Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe the Minister said they are trying to harmonize this with the Department of Education, is that correct?
Debates of April 26th, 1999
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the area of income support and public housing, we are trying to harmonize our information in how we deal with all individuals who access the program. Thank you.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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The Chair David Krutko
Thank you, Mr. Minister. District operations, an information item. Any questions? District operations, grants and contribution, information item. Any questions? Page 8-33, district operations, details of capital, information item. Any questions? Page 8-35, information item, contributions to local housing organizations. Any questions? Page 8-36, contribution to local housing organizations, grants and contributions. Any questions? Information item, active positions, page 8-37. Any questions? Mr. Erasmus.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Sometime back, I am not exactly sure how long ago, we were informed that the corporation was incorporating some training positions for people with affirmative action status. Could the Minister indicate how this project, I suppose you could call it, how is it coming along?
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe there are three positions that were taken in the area of affirmative action and training. That program has been working satisfactorily. We have two positions in Inuvik, a program advisor and manager trainee, and one in Hay River in the program advisor trainee.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Are there any plans of having a trainee in Yellowknife?
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the considerations to deal with the Yellowknife headquarters function is, with division the department or the corporation is trying to deal with a number of employees who are being carried over because of the no layoff policy and positions that do come open, we are trying to accommodate those people who would otherwise have been laid off.
There are areas that need to be worked on. The actual affirmative action numbers for the corporation are quite good overall. For example, as of December 31, 1998, 42.5 percent of all corporation staff held affirmative action status. It is including 50 percent of the middle and senior management group. We are doing fairly well in that area. As I stated earlier, one of the concerns with the Government of Nunavut being created was that we had a number of employees in headquarters that dealt with specific programming for Nunavut and we are working to involve them in vacancies that do come up at the present time. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the Minister saying that we have people working in headquarters whose workload is no longer in existence because it has been transferred to the east, or something like that?
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, that is not the case. It would be if we did not have them reassigned duties. All cases, they have been reassigned duties. As the positions do come up or people transfer or retire, we do not fill those positions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Are there any positions, I am not sure if active positions means that they are filled or not. Are there positions, for instance, in headquarters that are not currently filled?
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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 do not know what the reasoning would be for those vacancies. I am sure there must be a reason. Are those positions going to be filled sometime soon?
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the things that we see here is when a document is produced and the time between the numbers initially put in and how they are quantified does not allow for us to change or I guess, get rid of positions in a sense of when they become vacant. You will probably see a change in the next business plan where there will be a drop in numbers. Right now the Housing Corporation is trying to deal with coming to the projected numbers that would be for the Northwest Territories as we know it now and that is in the area of 35 staff. As I said earlier, as positions become vacant, we will not be filling them and when there is an adjustment to those, it will be reflected and remain. Thank you.
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The Chair David Krutko
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Information item, active positions. Any questions? If there are no questions, we can go back to page 8-7, NWT Housing Corporation program summary. Operation and maintenance, $21.634 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.