Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Erasmus, considering you are the only Member left asking questions, maybe you could give some direction to the committee as to what you are hoping to achieve with your line of questioning?
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am trying to find out what type of training we are supplying for these millions of dollars which we have no way of knowing. All we have here is a line that says $103 million. We have four lines and one of them is $103,977,000 and there is absolutely no way of anybody knowing what that means, particularly the general public.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Erasmus. Committee agree that the line of questioning is productive? Then we will make him proceed? Have I got consensus here? I do not hear any objections. Anyway, Mr. Erasmus, you may proceed.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister had indicated the careers and employment development is not just for government employees. Does this mean that it is open to government employees as well?
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the career centres are open to government employees as well. Mr. Chairman, just to mention the Member refers to there only being one line to look at. I think in recognizing that, the standing committee had earlier asked the Minister of Finance to table some detail to the task level in the House. Tabled document 29-13(4), which was tabled on January 31st, 1997, breaks down the $103,977,000 into a number of tasks, so there is a bit better understanding of where the money is being spent. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Mr. Chairman, I do have that document, but it still does not really explain things. It just says career and employment development, $3 million dollars. I guess in order to agree to this, I need to have a little bit of an explanation of what is career and employment development. I think the general public needs that information as well. At this time those are the questions I wanted to ask in that area. Thank you.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Erasmus. Do I understand you to say that you have a question? No. Thank you. Okay, I am back on culture and careers, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $103,977,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. We will now move to page 9-18, detail of capital cultures and careers, buildings and works, headquarters, total region $1,232,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. Buildings and works, Fort Smith region, total region, $1,110,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. Buildings and works, Inuvik region, total region, $347,000. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In total building and works for Inuvik, Aurora Campus facility, last year's budget was $700,000. There has been an amount that has been either deferred or taken out of approximately $568,000. Can the Minister inform me why this was done?
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In recognition of the fact the studies determining whether or not to replace the Father Ryan Building or to move the campus to Grollier Hall were not complete, it was not certain what the funding would be at the end. We did not have an accurate budget. The intention is to have a project brief shortly, which will determine the budget requirement and scheduling of the project. As I have said, we are expecting to have that report back to us within the next two months so we will have a better understanding of how much the budget should be and when it should be spent.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You have here futures anticipated of $1.7 million. Is this a fixed amount or is this just preliminary?
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, that is a very preliminary estimate of what would be expected to either replace the facility or renovate Grollier Hall and move to that facility. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This amount of deferral to leave it just at $100,000 for this year. Has this been discussed with the campus?
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