Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As the work draws near completion, will there be funding identified for it in the upcoming budget? Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 24th, 1997
Topics
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. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As we do each year in assessing the business plan for the department, we take a look at the competing demands for capital and we rank them all by order of priority and then apportion capital that way. We will have to take a look at what the report recommends and work that in to our business plan and see where it shakes out. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have a few questions on culture and careers. On the investments, it is talking about investments in mining and related training. What is the scope of the mining related training? Are we talking about academics in school or are we talking about on-the-job training? What is the mining related training territorial-wide? I know there is some work going on right now in the west with mining training because of BHP development. What is happening in the east with mining training development? Is it being delivered at the college level or through Polaris Mine? What is the scope of this work? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Picco. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I can point out that the one program which is being offered in Nunavut right now is in Kugluktuk. There is a program which is a co-operative effort between the community mobilization partnership and Nunavut Arctic College. Arctic College is kept abreast of any of the training which is being offered and organized by Aurora College, so that the programs and curriculum are portable and can be offered wherever there is potential for mining related employment. The scope of the training to-date has ranged from a pre-engineering technology course. First year is offered in the Northwest Territories, second year is offered at NAIT in Edmonton - to heavy equipment operator courses, to basic employment courses. Most of the courses are offered at the community level. The training is very portable and can be offered by either of the colleges, depending on where the opportunities for employment arise. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I believe that Kitikmeot Inuit Association is a strong component of that initiative. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the mining related training, is that a base-funded program out of the college or is that third-party funded with funds from the federal human resource strategy that was mentioned in the directorate and administration, or is that other third-party funding or is it based on the -- and of course when we talk about NAIT, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, or SAIT, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, we are quite aware of the academics and the enrolment of
northerners in both of those institutions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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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. Mr. Chairman, there is a full scope of programs offered in mining training, from third-party funded to priority based funding. However, all of the funding for mine training has been identified as re-investment initiatives with the funding ending in '97/98. We have not managed to identify funding so far in our business plans to carry on past that point. I am hopeful that we will, in the future, find some way to continue it. We are looking at, in the next year, through the unified plan funding, one of the pre-engineering technology courses being offered in the Nunavut region. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the base funded programs will continue for '97/98 in this budget. But the Minister is saying there is nothing for '98/99, at this time, until he can find some extra money. On the base-funded programs, the one that is being run right now in Kugluktuk, is that a base-funded program from Aurora College being delivered at Kugluktuk or is that a base-funded program from Nunavut Arctic College being run at the campus of the learning centre in Kugluktuk?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a program that is funded in large part through Nunavut Arctic College. That program is also significantly supported by third-party funds.
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February 23rd, 1997
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Culture and careers, operations and maintenance. I have Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, under career counselling for the community staff, what does the department mean when they mean community staff? Is that like the community workers at the ECA headquarters office? Are they talking about adult education instructors in the community? What is the meaning of counsel for community staff?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Minister, Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member has hit on a couple of the options in his question. It is intended to be fairly broad. It could be an adult educator, it could be community counsellors in other areas. There is not one position identified in each community. It is intended to be a broadly available program.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I believe that is a team that specializes under the initiative. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
On career counselling, can I get an overview of what we are doing here with career counselling for community staff. Do we have a booklet that you follow? Is there a course curriculum? Is it OJT? Do you send someone into the community, for example, to counsel the adult educator? Do you bring them out for training? Do they do this through professional development under the collective agreement? What is the scope of the career counselling for community staff?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I have Mr. Erasmus. Mr. Minister.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we would be happy to provide the Member with a copy of the curriculum. It is a course delivered by the colleges. It may interest the Members to know that in the first two courses which have been organized, we have had over 60 people apply to take the courses.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Under culture and careers. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Does every community have an adult educator?