The honourable Minister, Mr. Dent.
Debates of Feb. 25th, 1997
Topics
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The remission is based not on numbers of years of residence but the number of years you have schooling. One year of remission or support is granted for every three years of schooling. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Erasmus.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So how long for a person to be classified as part of an NWT aboriginal group?
How long would that aboriginal group have been in the Northwest Territories?
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can not answer that question. In terms of student financial assistance, our regulations require that the aboriginal person be born in the Northwest Territories.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Erasmus.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. From the work I have done with the land claims, I believe aboriginal groups have been up here for 19 thousand years. I believe a person who is only here for four years should be treated a little differently than a person who can trace his ancestry to this region for centuries and beyond that. I do not have a question, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Thirty thousand years to be precise. I have Mr. Picco.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr Chairman, under student financial assistance I have some questions. Last year there was some major problems in our region with checks being issued to student financial assistance and not arriving on time and students having to go out and hunt to provide food for their families because the cheques were not arriving. I wonder if the Minister can just update me at this time on the situation regarding the student financial assistance cheques, the new process in place.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Picco. Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we seem to have dealt with the problem by and large. Most of the calls we are getting are complementary rather than complaints. I think the staff have done a very good job turning what was a poor situation around quite noticeably and the students have been quite thankful for the change. Thank you.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Picco.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, on the student financial assistance, can the Minister inform me what monies are available to move a student in, for example, Hall Beach or Pond Inlet moves to Iqaluit to take Arctic College courses? Are there monies available through student financial assistance to move the spouse and the children of that student to Iqaluit, including their belongings?
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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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. For regular college programs, yes the student would qualify for assistance to move their family to Iqaluit. The travel program has changed somewhat in that we do not provide family travel at the end of each semester, but only once a year now. The expectation is that if the whole family is moved, they will not return home for Christmas but will stay at the Campus location or if they return, it would be at their own expense. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Picco.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, one of the problems with students attending school is in some communities when they leave their place of residence and give up their housing association house, to take a course in Iqaluit any other regional centres. When they go back to their home community they do not have a house because they have given it up and the demand on housing in the smaller communities is such that it is very difficult for the local housing association to hold those houses. Has the Minister of Education been in contact with the Minister of Housing to look into this situation or has it come up at the departmental level? Thank you.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The honourable Minister, Mr. Dent.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The department has worked with the Housing Corporation over the years to try and address this problem. In general, the local housing associations have been co-operative. There is a concerted effort to make sure that housing is available. The Member is right. It is difficult in this time of tight housing. It has been a co-operative effort and I think it has been largely successful to-date. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. For the record, we are on page 9-26 of the 1997/98 main estimates. We are in the area of grants and contributions. We are in the grants. Mr. Picco.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, under the amounts for grants, I know the total amount of grant money has gone up in the '97/98 main estimates because there is more demand on the funds. The actual amounts of the grants, have they decreased?
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Qujannamiik. Mr. Minister.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could I have the Member repeat that question please? I did not catch all of it.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Would the honourable Member please repeat his question? Mr. Picco.