Agreed.

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Thank you. Details of grants and contributions, page 08-15. Total grants, $15,000. First Mr. Whitford and then Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Whitford. Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you. Clearly, we don't have the additional resources to provide any increases in the dollars. We've been able to receive appropriate approval to maintain those numbers. That is generally the reason why it has not been increased at all.

Thank you, very much, Mr. Nerysoo. Mr. Whitford.

Thank you, Mr. Whitford. Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I should have mentioned this in the activity area. I know the training of fire fighters in our jurisdiction is very important regardless of where the fire fighters may live or how small the community may be. Fire prevention is very important. Recruitment occurs from time to time and those new fire fighters may require training. Also there is a new technology and new equipment being invented from time to time and there are new chemicals that are used to extinguish fire being invented. How often do the voluntary fire fighters get their training? Is it on a yearly basis or is it at the discretion of the fire chief? How often do we get training for our fire fighters in the system? Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Nerysoo.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the deputy minister to be more specific about the method of providing training programs.

Mr. Quirke.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, the office of the fire marshal, despite what people think, does not have statutory responsibility to provide fire training to municipalities. However, he does have the statutory responsibility to recommend to the Minister of Safety and Public Services what type of training programs fire fighters need. The responsibility of the actual organizing and funding of fire fighting training is the responsibility of Municipal and Community Affairs. The office of the fire marshal does assist local fire fighters when we do visit our communities for inspections and we are always willing to help as much as possible. But it is a situation where we can only do that when we are in the community, depending on our travel budget, et cetera. The legislative mandate is with MACA and not with the fire marshal.

Thank you, Mr. Quirke. Mr. Ningark.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have one final point. Since I used to work for the municipality of Pelly Bay as a senior administrative officer, our fire chief used to come over and wonder about when the next training program was going to be. Subsequently, when I took over a seat in the House, the same person and other people have approached me about the possibility of training just about every year. I thought I would bring this to the attention of the Minister and his deputy. It is very important that we try to keep the communities, especially the fire fighters, updated on what new equipment is available, how to operate it, the types of new chemicals used to extinguish fires, et cetera. I thought people should be informed, especially those who are there to prevent fires. Thank you.

Thank you. Any response, Mr. Nerysoo?

We are working with MACA to deal with those particular issues. We will be developing a report to respond to the concerns the honourable Member has raised, along with other matters.

Okay. Details of grants and contributions, $15,000.

Agreed.

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Thank you. Grants and contributions, $15,000.

Agreed.

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Grants, $15,000.

Agreed.

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Not necessarily in that order. The next page is an information item, Workers' Compensation Board, zero. Agreed?