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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. I never got paid. Are there general comments? Member for Thebacha.

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Mr. Chairman, I will let my colleague from Yellowknife Centre make his general comments. Thank you.

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The Chair John Ningark

Mr. Lewis.

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

I do not have general comments, but to continue with the issue raised by the Member for Thebacha, Mr. Chairman, when you discuss the issue of severance, does this refer to being severed from a position which you hold in a particular Assembly or does it refer to a severance from a position which you may have had for perhaps five, six or seven years? In other words, does this severance apply only to the Assembly in which the person became elected to the Cabinet or does it go beyond the Assembly in question?

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The Chair John Ningark

Thank you. Madam Premier.

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

I do not know if I understand the question. I know individuals, at an end of a term, such as if you were in for four years, your term is up, there is no severance after that term, that I am aware of, because you have completed your term. The understanding is that it would be there at that period of time, so there is no severance at that time, to my knowledge.

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The Chair

The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Madam Minister. Mr. Lewis.

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

In the case of a Member, who has been in the Cabinet for one term, and then goes another two years in the following term as a Cabinet Minister, that person will have been a Cabinet Minister for six years. However, in the term in which he or she loses his or her position, does that person get severance on the basis of being severed during that two years or does the person get severed from doing six years? Each Assembly is distinct. I am wondering if the policy takes into consideration that the person is being severed and you consider those six years to be continuous service in the Cabinet, even though you are elected on two different occasions.

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The Chair

The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Lewis. Madam Premier.

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, I must apologize, because I do not know whether we put a maximum on it. I do not recall. Once the guidelines are presented to you, it would state there what we have done. I am sorry. I do not remember exactly what we had done. It seems to me we might have stretched it out to four years. I do not know. I will bring that back to you.

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The Chair

The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Madam Premier. Are there general comments? Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you. This severance only applies to Ministers. Am I correct?

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The Chair

The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Gargan. Madam Premier.

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, yes.

Ministers' Offices

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The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Madam Premier. Are there general comments? Ministers' offices, $2.696 million. Agreed?

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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Executive Council Secretariat

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The Chair

The Chair Tony Whitford

Executive Council Secretariat, total O and M, $5.153 million. Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Is this grants and contributions to the Science Institute not supposed to be under Thebacha College?

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

It should be, yes.

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The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Gargan. Madam Premier.

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, it will be.

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The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Madam Premier. Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Should that not be reflected though, with regard to the numbers?

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The Chair Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Gargan. Madam Premier.

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, the transfer has not happened yet, so it is still here, but it will happen.