Mr. Dent.
Debates of Oct. 11th, 1996
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Supplementary To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Further Return To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The survey did not attempt to address that issue. This survey was addressed to determine the current situation and the results that staff and students were seeing in the schools. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral question, final supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.
Supplementary To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Mr. Speaker, could the Minister indicate how our current student teacher ratio compares to the provinces' ratios?
Supplementary To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Dent.
Further Return To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe that our student teacher ratio is among the highest in Canada. It may be the highest; it is difficult to tell. We are at 17.4:1 officially in this school year. Last year Alberta was at 17.9:1 but I am aware that they have added money back into their programs and I am not quite sure yet whether that has brought them back down so that they would be below us or just slightly above us. In any case, Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories will have the highest or very close to the highest student teacher ratio in Canada. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In Nwt Schools
Question 471-13(3): Positive Relationships In NWT Schools
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the honourable Member for Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng. My question is in relation to this government's commitment to make sure that aboriginal rights, Treaty rights, aboriginal concerns and views are taken into account in the planning, process, and decisions of this government, especially in relation to people that we represent at the community level.
The aboriginal organizations also represent the same people that this government delivers programs on behalf of in regards to the government and the Assembly's work towards healthy communities and community based programs and solving and trying to find ways of resolving those areas, especially based on community wellness. Is that still the position of this government to work in conjunction with those organizations in relation to those issues?
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.
Return To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is the intent, as we move towards reforming our health and social services system, to work with all organizations that will be impacted by these changes, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Return To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister of Health and Social Services commit to enter into negotiations on funding options in conjunction with other departments on core funding for the Tl'oondih Healing Society?
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Ng.
Return To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I have indicated in the past, we will try to do all we can to assist the Tl'oondih operation and other operations to make them viable and assist in trying to enable them to provide programs for people throughout the Territories, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Return To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is the Minister of Health and Social Services committed to the whole concept of community empowerment and involving community organizations such as the Gwich'in Tribal Council, the band councils, and metis locals in those communities to strive towards community empowerment of their members?
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is this government's position, and mine is included in there, that we are fully supportive of community empowerment initiatives and giving the decision making authority down to the local community level. So in answer to that question the answer is yes, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions, Oral questions, Mr. Krutko.
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister of Health and Social Services provide an exact budget figure his department is willing to contribute as block funding towards community wellness, to my constituency, in regard to the aboriginal organizations that I represent.
Supplementary To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Ng
Further Return To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, those amounts, depending on the programs and how the funding and the resources for these programs are put out into the communities will come at a later date. I can't at this time commit to any dollars or figures or numbers, because of the fact that there is a vast array of programs out there, there are different communities at different levels of empowerment, of asking for and receiving responsibilities for deliveries on these programs.
So it is something that is an issue, and a number that will continue to be amended as different programs come on line and as the restructuring of the health and social services system takes place in the Northwest Territories, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Question 472-13(3): Aboriginal Rights Recognized In GNWT Planning
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Miltenberger.
Question 473-13(3): Communities Surveyed Re: School Relationships
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 10th, 1996
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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. In regards to his statement on the Northwest Territories school relationship survey, I concur that effective learning takes place only in better schools, where there is a positive climate.
I was wondering if the Minister could indicate to the House, were all communities surveyed as part of this initiative?
Question 473-13(3): Communities Surveyed Re: School Relationships
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.
Return To Question 473-13(3): Communities Surveyed Re: School Relationships
Question 473-13(3): Communities Surveyed Re: School Relationships
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not, I cannot answer the question about the methodology of the report with that detail. I would be happy to give a copy of the detailed report to the Member, but whether or not every single school in the Northwest Territories was recorded in the study, I can't answer at this time.