This is page numbers 672 - 690 of the Hansard for the 12th Assembly, 2nd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was chairman.

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Return To Question O581-12(2): Plans For Power Delivery In Nunavut
Question O581-12(2): Plans For Power Delivery In Nunavut
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Speaker, there has been no specific plan to divide the Power Corporation. The facility requirements in the communities are programmed over a 10-year period in trying to put in or upgrade plants that serve the community. This is done as a total package presently. At the appropriate time that a Nunavut government is in place or the process begins, that would be the appropriate time for these types of discussions to begin.

The planning that is in place is to provide a good service to all communities in the NWT, and hopefully if we do that, however it is divided, whatever each territory takes over or each separate corporation would be advanced and in good condition and be a viable facility and be something that can last a community, according to the needs of the community. So what we are planning to do is just to build a good corporation with good facilities, and hopefully, when the time comes, if there is a decision to divide and have another corporation, those assets will be meaningful and will be of value to the new corporation. So we are continuing our 10-year plan and trying to put those facilities in place.

Return To Question O581-12(2): Plans For Power Delivery In Nunavut
Question O581-12(2): Plans For Power Delivery In Nunavut
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister of Education if he could advise this House as to why educational leave requested by employees of appropriate departments was denied?

Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

Return To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To my knowledge, that was because the resources available for educational leave were reduced because of the restraint measures that the government had to take this year. As for specific employees, if the Member wishes, I would provide her with detailed information of any requests made to the government that were denied.

Return To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Supplementary To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Mr. Speaker, the Minister indicates that because of restraint measures, educational leave requests were denied. Does he feel that the investment of northern people to pursue educational goals is not a priority of this government?

Supplementary To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Minister.

Further Return To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a priority with our government to educate the northern people for positions they could hold in government. But because of restraint measures government had to take this year, I requested the department to put together more effective and more efficient programs. Since we are short of funds, we have to be more effective and more efficient. So, Mr. Speaker, I have asked my department to see if we could be innovative, to direct the educational leave or educational assistance that we provide to the students, and my department is working on that today. Thank you.

Further Return To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Supplementary, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Supplementary To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister advise this House as to whether or not any educational leave was granted?

Supplementary To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

Supplementary To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would have to take that question as notice because I do not know who got educational leave granted this year. Thank you.

Supplementary To Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Question O582-12(2): Denial Of Educational Leave
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The question has been taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. Bernhardt.

Question O583-12(2): Contract For Group Home Services In Cambridge Bay
Item 5: Oral Questions

June 18th, 1992

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Ernie Bernhardt Kitikmeot

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister responsible for Social Services. In the Kitikmeot Region, we have a group home in Cambridge Bay under the guidance of Social Services. It is my understanding that once again a BC firm was awarded the contract for the care of the children. Also, the staff is from BC. I know of two native groups who had also bid on this contract yet were not given the contract even though their bids were much lower than the firm in BC. My question is, Mr. Speaker, why was the northern preference policy not applied in this case?

Question O583-12(2): Contract For Group Home Services In Cambridge Bay
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Whitford.

Question O583-12(2): Contract For Group Home Services In Cambridge Bay
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like an opportunity to review that matter with our department. I will take that question as notice.

Question O583-12(2): Contract For Group Home Services In Cambridge Bay
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The question has been taken as notice. Mr. Koe.

Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Fred Koe Inuvik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Education. I understand that the Department of Education has changed policies, reducing levels of financial assistance for students wishing to continue post-secondary education in the 1992-93 school year. Has the department changed their policies affecting the levels of financial assistance to post-secondary students?

Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Education, Mr. Allooloo.

Return To Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member is correct that I have asked the department to see if we could be more comparable to federal programs that are thought to be more adequate than our program. To this day the program has not changed. The department is looking at the two programs, the NWT program and the federal program, to see how we could be more efficient in terms of delivering student financial assistance to students who are taking advantage of this program. Thank you.

Return To Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Supplementary To Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Fred Koe Inuvik

To the same Minister, if none of these policies have changed, then why are students being refused financial assistance for post-secondary education?

Supplementary To Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

Further Return To Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Postsecondary Students
Question O584-12(2): Levels Of Financial Assistance To Post-secondary Students
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The programs that assist students are being reviewed at this point.

The only answer I could give at this point in terms of refusing students financial assistance is the fact that we are short of money this year, Thank you.