5 years related to wastewater infrastructure from the Government of Nunavut 2008-2009 Capital Estimates budget (Adapted from GN 2007a)
Detail of Capital	2007/ 2008 Revised Budget ($000)	2008/ 2009 Planned ($000)	2009/ 2010 Planned ($000)	2010/ 2011 Planned ($000)
5 -Year Capital Plan, CGS
Resolute Bay Sewage and Water Works	500	102	-	-
Rankin Inlet Sewage Treatment Plant	3,627	1,050	4,450	150
Kugaaruk Sewage Lagoon	984	500	70	-
Kugluktuk Sewage Lagoon and Solid Waste	1,746	2,500	32	-
5-Year Gas Tax Projects, NCIAC/CGS Capital Projects
Arctic Bay sewage lagoon	-	250	2,250	-
Clyde River new sewage lagoon	1,500	750	-	-
Igloolik sewage/solid waste	-	50	450	-
Kimmirut reclamation of abandoned lagoon and solid waste sites	-	100	900	-
Chesterfield Inlet sewage lagoon	-	150	850	-
Cambridge Bay sewage lagoon	250	1,500	750	-
5-Year Strategic Infrastructure Fund Projects, NCIAC/CGS Capital Projects
Arctic Bay sewage lagoon	-	250	2,250	-
Clyde River new sewage lagoon	1,500	750	-	-
Igloolik sewage/solid waste	-	50	450	-
Kimmirut reclamation of abandoned lagoon and solid waste sites	-	100	900	-
Chesterfield Inlet sewage lagoon	-	150	850	-
Cambridge Bay sewage lagoon	250	1,500	750	-

In the 2008-2009 budget, Community and Government Services was allocated 23.5% of GN capital dollars, the second largest share of any GN department after education (26.0%) (GN, 2007a).