Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have been working with the boards on the issue of liability insurance for board members. In fact, there is a group effort among all the boards to ensure that the proper liability insurance is in place for boards. Thank you.
Debates of April 28th, 1999
This is page numbers 397 - 430 of the Hansard for the 13th Assembly, 7th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was chairman.
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This means that the crown immunity does not extend to the boards, is that correct?
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We would have to take that question under advisement and get some further clarification to that question. Right now, for example, employees with the boards still fall under the UNW agreement we have for all employees of the government. We will have to look at that and get back to the Member. Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Mr. Chairman, the reason I am asking is because I have been informed by a person who went to a conference on this type of thing that whoever is in charge of the money has the liability, so once you transfer that money to the board, the immunity ends because the government no longer is spending that money, the health board is. I just wanted to bring it to the Minister's attention in case they have not looked at that particular issue. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As stated earlier, we will be looking into that question and coming up with a response for the Member. The boards are an agent of this government. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could I ask the Minister how many organizations the department funds along the same lines as the NWT Mental Health Association, the non-profit organizations? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe we are looking at approximately five organizations that would deliver services on a territorial-wide basis. There are a large number of organizations and non-government organizations from our community level or regional level. Thank you.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was involved with one of these organizations some years ago. If my memory serves me correctly, it was reasonably complicated for non-professional people to provide the level of detail and criteria that were required by the department. I would draw it to the attention to the Minister that most of these organizations consist of volunteers, and the boards are volunteers and they do not necessarily have a lot of financial expertise available to them. If the boards have to employ some financial expertise to put these requests for proposals to the department, it takes away valuable funds that could be helping the board provide services to the groups they serve. I am wondering if the Minister would commit to, seeing as there is only a small number of them, five organizations, having his staff over the next year sit down with representatives from each of these five organizations and try and come up with something that would be reasonably straightforward and simple to make their application for funding.
I think it is fair to say that the department, with the resources they have and the personnel they have available to them, there is probably sufficient expertise there that they can and would be able to identify that the requests are reasonable even though they may not be in the exact detail the department requires. My question to the Minister is, would he consider sitting down with the representatives of these organizations, over the next year, to try and get something that is uniform and reasonably straightforward to fill out for funding? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, we can look into trying to streamline the process. One of the things we have to be very aware of is any of the funding that we distribute out to, organizations are spending it on behalf of this government, and at the end of the day we are still accountable for those expenditures and delivery of programs to, for example, a majority of our funding comes from the federal government and we have to meet certain criteria as well. We will look at doing that with those concerns in mind. Thank you.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Thank you. I regret that I recognize the clock, and I will rise and report progress. I want to thank the Minister and his officials for appearing before us.
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The Deputy Speaker David Krutko
The House will come back to order. We are dealing with item 20, report of committee of the whole. Mr. Ootes.
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Bill 17 and Committee Report 1-13(7) and would like to report progress with seven motions being adopted. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the committee of the whole be concurred with.
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
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The Deputy Speaker David Krutko
Thank you. Seconded by Mr. Dent. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Mr. Dent.
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to return to item 14, notices of motion.
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
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The Deputy Speaker David Krutko
The Minister is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 14. Are there any nays? We do not have any nays. Mr. Dent.
Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, honourable colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, April 30th, 1999, I will move the following motion.
I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife North, that notwithstanding rule 4, that when this House adjourns on Friday, April 30, 1999, it shall be adjourned until Monday, May 10, 1999;
And further, that any time prior to May 10, 1999, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon, the House shall meet at the time stated at such notice and it shall transact its business as it has been duly adjourned to that time.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Motion 20-13(7): Extended Adjournment
Revert To Item 14: Notices Of Motion
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The Deputy Speaker David Krutko
Thank you, Mr. Dent. Notices of motions. Item 21, third reading of bills. Item 22, orders of the day. Mr. Clerk.