Thank you. Mr. Dent.
Debates of Feb. 24th, 1997
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Committee Motion 21-13(4): To Defer Consideration Of Main Estimates For Rwed
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Committee Motion 21-13(4): To Defer Consideration Of Main Estimates For Rwed
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would expect that it would be possible for the western government to purchase services from the Nunavut government and vice versa. I think that may be possible, but it is a situation we would certainly want to discuss with the community to see whether or not we could resolve the issue and have them satisfied with support that they receive, perhaps from the Beaufort Delta Education Council instead. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I do not know if we could predetermine the overlaps between western and Nunavut government at this time. Mr. Steen, you have one more question if you wanted to pursue further. Mr. Steen.
Committee Motion 21-13(4): To Defer Consideration Of Main Estimates For Rwed
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Committee Motion 21-13(4): To Defer Consideration Of Main Estimates For Rwed
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Directorate and administration. I have Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a general question. I recognize the fact that the Minister can have any witnesses that he has comfortable at the table, but I am wondering because of past practices, the Ministers have always been supported by their deputies. Is there some reason that Mr. Hammersmith is not available today?
Committee Motion 21-13(4): To Defer Consideration Of Main Estimates For Rwed
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. It is not really a budget item. I will allow the Minister to respond to that. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I concur with you. It is not really a budget item and should not be of interest to this committee. Mr. Hammersmith had personally approved travel before we knew what date we were going to appear in front of this committee. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. To directorate and administration. Mr. Henry.
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February 23rd, 1997
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you. Mr. Chairman, seeing as the Minister has answered that, will Mr. Hammersmith be away for the whole time or could the Minister tell us how long Mr. Hammersmith will be absent on leave?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I do not think anyone should be questioning the abilities of the witness here, Mr. Henry, but again I would like to caution Members that we are reviewing the budget main estimate of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. The honourable Member is questioning the Minister that is irrelevant to me at this time. But again, I will ask the Minister to respond. Thank you.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Hammersmith is gone for this week and will be back in the office next Monday.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Henry, are you okay on that? I have Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, over the past several months, I have asked several questions concerning the attendance, the accommodations for students attending college programs. Now, because of the unified education program planning for Nunavut, we have seen an increase at the college level for out-of-town students, for example, coming to the main campuses of Rankin, Cambridge Bay and Iqaluit.
In Iqaluit, we had the situation last year where the students were not available with their units. We had a meeting with the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Education and we solved that short-term problem with housing. However, under the capital development, I do note that capital planning here, there is budgeting for about $4 million under the directorate and administration for capital planning for student accommodations. I went under capital planning, under the directorate and administration. Maybe the Minister could explain what is the plan for student accommodations for the Baffin region to be located in Iqaluit or other communities over the next couple of years? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Perhaps I could seek clarification from the chair. I had understood we were still talking about directorate and administration. We have nothing under that activity for the item the Member refers to. I am not sure, at one point I thought I agreed to that, but then we went back to some questions on that page. Perhaps, if the chair could advise which activity we are considering, please?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The capital planning is under the directorate and administration, but we have the details of the honourable Member for Iqaluit, question under the detail of capital, culture, and careers. Page 19-9. We are on the directorate and administration. Thank you, Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. While under the directorate, the broad policy framework is set for capital planning. There is not capital planning work done that is funded in this area. The area the Member is referring to is under culture and careers. I might as well answer the question, seeing that he has asked it. We are expecting, within the next month or so, to come forward to Cabinet with a proposal for dealing with the housing issue with the three Nunavut campuses and the Western campuses for the colleges. The Member is referring to the growth in population through the unified human resource strategy. The federal government refused to allow any incremental funding for housing. Therefore, the strategy we come forward with will not be able to deal with the housing needs of people who are being trained under the unified strategy. We still need to deal with housing students in our base-funded programs at all three college campuses.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I have allowed the Minister to answer under the culture and careers. The line is marked students' residence in Iqaluit. On page 9-19. I do not think I should entertain any more questions under that page until such time as we get to that page. Thank you. Directorate and administration, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance is $3,957,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. College, culture and careers, page 9-17. Operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance is $103,977,000. Agreed? Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under culture and careers, colleges, I would like to know the work that was being looked at in the Inuvik area for expanding the facility or changing from one structure to another. Is that work continuing? Where are you in that work? Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Minister for Education, Culture, and Employment, Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member is right. The work is ongoing. We expect to have the final report within the next four to six weeks. Two months at the maximum, I am advised.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Culture and careers, operations and maintenance. Mr. Roland.