Thank you. I believe the Member stated page 04-5, definitive objectives. Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 23rd, 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
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John Pollard Hay River
Oh, I see. Mr. Chairman, the needs of the government change over the years so the requirement is to update information that's already available, consolidate that information and look at the disbursement controls. I would say that there is a data base in place at the present time and we're updating the data base and consolidating it. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Minister. The honourable Member for Inuvik.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mahsi. Under the Bureau of Statistics, you mention the winter 1994 community labour force survey. Is this under way now or when will this survey start and what communities are being surveyed?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
The survey has begun, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
The honourable Member for Inuvik.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
What communities are being surveyed, or are all communities being surveyed?
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Minister.
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John Pollard Hay River
The survey is across the Northwest Territories, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Koe.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
How is this survey being done? It's a labour force survey, it is all employed people. Is every household and workplace being surveyed? What's the process?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Minister of Finance.
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, I'm not sure what the process is. I would ask that I could bring in witnesses so that I could answer that detailed question.
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Thank you. Do we have the concurrence of this committee that the honourable Minister bring in witnesses?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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The Chair John Ningark
Sergeant-at-Arms, please bring in the witnesses. Thank you. For the record, Mr. Minister, could you please introduce the witnesses.
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, on my left and your right is Mr. Eric Nielsen, the deputy minister of Finance and on my right, your left, sir, is Mr. Bill Setchell who is the director of finance for the Department of Finance. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Before we brought in the witnesses, there was a question from the floor and Mr. Minister was in the process of responding to that. He wanted to bring in the witnesses. Mr. Minister, would you proceed please with the response.
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, the Northwest Territories is not included in the monthly national labour force survey. But there are some statistics available from the census of Canada and from community labour force surveys completed by this Bureau of Statistics in 1985 and 1989. The work being undertaken is seasonal patterns of employment, the type of work wanted, education levels and perceived training needs, alternative definitions of unemployment, participation in hunting, fishing, trapping and traditional craft activities, knowledge of aboriginal and other languages, and length of residence in the Northwest Territories. It's being done across the Northwest Territories, although not everybody is being interviewed. It's being done according to statistical sampling, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. General comments, Mr. Koe.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Thank you. The next question is about the survey of NWT households to measure their travel expenditures. I'm curious as to what is instigating the review of this. What reason is behind this survey?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. To the Bureau of Statistics, Mr. Minister.
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, it's being done on behalf of ED&T. It's being funded out of the Canada/NWT economic development agreement. The information will be used by ED&T for its program planning activity and by the Bureau of Statistics to help estimate the import component for territorial gross domestic product figures. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Member for Inuvik.