Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the Member was more specific, I would be able to give him the answers right away. We have to go through quite a bit of detailed information if that is what they are looking for. Is it going to take longer than Tuesday? I will give the answers as soon as they are available from the department. I cannot promise for Tuesday. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of Feb. 13th, 1998
Topics
Further Return To Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Further Return To Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
Supplementary To Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the Minister will commit to at least tabling this in the House next week? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Ms. Thompson.
Further Return To Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will table it when the staff have it ready. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Question 313-13(5): Outstanding Information Requests
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. I would like to at this time on behalf of the Member for North Slave recognize two people in the gallery, Jack Webb and Alice Mercredi. Welcome to the Assembly. Mr. Roland.
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question at this time would be directed to the Premier. Mr. Speaker, in this House on numerous occasions we have heard of the concern of community empowerment and the level of effort which goes into it or the concern there is too much going out and the control is not there. I would like to know from the Premier, does he still stand behind the community empowerment initiative?
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Premier.
Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand fully behind the community empowerment initiative of this government. I had the pleasure today to introduce to this House, for example, a health board from one of my communities, Fort Resolution. The people in the community with the proper assistance of this government and proper training can govern themselves at the community level. I have said that since the first day I came here, ten years ago and I will continue to say it. Thank you.
Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.
Supplementary To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a relief to hear the Premier state that in the way that he does, especially when he brings up health boards. I would like to know with all the direction we have done downturn, we have said that communities and the health boards can make the decisions efficiently and effectively. Is that the process we are following that the general area of direction is, if they can make the decision, the community will let them?
Supplementary To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Morin.
Further Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our community organizations are those people who are elected at the community level, or who are appointed to boards. They are quite capable of making decisions and knowing what their communities want. We, as a government, are committed to working with them to achieve what they would like at the community level. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.
Supplementary To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In continuing in the area of empowerment and guidelines, some concern has been brought up with the matter of who has the final control to changes in the system. Is there right now in place guidelines that would let boards make their decisions without having decisions made by, for example, Cabinet? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Mr. Morin.
Further Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a tough one to answer because we do have so many different types of boards and organizations in the communities. There would be guidelines to assist those community boards to develop, and how their working relationship is, with this government. That would be the right way to govern and the right way to help the communities to achieve what they want. Whether or not there are specific guidelines for every board, I do not know that. I could find that out for the Member and get back to him. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Roland.
Supplementary To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, I have raised these questions in specific concern for the community I represent, which the Inuvik Regional Health Board operates out of, although it is a regional centre. I would like to know if the Inuvik Regional Health Board will have the same ability as you have said. As community members elected to the positions, it will have an opportunity to fix things and operate things as efficiently and effectively as they see it being done? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Morin.
Further Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. All boards will have to live and work within certain parameters. I do know that. What we, as a government, are committed to doing is working with boards to ensure they can achieve the best results for the people they represent and do it in a cost-effective manner. In the specific case of the Inuvik Regional Health Board, there are some very specific guidelines of where the medical health services come from and things as such, that are still on record of this government. They have to work within those parameters and achieve their efficiency within those parameters. Thank
you.
Further Return To Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
Question 314-13(5): Support For Community Empowerment
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Miltenberger.
Question 315-13(5): Interest Relief For Business Credit Corporation Loans
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 12th, 1998
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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of RWED and is in relation to his statement yesterday and his reference to the one-time interest relief for BCC loan holders. I wonder if the Minister could elaborate somewhat on what that means? How many people would be influenced and are there such details as he may have available? Thank you.
Question 315-13(5): Interest Relief For Business Credit Corporation Loans
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.
Return To Question 315-13(5): Interest Relief For Business Credit Corporation Loans
Question 315-13(5): Interest Relief For Business Credit Corporation Loans
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there have been a number of Members of this Legislature who have requested, including the Standing Committee on Government Operations, Cabinet and the Minister, to look at the idea of doing a general roll back interest rates on all loans in good standing with the Business Credit Corporation. This is to provide some relief to our businesses in the north, who have been recipients of loans in the past. Loans that may have been locked in at a higher interest rate than the interest rate at this time. It was felt that there was merit in looking at that. We have done that and we have approved a general roll back to be effective April 1st. This means a prime lending rate that is prevailing on April 1, 1998, plus two percent, would be the rate we charge to all outstanding loans that are in the portfolio of the Business Credit Corporation. It would apply to all loans that have interest rates higher than the rate at that time. Thank you.