Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When was it identified that it was being sunsetted? Again, trying to interpret what has been said here, the Government of the Northwest Territories has carried this on for three years. When were the organizations told that it was indeed being sunsetted?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Two years ago, it was funded as a separate program and it was sunsetted that year. Then it was again renewed, and it was sunsetted for March 31st of this year.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So for example, Aurora Campus and the college system were aware that the funding that was available was ending on the 31st of this year and there were no extensions?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, it was made very clear that it would sunset and that it would not be extended. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister inform us of what other areas of his department in this interim appropriation have reduced expenditures?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will ask the deputy minister to answer that question. Thank you.
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Cleveland
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There are several areas of reduction. The Minister has mentioned several in the discussion up to this point. They include the Working Together Program that was sunsetted as we have been discussing.
Secondly, the Community Skills for Work was sunsetted for the end of March. Third, there is a sunsetting of a Training on the Job subsidy for Sirius Diamonds. That is a third specific area, Mr. Chairman, where there has been a reduction. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With these areas of reductions, it is Working Together, Community Skills for Work, Training on the Job and capital reductions, is that the total area of reductions from within the department? Thank you.
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Cleveland
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Those are the specific areas of reduction that we have identified in the interim appropriation. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Taking from that comment, that is the specific areas of reduction, so are there some unspecific areas that reductions are occurring in? Is there an overall reduction in some other places that are sort of sitting out there, or is that it? Those are the reductions. We will not be caught by a surprise right-hook, as they say.
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Cleveland
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, I do not believe there are others. Thank you.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister a few questions about the digital communications network and how it is affected, specifically in this interim, but more specifically overall as the department sees it in its ongoing plans.
I know we see a lot of uses for the digital communications network in education, specifically distance learning is obviously going to be very valuable. This government has made a conscious decision to get into what we call grade extensions in the communities, where we would like to provide high school courses in the smaller communities, instead of shipping the kids away from home. I think that distance learning will certainly be a huge asset in this area. Specialized courses can probably now be offered in some of the small communities where there may not be a physics or chemistry teacher. As well, additional training for teachers can be ongoing. They can get online training over the digital communications network.
But we know we heard problems from all departments. We have heard problems from this department that we have a lack of bandwidth. It would cost us a lot of money to upgrade the service, to make it useable in this area. I would like to get a handle on what kind of money would have to be sunk into the digital communications network to make distance learning a reality, because I think it is a very valuable initiative.
First, I would like to ask the Minister how much money the Department of Education, Culture, and Employment has spent in this area to date on this initiative, in both capital and operations and maintenance?