Agreed.
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Debates of March 23rd, 1994
Topics
Committee Motion 37-12(5): To Adopt Recommendation 33, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Committee Motion 37-12(5): To Adopt Recommendation 33, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Contributions on page 15-15 information item. Details of grants and contributions on page 15-16. Contributions, $17.35 million. Mr. Antoine.
Committee Motion 37-12(5): To Adopt Recommendation 33, Carried
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the services to the aged and handicapped, part of this one deals with funding for non-profit organizations to operate senior citizen/personal care facilities. I know that Social Services contracts different organizations to run senior citizens' facilities. The actual proposed budget is lower than the 1992-93 actuals and lower than the revised forecast for 1993-94. I know that in Fort Simpson they have a facility that is run by the band from Social Services. The people who work in there are telling me that they need more funding. The funding seems to be frozen. I know the Minister is looking at these types of facilities and the salaries of front line workers in the communities along with the alcohol and drug workers. If she is looking into increasing funding for these facilities, when would we expect to see something here, as an MLA, to tell the people in the communities that this department is looking at increasing the amount of funding that is going to them to take care of their senior citizens' homes? Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Antoine. The honourable Minister for Social Services.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the 1995-96 budget, you might expect to see some changes. Definitely, there are going to be some changes, the way our budget has been set. With the consolidation of Health and Social Services and the elimination of duplication of some of the programs in these departments, we should be realizing some savings where some extra funds can be identified. We will take it from there.
Committee Motion 37-12(5): To Adopt Recommendation 33, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Details of grants and contributions. Contributions, $17.35 million. Mr. Whitford.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In community and family support services, town of Iqaluit, now that the town of Iqaluit is having some problems, and I am sure that my colleague, Mr. Patterson, would be asking a question on it if he were here. To deliver social services programs in the community, there were some problems with the delivery of that service when the town was at full strength, and the department was all too familiar with some of the issues. Who is delivering the program for the town of Iqaluit now that the town is no longer a town?
Committee Motion 37-12(5): To Adopt Recommendation 33, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Minister of Social Services.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The town is and the staff is still intact despite the counsellors not being renewed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Whitford.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
The service is still being delivered by the same people who were delivering the service prior to the dissolution of the town council. Is that correct?
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The Chair John Ningark
Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
That is correct.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Whitford.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There were several problems that were being faced by the town as they delivered that program. Much of it dealt with the dollars. There was a dispute over the amount of money that was being paid to the town to deliver that program. It was often threatened by the then mayor to hand the program back to the department, and the town would not be responsible for them unless some compromise had been arrived at. Previous Ministers had to deal with that, with visits to the town to help resolve that on behalf of the department. Have those problems been resolved? Is there a fairly smooth delivery of the service now on behalf of the government by the town of Iqaluit?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes. When I first got the portfolio, the problem still existed, which was resolved between the mayor and myself. Since 1991-92, the town was short of dollars because of the increase of the case loads in Iqaluit, which was resolved at our first meeting with the mayor of Iqaluit then. We haven't had too many problems with it since. One of the problems was that the town had a different year end than the territorial government. Funding requirements from the GNWT ended in a different year end than the town of Iqaluit. That was resolved in 1992. Thank you.
Committee Motion 37-12(5): To Adopt Recommendation 33, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Details of grants and contributions, contributions, $7.35 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed
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The Chair John Ningark
Grants and contributions. Mr. Gargan.
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to ask a question about the community mental health workers. There is one position in Fort Good Hope. I would like to ask in what other communities you have such a position.
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The Chair John Ningark
Madam Minister.
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There are only two communities that have community mental health workers.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. On page 15-16, I said $7 million earlier. I will say it correctly this time. It is $17.35 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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