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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.

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David Krutko

David Krutko Mackenzie Delta

Could we have that before we finish with the main estimates review?

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, we do have some information here relative to the Member's question, so I will ask Mr. Vician to respond.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Vician.

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Vician

Mr. Chairman, with respect to the number of vacancies, I do not have the particular details by division, but we do have currently 28 positions vacant. Those are distributed around the four regions and headquarters overall. They are summarized: in the South Slave, six positions vacant; Fort Simpson region, two positions; North Slave, one; Inuvik, five; and in headquarters, 14. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Mr. Krutko.

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David Krutko

David Krutko Mackenzie Delta

Could we get that list so we could see where those vacancies are and the particular titles they have, so we can see where we are not filling those positions? That could end up having an effect on the delivery of this department.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Yes, Mr. Chairman, we could get that information for the Member.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Page 10-9. Corporate services, budget summary, operations expense, total operations expense $7,560,000. Mr. Lafferty.

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Leon Lafferty North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under corporate services, I would just like to ask the Minister a question. When they created the North Slave office, what did it cost to create the North Slave office when they broke off from Fort Smith? Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, I am advised that there was no extra cost, but we did have to relocate one position from headquarters to the North Slave.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Lafferty.

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Leon Lafferty North Slave

Thank you. The relocation cost of your employees to the North Slave, can you give me a cost on that?

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, there is no relocation cost.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Lafferty.

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Leon Lafferty North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under human resources, I understand when the North Slave office was created, people were appointed to the positions. I would like to ask what happened to the public process where they have competitions for these positions? Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Mr. Chairman, this is the day-to-day operations of the department, so I will direct the question to Mr. Vician.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Vician.

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Vician

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am not clear as to the particular position that is being referred to. I can surmise that it may be in question of the regional superintendent position which, during a period of time, the person was acting in that position. That acting period is ending and subsequently, that position has been out for public competition through the normal recruitment process. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Vician. We are on page 10-9, corporate services, budget summary, operations expense, total operations expense, $7,560,000.