Thank you, Mr. Henry. Mr. Minister.
Debates of April 28th, 1999
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Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The administration at the board level would range, it all depends on how you would break out the numbers because I could give the Member a number, but it would include a number of activities or program delivery activities that we would not see a savings in if we were to compare ourselves to what Nunavut is doing. For example, if you worked on the numbers, we could be looking at, for example, $7.6 million for all of the boards. Again, as I stated earlier, that includes program delivery portions of administration so, looking at that number and trying to compare it to Nunavut, we would not be comparing apples to apples, in a sense. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Fine for now. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
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Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted clarification. The funding for the treatment centres, is that under the community health programs?
Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For that level of detail, I will pass it on to my fine Deputy Minister, Ms. Penny Ballantyne.
Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
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Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
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Ballantyne
Yes, it is found in community health programs. Thank you.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Thank you. Mr. Erasmus, further questions? No. Okay, back to detail. Directorate and corporate services, operations and maintenance, $22.210 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Directorate and corporate services, grants and contributions, contributions, $2.376 million. Mr. Minister.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, it was noted in the Budget Address by the Minister of Finance last week that the government intends to provide funding to establish a labour market supplement for nurses. The proposed objectives of this market supplement are to provide an incentive for current nurses to stay, to encourage new nurses to accept permanent full-time employment with health boards and to encourage northerners to pursue training for careers in nursing and in the medical field.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Therefore, I move that the amount of $1.5 million be added to the operations and maintenance, Main Estimates of the Department of Health and Social Services under the activity, directorate and corporate services, grants and contributions, to provide funding to establish a labour market supplement for nurses. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Thank you, Mr. Minister. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
Directorate and Corporate Services, grants and contributions, total contributions, as amended, $3.876 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Page 6-13, Health Insurance Programs, operations and maintenance, $30.993 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Health Insurance Programs, grants and contributions. Total contributions, $5.479 million. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under the supplementary health programs, has there been any change to the Metis Health Benefits Program?
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. There has not been a change in the program that has been administered by the department since the last change that happened which brings the level to 80 percent of the non-insured health benefits for status Indians and Inuit. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could we get an indication of how someone establishes their eligibility for Metis health benefits? For instance, how long do they have to be in the territories before they are eligible for this?