Thank you, Madam Speaker. Supplementary, to the Minister. Can the Minister confirm that the formula was; the number of unemployed people in a given community, divided by the number of unemployed people in the Northwest Territories, multiplied by the total amounts of funds available for all communities, except those who are the cap or the floors? There is a cap, I understand, of $1 million in one community and floors of $25,000 and $50,000 in other communities. Would the Minister confirm if that was the formula used throughout the territories?
Debates of Oct. 26th, 1994
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Supplementary To Question 254-12(6): Development Of Formula For Allocating Infrastructure Agreement
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
Madam Speaker, it was allocated using not employed by community, divided by not employed by NWT, multiplied by the $3.5 million. Not employed refers to the count of persons 15 years of age and over who were not employed at the time of the 1991 Census and final allocations were then adjusted based on the results of the 1994 NWT labour force survey. Then, the final allocation of the total amount available for the program was also adjusted so that the maximum share allocated to a community is $500,000, the minimum share allocated to a community is $12,500 in communities with less than 100 persons 15 years of age and over, and $25,000 in communities with 100 persons or more 15 years of age and over. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Further Return To Question 254-12(6): Development Of Formula For Allocating Infrastructure Agreement
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Supplementary, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, that was my understanding of the formula, so I sought out the 1994 labour survey numbers and picked a few communities just to see whether or not the formula actually worked. I found that, according to that formula, Rankin Inlet
should have received $235,291. But, my understanding is Rankin received $314,684.
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Some Hon. Members
Shame, shame.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Another community I picked was Baker Lake. Baker Lake, according to the formula and my understanding of it, should have received $299,290 but it received $325,071.
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Some Hon. Members
Shame, shame.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
There are other examples. Another one that really stands out, Madam Speaker, is Hay River. Hay River should have received $572,227 but it only got $473,553; a shortage of almost $100,000.
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Some Hon. Members
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Madam Speaker, I don't understand how this formula works. I'm not a great mathematician, but I can take the formula I was given, take the numbers that were supplied by the Department of Statistics and when I do the multiplication, it doesn't work out. Can the Minister explain to me how to make these numbers match with the allocations?
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
Madam Speaker, what I will do is ask the Department of Education and the Department of Finance to get together and actually come up with a working document so that we can see how each community was calculated, and I will draw that to the attention of this House by tabling those documents in the House, Madam Speaker. Thank you.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Baffin South, Mr. Pudlat.
Question 255-12(6): Increase To Social Assistance Rates
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October 25th, 1994
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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South
(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question to the Minister of Health and Social Services. It seems like there won't be an increase in the assistance that is given to the recipients, because back east the prices of food are skyrocketing and there are a lot of unemployed people who get assistance. When there are a large number of people in a household, it's not enough. I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services, is there an increase in the recipients who need assistance, or are there any surveys done at all on those who get assistance from Social Services. Nowadays, the amount they get is not sufficient, and maybe there should be a study done to see if there's an increase in the recipients who get assistance. Thank you.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Minister of Social Services, Madam Premier.
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Madam Speaker, I know that we have some process ongoing looking at this issue, so I will take that question as notice. Thank you.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for High Arctic, Mr. Pudluk.
Question 256-12(6): Training For Land-based Search And Rescue Operations
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Ludy Pudluk High Arctic
(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question to address to the Minister of Renewable Resources. They had tabled a document on search and rescue, and they had set aside some funding for training rescue specialists. They don't just deal on the land. Some who go out on the land have to be rescued. In some communities, the boating season is very short. We would like to see some training available for land rescue as well as sea rescue. Is that going to be included in that rescue course?
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Renewable Resources.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. Under a Minister's statement for rescue service, for ice and sea as well, as Mr. Pudluk knows, during spring as well as during freeze-up there are usually some people who go through the ice. It's possible to have the marine rescue training include search and rescue training on the ice. Thank you.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Whitford.
Question 257-12(6): Consultation Process For Bip Review
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, earlier on, in my Member's statement, I mentioned that the Department of Public Works was undertaking a consultation process to review the BIP. Some people have expressed concern with the methods that may be used, or perhaps maybe they don't understand what the methods are going to be. I would like to ask the Minister, how is he going to carry out this study and what kind of a consultation process does he intend to use.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. You asked two questions in one. Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.