Thank you. I have Mr. Arvaluk and then Mr. Ng.
Debates of March 15th, 1994
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick question, referring to the Minister's letter to me regarding Victor Sammurtok School. As an example only, it seems that the design was made without any regard for delivery of specialized programs. He suggested that because the community has been focusing on specialized programs, it created overcrowding in Victor Sammurtok School and that it was not necessarily according to the divisional board's calculation of occupancy/utilization rates. Those two become different in that regard. When renovations or expansions are made or there are new schools built, will there be accommodation so that specialized programs can be incorporated into new facilities?
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
Thank you. I believe that with the involvement of the communities with the board in terms of the planning for any renovations or any new schools in the future, we'll get a better reflection of the actual community needs and then we can build institutions around needs. Without, of course, creating a situation where we are building more than what is really necessary for that particular community. In other words, we'll look at what is needed in terms of programming requirements, but at the same time the program requirements also have to take into consideration the
space available. We can work through innovation or we can build additions that can accommodate the programs being provided. There may be other buildings, for instance, in the community that could be utilized. Those kinds of options are always there for us to consider.
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Thank you. Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Two quick questions regarding contributions for day care centres and homes. I'm just curious what the proportion would be for ongoing funding for the day care centres and homes versus the start-up end of it under the $1.2 million? Thank you.
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't have the actual breakdowns, but I would be prepared to provide a copy of the breakdowns.
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Thank you. Member for Kitikmeot.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm also interested -- and I don't know if you have this available now -- in how the O and M funding is determined for each specific day care facility? Is it based on the number of days used, the capacity, or the costs of operating in each particular community? What kinds of criteria do you use to evaluate that? Thank you.
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
Thank you. We would have to provide that to the honourable Member, however, the Member should be aware that we are changing some of the criteria, policies and rate structures because we are making major changes in our programming. So, while I may provide you with a copy of those at this particular juncture, by June we should have some major changes to how we provide child care programming in the Northwest Territories.
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Thank you. Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you. My final question is with regard to Arctic College contributions on the last page. There are no designated residences for Arctic College programming in the Kitikmeot like they have in other regions, from what I understand. Because of that, I guess there is no stability in delivering the programs because they don't know what is available for residences, so they don't know how many students they can accommodate for each program. I'm just wondering if your department has any plans to work with Arctic College to address that issue? Thank you.
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
Thank you. There are two parts to how we're addressing the issue. One, there is a review being conducted on student residences and accommodation. The Member for Iqaluit pointed out that we have a contract for that. The other one is the strategic plan of Arctic College which will offer some methods with which we can address those particular needs.
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Thank you. Contributions, $170.923 million.
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Agreed.
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Thank you. Grants and contributions, $178.503 million.
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Agreed.
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Page 18-20, information item, Arctic College.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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Page 18-21, information item, Arctic College.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Page 18-22, information item, Arctic College.