Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a few opening remarks. If you so wish, I could go to the table with witnesses. Mr. Chairman, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 1995-96, requests authority for additional appropriations of $1.810 million. The supplementary appropriation includes the additional appropriations of $2.732 million for operations and maintenance expenditures and a reduction of $922,000 of capital appropriations. These supplementary appropriations should all have funding offsets and will not contribute to the accumulated deficit. However, one of these revenue offsets
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Todd. I will now ask the chairman of the Standing Committee on Government Operations for his comments on the bill. Mr. Erasmus.
Standing Committee On Government Operations Comments
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Standing Committee on Government Operations met on March 23, 1996 to examine the items contained in Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 1995-96. Committee Members agreed that the supplementary appropriation was ready to be debated in the House. Members will take this opportunity to raise any specific questions they may have. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
I would, Mr. Chairman, thank you.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On my immediate right is Mr. Voytilla. He is with the FMBS.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Next we have general comments on the bill by Members. Are there any general comments? There are no general comments. We will then go line by line, starting with page 5. Mr. Seamus.
General Comments
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I noted Mr. Todd's comments earlier that it would not substantially add or detract from the present projected deficit. Would he put a caveat on that as regard some negotiations with the federal government that are still going on? What are the implications there on that?
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is in relationship to the recovery of the wage package that was related to the transfer of federal nurses to territorial nurses when we did the health transfer a few years ago. In previous arrangements, we have recovered these costs. We have every confidence, given the precedent established in recovery of these costs, that we will be able to cover these ones. Like any politician, we have to ensure that the language is sufficiently clear that it is understood that it is subject to negotiations with the federal government. Under previous negotiations, there was no problem with respect to the recovery of these costs.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Todd. I should have said Mr. Henry instead of Mr. Seamus. Do you have any more comments, Mr. Henry? Are there any more comments from the Members? We will then deal with the detail of the bill before we proceed with the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. We will start on page 5. We are under tab four of the general legislation binder.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
--- Agreed
Line By Line
Legislative Assembly, Office of the Clerk
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The Chair Vince Steen
Page 5, Legislative Assembly, operations and maintenance, office of the clerk, not previously authorized, $114,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
--- Agreed
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
--- Agreed
Department of Executive
Financial Management
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The Chair Vince Steen
Department of Executive, operations and maintenance, financial management, not previously authorized, $850,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
--- Agreed
Department Of Public Works And Services
Accommodation Services
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The Chair Vince Steen
Page 7, Public Works and Services, accommodation services, not previously authorized, $269,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
--- Agreed
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
--- Agreed
Department of Renewable Resources, policy and planning