The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.
Debates of Feb. 5th, 1998
Topics
Question 223-13(5): Substandard Culverts In Rae-edzo
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I have directed my staff to work on the question that the Member had asked earlier and it is still in the process. As soon as I receive some feedback from the staff, I will provide the information to the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Question 223-13(5): Substandard Culverts In Rae-edzo
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Picco.
Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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February 4th, 1998
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if you would just bear with me for a second, I have a bit of a complicated question, but there is an easy answer I think. It concerns education and the meeting earlier today with the divisional board of education chairs for the Nunavut region. A concern came forward with funding. I had asked Mr. Dent earlier about this, last week. When the school boards, Mr. Speaker, have teachers who are sick for a day, two days or three days or who go on maternity leave, then the school board has to hire additional staff. I understand, for example, in the Baffin region we have 13 schools and maybe 200 or 300 teachers. It adds up to a lot of money over a one-year period. The board then has to make up that shortfall for paying salaries. You have to cut some of the programs. I am wondering at this time has the Minister been made aware of this situation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This kind of situation would be one that I expect a prudent manager would budget. It would be a fairly standard practice to expect employees would get sick or that some employees might have to take maternity leave in the course of a year. I have not been specifically advised of that being a problem, but it would be something that I would expect that the boards would budget for. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.
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Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would have thought that the boards could have or would have budgeted also. In the formula arrangements that are in place for all the school boards in the Northwest Territories, is there a contingency factor within that formula for incidents like we just explained or described in the House? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There would not be a contingency fund related to that issue. There may be a part of the formula which would reflect those sorts of needs, but I am unaware of the details of the formula. I could undertake to make sure that the Member gets a copy of the detailed calculations of the formula. Thank you.
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Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker the concern with the education boards has been that they do not have the necessary funds because of increased student enrolments. I am wondering if the Minister could commit giving me a copy of that formula so I can have a look at it. I appreciate his commitment to that. I wonder if he also could commit maybe over the next couple of days with the chairman of the divisional board from Iqaluit in town for the Baffin Divisional Board of Education, could he sit down and discuss some of these concerns if he has already not yet done so? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Dent.
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Question 224-13(5): School Board Personnel Issues
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is always my pleasure to meet with the chairs of the divisional boards whenever they request a meeting.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Roland.
Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions will be to the Minister responsible for the Education, Culture and Employment on the areas previously questioned on the fuel subsidy. Now that we have an idea of what the food basket is made up of, from Statistics Canada based on 1991 dollars, I would like to know if the Minister, as I had asked yesterday, would look at including other things in this besides this nutritious food basket because if you are a senior in the NWT and own your own home, there are some extremely expensive items that go beyond supplying food. I would like to know in this review the Minister talked about yesterday, if they would look at including some other factors. Thank you.
Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The survey that has been undertaken is nearly complete. There are only a few communities for which we have not already received the information. I do not believe that anything more than food has been surveyed. It would be relatively expensive for us to conduct a further survey to look at other costs in the communities. I can undertake to check with the Bureau of Statistics to see if they have that sort of information available. If so, perhaps we could take a look at lumping all the factors we are aware of in a community together. I suspect that the one figure we will have that is accurate for each community as of March, 1998, will be the cost of food. I doubt we will have other costs. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The bureau the Minister speaks of is that the one for the Government of the Northwest Territories or Canada? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is the Territorial Bureau of Statistics.
Further Return To Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.
Supplementary To Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would it be possible for a simple phone call to be made to the municipalities on water rates and fuel rates? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Dent.