Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister was unclear on that. Growth could be or has to be? Which one is it?
Debates of Feb. 28th, 2001
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It depends on the growth, Mr. Chairman. If it is substantial, it has to be taken into account.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Now I just need a definition for "substantial".
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will look at the level of enrolment at the time of design, Mr. Chairman, and then make decisions from there.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So that is the definition of "substantial", is at the time of design they will look at enrolment? Can you give some numbers as to what would cause an increase? There was some talk earlier, for example, in what it would need to get more resources for a school. That might mean teachers and so on. If you have a certain growth of eight percent, five percent of the student population? What size growth would then cause changes in the size and the teachers in a facility? Thank you.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to ask Mr. Devitt to answer that question. It is getting into an area that he is best to handle. Thank you.
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Devitt
Mr. Chairman, as the Minister stated, at the time of design, as we do annually, we will update the enrolments and also the enrolment projections. We would want the facility to be capable of handling the number of students for at least a five- to ten-year period.
Looking at Inuvik in particular, we would probably want to open a facility at no more than about 80 percent, so we would be doing projections so that when the facility opened, it would be opening up at about 80 percent utilization. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have spent a bit of time today talking about the oil and gas opportunities that are out there and also the need for developing a well-trained, skilled workforce. There will probably be more demand on the Arctic College facility, especially in Inuvik. With regard to the impact that has taken place there now with the oil and gas sector, will the Minister consider expanding the project, rather than having to wait until 2003-2004, if we can show that there is a real need for this facility to be moved ahead sooner than later?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member is 13th on the Aurora Campus, Mr. Chairman. I am familiar with the campus situation in Inuvik, that it is an inadequate facility, especially if there is substantial growth in the Inuvik area. So we are and have dealt with the community to discuss this matter to see how the capital plan should be applied. Mr. Chairman, in that respect, we are awaiting some word back from the community as to how they wish to proceed. The options are there to discuss this whole area of the capital plan with respect to the two schools and the college. Thank you.
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under capital acquisitions, I would like to direct the Minister's attention to a request put in by the Lutselk'e school, DEA and the principal. First, I would like to take the Minister back on a road trip that we took to my constituency in the spring of 2000. We had a meeting and toured the school.
We also visited Fort Resolution and visited the Deninoo School. I would like to thank the Minister and his department, the Government of the Northwest Territories, for doing badly needed renovations to the Deninoo School. The people of Fort Resolution are very grateful to the government for that initiative.
Going back to the school in Lutselk'e, that school was built a number of years ago out of logs. The ventilation is poor and it is a health issue. I wonder if the Minister has looked into the request of the community, especially the health issue that they have with the ventilation. Also, the school population is getting up there. My last trip into the community, I hate to say it, but I saw many kids that I do not even know their names. That is how fast the population of the community is growing. Has the Minister looked at the request from the community of Lutselk'e with the health department and ascertained if it is a health issue? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the health issue, we will certainly track that down immediately if there are concerns with regard to health issues, ventilation and so forth, and we will ensure that we address that issue immediately. On the utilization, Mr. Chairman, the school was constructed in 1985. The utilization figures are between 61 and 70 percent at the moment. Thank you.
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What exactly does he mean by between 61 and 70 percent utilization? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is related to the school capacity and the number of students it can accommodate. I will ask Mr. Cleveland to address it in more detail. Thank you.