Mr. Chairman, we haven't made a decision on who should fill that position or how it should be filled.
Debates of April 26th, 1995
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Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Mahsi. Law enforcement. Mr. Ballantyne.
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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North
Could the Minister maybe give us some idea of when a decision will be made?
Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, I believe that we are going to spend some time on it tomorrow and that within the
next week I will be in a position to advise the Member. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Law enforcement, total O and M, $28.714 million. Agreed?
Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Legal Services Board
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Next page, Legal Services Board, total O and M, $5.265 million. Do we have agreement?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Lawyer Support Services
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Lawyer support services, total O and M, $2.293 million. Mr. Antoine.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Mr. Chairman, this lawyer support services is the one that deals with the aboriginal languages, I believe. It used to provide training supervision and coordination of aboriginal language-speaking legal interpreters, including legal terminology development in aboriginal languages. There is no funding left in this one. I know that this type of responsibility would be moved to another department, we were told. I would like to ask the Minister again, just for the record, what is going to happen to this particular task that used to be in here. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Antoine. Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Avison.
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Avison
A portion of the support service that exists within the legislative division of the Department of Justice is still there, but it's vote 4 dollars, it's not vote 1 money and, as a result, it doesn't see itself reflected in this document. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Lawyer support services. I have Mr. Whitford. Mr. Whitford.
Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister a question concerning the legislation division's responsibility for drafting all bills, regulations and orders in French and English. The translation of these documents is fairly technical. Is this done internally? Do we have legal interpreters who are lawyers? Is this done internally, or is this done through contracts?
Committee Motion 42-12(7): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Honourable Minister of Justice.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, most of it is done internally within the department by staff. Some is contracted out.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Honourable Member for Yellowknife South.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So we do some of each, then. I know, and I'm sure the Minister is aware, that there are firms and people in the Northwest Territories who can do this work. Are the majority of the contracts that are being contracted out for this work done through a territorial supplier, or is this done through suppliers outside of the territories?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Honourable Minister.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, the people who we contract are usually from the south because of the type of work that is required, which is a legal, extremely precise type of drafting. Even now, as Members know, we often take some time to do corrections of the French text of legislation, because as we go along there is continuous review and ways of improving the text of French legislation. So it does require some expertise, expertise you need to cultivate and build and there is only a number of people across the country who devote their resources and careers to it.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Lawyer support services. Mr. Whitford.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The next question I'm going to ask is one that's not able to be answered in its entirety here and I don't expect it to be. But I wonder if the Minister would be kind enough to provide me with a list of the contracts and who got the contracts to do this type of work. He could do this at his convenience, but certainly before the next session. This is just dealing with the translation.