Thank you. Executive Council Secretariat, not previously authorized, $134,500. Agreed?
Debates of March 26th, 1992
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Regional Operations, Total O And M
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Regional operations, surplus, $9000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Mrs. Marie-Jewell.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Mr. Chairman, I had expressed some concern at the committee level with respect to this particular component. I do not want my chairman on the standing committee on finance feeling like I am bringing some more issues into the House, but I think it is critical to note for the record, some of the concerns that I want to bring up with regard to this supplementary estimate; that I am just not going to concur with it as a Member.
In respect to this transfer of funding and .14 PYs to the Department of Personnel, in respect to the field services officer position, can the Minister advise me that this position will now be taking some responsibility on, through the field services officer, that was initially performed in the regional office in Fort Smith? Thank you.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Madam Government Leader.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, it is my understanding that the question to that is part of the .14 person years. Some of the work was done in Fort Smith and that proportion would be an affirmative answer to her question.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
I would like to know if some of the responsibilities are taken away from the regional office in Fort Smith and requested of the field services officer in Hay River to conduct them. I did want to indicate a concern with respect to this. I would like to know if the department has any further intentions to take away funding to accommodate person years and performance of work that is being done in the regional office currently, to other communities surrounding the region.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Madam Government Leader.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, I would refer that question to the Minister of Personnel. At this point in time we are not far enough along, to my understanding, in dealing with the roles the various regions have and the person years there. At this point in time I can say that the plans are not there to do that, but perhaps the Minister of Personnel would have more immediate knowledge to answer that question more explicitly, because I do not know the answer to the question.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, if the question is, are we planning to do any more transfers of person years or partial person years, the answer is, no, not at this time.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
I have one further question, Mr. Chairman; .14 of a PY is not a significant amount of time, but what I would like to do -- recognizing the amount of work the regional office currently has with respect to the delivery of services in the community -- is find out from the Minister or the Government Leader as to how this will affect the operations of that particular office by taking away the .14 PY and transferring it to another community.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Madam Government Leader.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, I would like Mr. Voytilla to undertake to address this particular question.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Mr. Voytilla.
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Voytilla
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The $9000 and .14 PY are only a partial year adjustment. The entire position of the Hay River field service officer is being transferred from the Department of the Executive to the Department of Personnel in Hay River. The full year adjustment will be the full person year and the dollars associated. It comes out to about .8 of a person year for the full year.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Mr. Chairman, for clarification purposes, is it saying that that particular position is going to be transferred from the Executive to the Department of Personnel?
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Thank you. Mr. Voytilla.
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Voytilla
That is correct, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Richard Nerysoo
Mrs. Marie-Jewell.