Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't know the point of having a community needs assessment on the capital plans then. If the capital plan is to proceed with the alcohol and drug treatment centre -- if the Minister would entertain the community needs assessment desiring its placement in a dry community -- then would she go beyond a nine-bed treatment centre to make it cost-effective?
Debates of Nov. 30th, 1993
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Arvaluk. Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I said earlier, I am open to options. As long as it is supported by the community and the region, I am open to it. If the needs assessment proves that it should be in a dry community, then it will be in a dry community. However, if the needs assessment indicates that it should be in another community which is not dry, then that is where it will be.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. General comments. Member for Aivilik.
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
Mr. Chairman, would she then remove her comment that she made in her previous statement, that she does not personally favour having a treatment centre in a dry community?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My personal opinion does not reflect the wishes of the Keewatin. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I will remind the Members to stay to the topic. We are discussing the Social Services capital estimates for 1994-95. Let's try not to get too personal. It is the review we are getting into. General comments. Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Mr. Chairman, the Minister indicated there was a needs assessment being undertaken in the Keewatin. I understand there is also one being done in the Kitikmeot. How do you determine what the capital priorities are without these needs assessments being completed?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Minister for Social Services.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When I was talking about needs assessments being carried out in the Keewatin, I was talking about regional health boards' needs assessments. I know when I had that portfolio it was being carried out, but I don't know the status of it to date.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
How does the Department of Social Services carry out their assessments for capital?
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The Chair John Ningark
Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The capital items we are dealing with today have been carried over from the 11th Assembly. I am merely carrying them over. There is a directive in the department that we are going to have a process in place for capital planning, along with other recommendations that were put forward by the committee. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Member for Kitikmeot.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I brought this up during the SCOF review. I questioned the deferral in the Kitikmeot region specifically regarding the elders' residence having been deferred, when it was in the capital plan in prior years for construction for this year. I still don't have a reasonable answer as to why the deferral took place. It was a point that my colleague from Natilikmiot had brought up during the session, as well, I believe.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Minister of Social Services.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For this year it has been deferred because the cost-sharing programs we have in place with the federal government were cut. I also stated that in my opening remarks yesterday.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. General comments on the 1994-95 capital estimates, Department of Social Services. Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
If I recall correctly, there was an elders' residence in Fort Resolution that was not deferred. What would be the reasoning of deferring a residence in one community versus another?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Along with my opening remarks yesterday, I stated very clearly the Fort Resolution elders' facility has been deferred since the review of the capital budget for Social Services by the Standing Committee on Finance.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. General comments. Any further general comments from the floor? Shall we go into detail?
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Agreed.
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