Does the committee agree?
Debates of March 4th, 1997
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. I will ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring in the witnesses and seat them. I would like to invite Mr. Gargan to introduce his witnesses please.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To my left is the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. David Hamilton, and to my right is our finance administrator, Mr. Myles Moreside.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Gargan. Welcome to the Assembly. I now open the floor to general comments. I have Mr. Picco for general comments.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Legislative Assembly is unique within the territorial government. It must recognize and respond to factors such as fiscal restraint, division and the changing nature of government which will effect all departments of this government. However, it must also remain separate and distinct from the overall government structure in order to fulfil its role as a legislative body accountable to the electorate, the people who put us here in this Assembly, in this building. The Legislative Assembly is more than just a building. It also has to adjust to the changing way we do business, to improve efficiencies in the consensus decision making that we have and will have as the constant impact on operating environment over the next few years, leading to the creation of two new territories. In the main estimates book and result statements under program overview, the Legislative Assembly, in giving their report, makes the statement which I will have questions on later, Mr. Chairman. One of those statements which I will mention right now is that the Legislative Assembly intends to ensure that there are two independent, fully functioning Legislative Assemblies ready to serve the people of the two new territories well in advance of April 1999. I will be asking some direct questions to the Speaker and his staff on these two independent, fully functioning Legislative Assemblies and how far in advance of 1999 will they intend to make sure that those two independent, fully functioning Legislative Assemblies are up and running or willing to take over on April 1, 1999. Those are just my general comments on the Legislative Assembly. I look forward to direct questions to the staff at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Picco. Are there any further general comments under departmental estimates? If not, does the committee agree we can go activity by activity?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Agreed. Thank you. We will now turn to page 1-8, Office of the Clerk, operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $6,962,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. Page 1-9, detail of capital, Office of the Clerk, buildings and works, headquarters, total region, $540,000. Mr. Roland and Mr. Picco. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the area of capital site paving program, can the Speaker or staff state the reasons why we are looking at doing capital site paving? Are there specific reasons for it besides trying to have an up-to-date facility? Thank you.
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Chairman, there are two reasons why we want to have the Legislative Assembly grounds paved. One is with regards to having ongoing protection on the grounds itself. The second is with regards to the handicapped bylaws of the city, which requires paved parking space for handicapped people.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Gargan. I have operations and maintenance, total region, $540,000. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I did not get your attention in time on 1-8 on Office of the Clerk. I seek consent to ask some questions on that area.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Picco. If you do not mind, I will try and finish the detail of capital that I have here on page 1-9, then I will ask the committee for their approval to move to 1-8. Total region, $540,000. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you. Does the committee agree that we return to page 1-8, Office of the Clerk?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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