Thank you. Mr. Premier.
Debates of Jan. 28th, 1998
Topics
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The Chair John Ningark
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, that would fall under FMBS and FMBS has regional people out there already. Any investigation like that into money or whatever is under FMBS.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Steen.
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I wonder how high up the corporate ladder would FMBS be allowed to do investigations or I understand it would be the FMBS that would then, I suppose, involve the RCMP if it was necessary. How far up the corporate ladder does this apply? Does it apply right to deputy minister level?
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Premier.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It would go right to the very top, deputy minister level.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. We are reviewing Cabinet Secretariat on page 2-12. If there are no further comments shall we go line by line? Operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $5,607,000. Mr. Erasmus.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I noticed yesterday the Premier had indicated under the area of Personnel Secretariat some of the things being considered was the overall coordination of affirmative action planning and coordinating casual summer student hiring staffing. Considering the fact that it is not too long now when the students will be coming back to the north and will be requiring jobs to assist them, I was wondering if the Premier could elaborate a little bit on the summer student hiring. We had requested that we have a central hiring agency. Is this what the Minister is indicating through this coordinating casual summer student hiring?
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Premier.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I have told Members in the past, we are looking at the whole role of the Personnel Secretariat and how it could be changed. I had committed to coming back. We do have a senior management committee. We do have recommendations that are going there in the near future. Some of the potential functions for the essential human resource group would be to support human resource planning for the GNWT, provide overall coordination of affirmative action planning, coordinate casual and summer student staff, in support to human resource part of the transition to two territories, provide specialized expertise for the staffing process, coordinate management development and succession training and review the revised policies and procedures as needed. Thank you.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the things that they are considering, could he elaborate a little bit in the area of the summer student hiring?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Premier.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The senior management committee, just to elaborate, will review the recommendations and coordinate casual and summer student staffing. It means to me that there would be one place to go so the student could go there and look for a job, and then if there is a job in RWED, transportation or whatever, they could find out through that one spot of coordination. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Erasmus are you okay on that?
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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January 27th, 1998
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Mr. Chairman, also in the area of personnel, the Standing Committee on Government Operations had been concerned with the dissolution of the Department of Personnel taking away some functions. There was supposed to be financial savings, but we were not absolutely convinced of this because it seems now that there may be just as many or more people working in the personnel area within the various departments. Because of that, the committee has decided we wanted to make a motion that would ask for some analysis. With that, Mr. Chairman,
I move that this Committee recommends that an analysis of the transfer of human resource administration functions to the departments from the Department of Personnel be undertaken to quantify the net results in terms of expenditures and efficiency. This analysis should include the following: 1. A comparison of the funding required by all departments to administer the human resource function in relation to the funding previously required to operate the Department of Personnel;
2. A list of the responsibilities that were transferred to the Financial Management Board Secretariat from the Department of Personnel;
3. An analysis of the additional funds now being spent by boards and agencies as a result of this change in service delivery;
4. Information as to the present number of employees by department and region required for the human resource function compared to the numbers previously employed by the Department of Personnel. This should include employees at the board and agency level.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion. Questions. I will ring the bell. Thank you. The question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Operations and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $5,607,000. Agreed. Do I hear agreed?
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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The Chair John Ningark
Total expenditures, $5,607,000, Agreed?
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Page 2-13, Public Utilities Board, operation and maintenance, total operations and maintenance, $482,000. Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the Premier agreeing that I ask the question? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A question I have of the Premier is, I certainly understand that the monies allocated here for the Public Utilities Board are to carry on the functions of the Public Utilities Board until March 31, 1999. This utilities board can continue to be one or either of the two boards that follow. Will it be one of the two boards that follow and where will the funds come to set up the second board for Nunavut? Thank you.
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Premier.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The funding comes out whatever we negotiate with the federal government, the same as all the rest of the Nunavut funding. Thank you.
Committee Motion 4-13(5): Analysis Of The Transfer Of Human Resource Administration Functions To Departments
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Henry.