Thank you. Mr. Ramsden.
Debates of Feb. 19th, 1997
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
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Ramsden
I can not answer that at this time, Mr. Chairman. We will have to come back tomorrow with a snapshot of it.
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations and maintenance. I have Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My questions concern the utilities, as I have been questioning in the House lately, on the possible increase of rates to the high temp system that will have a severe impact on places like the Inuvik Regional Hospital. I would like to know if the department is aware of this and how are they preparing for it? Thank you.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
I will have Mr. Ramsden to speak. Thank you.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ramsden.
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Ramsden
Mr. Chairman, we are aware of the issue and certainly have made it clear, both on the part of the board and ourselves, that there is no way for better management of utilities, at least on the heat side, to affect any change in the bill that comes in every month for the hospital. There would have to be complete funding in that area. It is essentially a fixed rate and they can not exert any management effort to change the bill. We are certainly aware of that issue. Thank you.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations and maintenance. I have Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Of the former staffing officers from the Department of Personnel that were hired in this department, could we get some details as to their situation as to when they were hired? When they were hired, did this add two extra people working in that particular area of human resources?
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ramsden.
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Ramsden
Mr. Chairman. It added one. One was a replacement and one was an incremental change. Thank you.
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations and maintenance. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can we get an indication of why they had to add this extra person?
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ramsden.
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Ramsden
We added the incremental resource to make sure that we could properly respond to the responsibilities that we took on in terms of personnel issues and labour relations issues, Mr. Chairman.
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The people involved in human resources, were they consulted on the appropriateness of doing away with most of the Personnel Secretariat and the human resources people within the department for them to take on those added responsibilities? Were they consulted?
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ramsden.
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Ramsden
Mr. Chairman, they were consulted extensively as we took on the different responsibilities because they came on incrementally. It brought the department, in many respects, into line with the boards, because the boards have been doing their own staffing for some time now. To my recollection, the changes were viewed very positively, without exception. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations and maintenance is $98 million. I have Mr. Steen.
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that the boards will be taking on the responsibility and maintenance of their buildings. Does this include the buildings within smaller communities?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ramsden.
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Ramsden
Mr. Chairman, they have not taken on the responsibility yet. The discussions are leading to that, and certainly the responsibility for maintenance of community based facilities outside of our regional centre is part of the discussion. Also, part of the discussion is having that maintenance responsibility carried out by a local authority, as opposed to the boards formerly employing people. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations and maintenance. Mr. Steen.