Thank you, Mr. Picco. Mr. Minister.
Debates of Feb. 21st, 1997
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we do not just consult primarily in Yellowknife. We are aware of concerns outside of Yellowknife. We do have personnel that have ongoing consultations and discussions with foster parents outside of Yellowknife. We do recognize those concerns. Just to let the honourable Member know, there are also different rates for different areas, depending on the cost of living. Thank you.
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, on the family violence prevention services, I see the forecast is for the same amount of money that was expended last year. I wonder if there is going to be an increase for these front line workers for training and for professional development.
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Member is correct. There has not been any additional funding put forward for these groups. We are hoping, with some of the social workers being freed up, that they will be involved with some of the initiatives of this government in respect to putting money into income support and community supervision, that some of the social workers can provide some additional support for some of these groups and individuals, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we all realize the fiscal problems, but it seems every other line that we look at in this government has some type of forced growth amount and increase in the same. We also realize, in the media and over the last weeks, here in Yellowknife, there was a problem with the family violence shelter not getting any funding. When I look at this line and see that the grant is still at the same amount, I know social workers might be able to help out, but what about their training, the professional development of these front line workers? The turnover is so high in these shelters because of the stress and the lower wages, it has caused some concern. Again, I would ask the Minister to find the monies to help these family violence prevention services and the women out there who are being abused and the workers in those facilities who are putting in long hours on the front lines and show some compassion from this government and take that into account. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we are trying to do all we can with the limited resources that we have. We recognize the dilemma that the honourable Member speaks of. We are hoping that when we get as many dollars as we can out into the communities, they will have an opportunity to move some of that money around and hopefully put money where their priorities are. Thank you.
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, do I understand that he will be doing some consultation with the different groups involved with family measures to find out how we can help with a bit more funding or how we can direct some other resources of this government to these groups and agencies over the next few weeks, to help them out. Is that what the Minister is telling me?
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
No, Mr. Chairman, I am not. Thank you.
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. Detail of grants and contributions. I will now recognize Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under addiction programs, I thought the Minister had indicated they were moving towards prevention. The addiction programs funding, which it says here is, "to deliver preventative educational counselling and to increase local awareness of addictions issues." This money is actually going down from last year. Could the Minister explain that a little bit please?
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am told, although the figures in this comparable figures have gone to the dollars, they actually have not because it has been, again, one of these internal reallocations from other areas that has gone into contributions. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It seems to me that if the focus is changing to prevention, that the money should increase. If the money is not actually increasing, is there some place else where there is more money being put into prevention?
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in answer to that I would say that with the alcohol and drug community based funding of approximately $4 million, we are removing a lot of the strings, the criteria, to allow a lot more freedom for community groups to take on some of the preventative programming to meet their needs, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just for clarification, the $4 million the Minister just mentioned, is that the money normally used for rehabilitation treatment centres?
Committee Motion 20-13(4): Recommendation That Inuvik And Iqaluit Hospital Replacements Begin In 1998/99
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