Thank you. Directorate. Mr. Erasmus.
Debates of Feb. 5th, 1997
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The Chair John Ningark
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am sorry then. I was actually talking transitional costs. Can we get an indication of how much the incremental costs are being budgeted for this year - the transitional costs for this year?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
The federal government on the Nunavut side is kicking in that $150 million for education, infrastructure and all the rest of the stuff. We are tracking our costs, transitional costs, right now as we respond to Mr. Steen. I did qualify it by saying it is a bit subjective, but we are tracking it right now and it is somewhere in the region of $1.2 million to date.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Directorate. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What is projected for this coming year for transitional costs?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
It depends on how fast things unfold. My feeling is, it will probably be somewhere in the range of what I just quoted you, a million, a million two, maybe even a little more depending on how quickly we accelerate some conclusion to the framework for Nunavut and to some extent, how quickly, Mr. Antoine and his group and the constitutional people move forward in trying to develop a framework for acceptance by the west. We have earmarked, if you want the terms of our budgeting purposes from a planning perspective about the same, $1.2 million. It could be a little more. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Directorate. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe we have contributed $300,000 to an employment planning conference or something in the east a couple of months back. Is that included in the transitional costs estimation?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Would that be the $100,000 we contributed to the Work Fair Workshop that is being planned in terms of job sharing, etc. Could I just get clarity on that?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
I had understood that we had contributed $300,000 to some type of conference already. Is that not the case?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Todd. If you wish to you may designate your official to respond to questions at your discretion, Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
No, we did not contribute $300,000 to any conference at this time. I think maybe the member is alluding to the work conference that is coming up, I believe some time in February to which this government has contributed $100,000. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Directorate. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Will that be tracked as a transitional cost?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Absolutely, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Directorate. Mr. Picco, you were kind enough to give up your time to Mr. Steen, thereby I will recognize you now. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Continuing onto the Directorate. I have a couple of questions concerning the auditing function within the Department of the Financial Management Board Secretariat. How many reductions of staff auditors has the department done last year and projected for this year?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Picco.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
One moment, Mr. Chairman, and I will check with my trusted right-hand man, Mr. Voytilla, as to the amount of PYs that has been cut from this bureau. Two.
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