Mr. Chairman, I am told that the actual revolving fund does not show up in here. It is in legislation, but if the Member is interested in asking questions, the closest appropriate area is in the business development area when we come to that.
Debates of Oct. 1st, 1992
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Over to page 17-10. Tourism and parks. Mr. Koe, I see you have your hand up.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Items or questions pertaining to business development fund, would that also be under the business development activity?
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The Chair John Ningark
Madam Premier.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Yes, you can take that up in that section.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Dent, you have your hand up. Thank you. Page 17-10, tourism and parks. Total O and M of $7.458 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Koe.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Just a quick question. In terms of tourism and parks, what are the current roles of the Regional Visitor's Association in the planning and development of tourism activities within the specific regions? The visitor's associations, what are their current roles, and how does the department sponsor them?
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The Chair John Ningark
Mahsi. Madam Premier.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Yes, I will ask the acting Deputy Minister Alan Vaughan, if he would respond to that.
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Vaughan.
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Vaughan
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The travel associations hand in a work plan annually to talk about the things that they would like to do during the year with the department, and through that process, they become involved in terms of influencing department activities.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Tourism and parks, Mr. Koe.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
So, contributions are made through the department to specific visitor's associations, or through the N.W.T. Tourism Association?
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The Chair John Ningark
Madam Premier.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, directly to the specific associations.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Tourism and parks total O and M of $7.458 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Next page. Business development. Total O and M of $12.724 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Koe.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
A couple of comments here on the business development section. In yesterday's speech, the Minister talked about the Business Development Fund, I noted the general comments about percentages, and one of the paragraphs reads, "Since the new policy was introduced, approvals in level III communities have increased 76 percent, and those in level II have increased 13 percent, with an estimated 60 percent being for aboriginal businesses."
My concern is that it is nice to use percentages, but it would have been nicer to have the actual dollars, and maybe in some form later, to provide the information, because if you give somebody $10.00, and tomorrow $7.50, that is a 76 percent increase. I do not know what magnitude of dollars we are talking about in these instances. I just wanted to make that comment.
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The Chair John Ningark
Madam Premier. No question. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just for the record, the sections of business development, in the Economic Development Agreement there is a potential for conflict of interest because of my business interests, so I will be withdrawing from the room during consideration of these two pages.