Thank you, Mr. Koe. Minister Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, we anticipated that there would be a savings of $400,000 making this move across to the Department of Health. We removed $400,000 from Personnel's budget in anticipation of the savings we would get by moving it to Health. The move did not take place and now we're replacing the money we had originally taken out of their budget. So, it is not costing us over and above what has been happening historically. In anticipation of savings, we reduced their budget and we're merely replacing it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
So what do we consider that? Opportunity costs lost or is it just another cost of decentralizing?
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, we believe the savings are still there, we just won't get them in this fiscal year. We will try to get them in the next fiscal year but we still think the efficiency is there in moving this responsibility over. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
So what savings are anticipated in this fiscal year and upcoming years?
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, we're back at status quo this year so there won't be any savings in the fiscal year we're dealing with, but we do anticipate that we will be able to achieve these efficiencies in future years. Thank you.
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Thank you, Minister Pollard. General comments. Human resource management, $500,000. Mr. Allooloo.
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister is saying that the government forecasted a $400,000 savings by decentralizing two regional centres. Was there a negative supp for $400,000 out of the Personnel department?
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, if I indicated to the committee that it was a savings through decentralization, then I'm in error. This was a transfer of the administration of medical travel for our employees that was going to occur between Personnel and Health. The reason that Health was not able to handle the transfer this year is because they were busy with the decentralization to Rankin and Inuvik. We did not see a supp in this House for this amount of money because it was taken directly out of the budget at the OPPLAN.
That's where the reduction occurred, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Department Of Personnel
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mr. Dent had his hand up first.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. At the Standing Committee on Finance review of the detail of this supp, we were given to understand that the special warrant for $372,000 actually represented work that had been under way since last June. The question was posed to the Minister, at that time how does this special warrant coming after the fact fit with the FAA. He had undertaken to have that information available to us during committee of the whole. I was wondering if we could perhaps get an answer to the question right now.
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